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SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 1986
MR SULKE ALSO WANTS TO KNOW WHETHER IT IS POSSIBLE TO PLANT TREES TO GIVE SOME SHADE AND INCIDENTALLY IMPROVE THE APPEARANCE OF THE TSIM SHA TSUI PROMENADE IN EAST TSIM SHA TSUI WHICH HE SAYS IS VERY BARE AND, IN SUMMER, VERY HOT.
MR KWAN LIM-HO WILL ASK ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN KOWLOON PARK.
PROGRESS REPORTS WILL ALSO BE DELIVERED TO THE MEETING BY MRS ELSIE TU, CHAIRPERSON OF THE WORKING PARTY TO REVIEW HAWKERS AND RELATED POLICIES MR PETER C.K. CHAN, CHAIRMAN OF THE LIQUOR LICENSING BOARD MR HOWARD YOUNG, CHAIRMAN OF THE RECREATION SELECT COMMITTEE AND MR JOSEPH CHAN, CHAIRMAN OF THE LIBRARIES SELECT COMMITTEE.
PUBLIC URGED TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST MALAR LA
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WITH THE EXPECTED INCREASE IN THE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE IN THE WARMER SEASON, LOCAL RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO TRAVEL FREQUENTLY, AŘE URGED TO TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THE RISK OF MALARIAL INFECTION.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT DURING THE PAST THREE YEARS THERE HAD BEEN A GRADUAL INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF IMPORTED MALARIA CASES; FROM 94 IN 1983 AND 101 IN 1984 TO 162 IN 1985. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MALARIA CASES FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS WERE 125, 113 AND 168 RESPECTIVELY.
HONG KONG IS VULNERABLE TO MALARIA BECAUSE THE TERRITORY IS A MAJOR CENTRE FOR BOTH TOURISM AND BUSINESS. THERE IS ALSO A GREAT RISK OF MALARIA PARASITES BEING BROUGHT IN BY TRAVELLERS FROM MALARIA ENDEMIC COUNTRIES.
+ IN VIEW OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL AND SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF HONG KONG IT IS PRACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO PREVENT THE IMPORTATION OF MALARIA PARASITE CARRIERS, THE SPOKESMAM SAID,
HOWEVER, HE URGED TRAVELLERS TO TAKE PREVENTIVE MEASURES, PARTICULARLY PERSONAL PROTECTION, AGAINST MOSQUITO BITES WHEN THEY VISIT MALARIA ENDEMIC COUNTRIES, WHICH INCLUDE CHINA, INDIA AND PAKISTAN AND VARIOUS SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES.
IF BITTEN BY MOSQUITOES, TRAVELLERS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR SYMPTOMS OF MALARIA SUCH AS A CHILL OR FEVER, AND SEEK EARLY TREATMENT IF THESE APPEAR.
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