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+THE ORGANISATION HAS ESTIMATED THAT IN SUCH COUNTRIES ABOUT 90 PER CENT OF ALL CASES OF LUNG CANCER ARE CAUSED BY SMOKING. IN HONG KONG ABOUT 2 100 PEOPLE DIE OF LUNG CANCER ANNUALLY, + HE SAID.
HE ESTIMATED THAT EVERY YEAR ABOUT 1 900 DEATHS OR A QUARTER OF THE CANCER DEATHS IN HONG KONG WERE CAUSED BY SMOK ING.
CANCER, THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF DEATH IN HONG KONG SINCE THE 1960'S, NOW CLAIMED OVER 7 400 LIVES ANNUALLY, OR ABOUT 140 DEATHS PER 100 000 POPULATION.
THIS MORTALITY RATE WAS ALMOST TWICE THAT OF HEART DISEASE, THE SECOND LARGEST CAUSE OF DEATH, MR CHAMBERS SAID.
ALTHOUGH THE ULTIMATE CONTROL OF CANCER DEPENDED LARGELY ON CONTINUING RESEARCH AND ADVANCES IN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY. ITS IMPACT COULD BE REDUCED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF HEALTH EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY, HE SAID.
HE POINTED OUT THAT EFFECTIVE TREATMENT WOULD BE POSSIBLE IN MANY CASES WHICH WERE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF DOCTORS AT AN EARLY STAGE.
MR CHAMBERS CONGRATULATED THE PENINSULA JAYCEES, THE KWUN TONG COMMUNITY HEALTH PROJECT OF THE UNITED CHRISTIAN MEDICAL SERVICE, THE HONG KONG ANTI-CANCER SOCIETY AND ALL THOSE INVOLVED IN THE ORGANISATION OF THE CANCER FIGHTERS PROJECT.
THE PROJECT INVOLVES A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING AN EXHIBITION, A SEMINAR, A FUND-RAISING WALKATHON AND COUNSELLING SESSIONS WHICH WILL BE HELD DURING THE NEXT THREE WEEKS.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
TEXT OF MR CHAMBERS' SPEECH IN ENGLISH WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION FROM THE GIS DUTY OFFICER.
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