FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1986
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TWO IMPORTED CASES OF CHOLERA CONFIRMED
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THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) CALLED ON MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO MAINTAIN A HIGH STANDARD OF PERSONAL AND FOOD HYGIENE WHEN TRAVELLING IN COUNTRIES WHERE CHOLERA IS ENDEMIC.
THE APPEAL FOLLOWED THE CONFIRMATION OF TWO MORE IMPORTED CASES OF CHOLERA EARLIER TODAY. THE PATIENTS ARE WOMEN, AGED 22 AND 24, ONE SINGAPOREAN AND THE OTHER MALAYSIAN,
THEY WERE CLOSE CONTACTS OF A JAPANESE WOMAN NOW BEING TREATED AT PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL AFTER IT WAS CONFIRMED ON TUESDAY THAT SHE HAD CHOLERA, A CASE THAT WAS ALSO CLASSIFIED AS
IMPORTED.
THE TWO HAD RETURNED TO HONG KONG FROM INDONESIA ON AUGUST 29 AND THE DEPARTMENT WAS SUCCESSFUL IN CONTACTING THEM YESTERDAY (THURSDAY). BOTH WERE ADMITTED TO PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL IN SATISFACTORY CONDITION, THEY HAD DEVELOPED MILD SYMPTOMS OF DIARRHOEA THE DAY AFTER THE IR RETURN.
+CHOLERA IS ENDEMIC IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD AND IT IS THEREFORE ESSENTIAL TO OBSERVE STRICT PERSONAL AND FOOD HYGIENE AT HOME AND WHILE TRAVELLING ABROAD, A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
+ IT IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE THAT PEOPLE RETURNING TO HONG KONG SHOULD CONSULT A DOCTOR IF THEY DEVELOP SYMPTOMS OF VOMITTING, DIARRHOEA AND FEVER.+
JAPANESE BANK GRANTED LICENCE *****
THE MITSUI TRUST AND BANKING CO. LTD. HAS BEEN GRANTED A BANKING LICENCE TO CONDUCT BUSINESS IN HONG KONG, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
INCORPORATED IN JAPAN, THE MITSUI TRUST AND BANKING CO. LTD. ENTERED GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS IN 1948, ONE OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, MITSUI TRUST FINANCE (HONG KONG) LTD., IS A HONG KONG REGISTERED DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANY.
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT A TOTAL OF EIGHT FOREIGN BANKS. INCLUDING THREE FROM JAPAN, HAVE BEEN GRANTED BANKING LICENCÉS SO FAR THIS YEAR. HE SAID THAT THIS REFLECTED HONG KONG'S IMPORTANT ROLE AS AN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRE.
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