SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1986
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THE SENIOR VETERINARY OFFICER, DR NORMAN CHENG, GAVE THESE FIGURES TODAY (SATURDAY) WHEN HE ANNOUNCED DETAILS OF AN ANTI- RABIES INOCULATION DRIVE TO BE CARRIED OUT IN TAI PO AND YUEN LONG THIS MONTH,
+WHILE THE DEPARTMENT CONTINUES WITH ITS STRINGENT CONTROL MEASURES TO PREVENT AN OUTBREAK OF THE DISEASE, I APPEAL TO ALL DOG OWNERS FOR THEIR CO-OPERATION IN HAVING THEIR PETS INOCULATED AGAINST RABIES IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO, AND IN PUTTING THEM UNDER PROPER CONTROL AT ALL TIMES,+ HE SAID,
FREE INOCULATION SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE FROM ANY OF THE FOUR GOVERNMENT KENNELS AND 19 DOG INOCULATION AND LICENSING CENTRES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.
DR CHENG SAID MOBILE INOCULATION TEAMS WILL VISIT VILLAGES IN TAI PO AND YUEN LONG TO PROVIDE SUCH SERVICES TO OWNERS WHO MAY HAVE DIFFICULTY IN TAKING THEIR DOGS TO THE CENTRES.
THE TAI PO VILLAGES INCLUDE TO YUEN TUNG, MA WO, TO TSZ KIN, SHEUNG WUN YIU, HA WUN TIU, CHEUNG UK TI, SAN UK KA, PUN SHAN CHAU, TA TIT YAN, SHEUNG WONG YI AU, LAI CHI SHAN AND HA WONG YI AU.
THE YUEN LONG VILLAGES INCLUDE WANG TOI SHAN, CHUK HANG, SHEUNG TSE, HA TSE, SHEUNG TSUEN, NGAU KENG, LIN FA TEI, SHUI TSAN TIN AND SHUI LAU TIN.
DR CHENG REMINDED DOG OWNERS THAT IT WAS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT THEIR PETS WERE INOCULATED AND LICENSED.
+ ANY PERSON WHO KEEPS A DOG OVER FIVE MONTHS' OLD WHICH IS NOT INOCULATED AGAINST RABIES, OR WHO LETS HIS DOG STRAY, IS LIABLE TO A FINE OF $5 000 AND SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT, + HE POINTED OUT.
COMMUNITY FORUMS ORGANISED IN TAI PO
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TAI PO RESIDENTS ARE BEING INVITED TO ATTEND FORUMS AT THE TAI PO COMMUNITY CENTRE ON COMMUNITY SERVICES AND POLLUTION PROBLEMS.
ORGANISED BY THE TAI PO DISTRICT SCHOOLS LIAISON COMMITTEE AND SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, THE FORUMS ARE AIMED AT FOSTERING RESIDENTS' KNOWLEDGE OF DISTRICT AFFAIRS.
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