THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1987
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PEOPLE RESPONDING TO ANTI-AIDS DRIVE
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RESPONSE TO THE ANTI-AIDS CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED BY THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN SO ENCOURAGING THAT THERE MIGHT BE A NEED TO PRINT MORE PUBLICITY PAMPHLETS CONTAINING INFORMATION OF THE KILLER DISEASE TO COPE WITH PUBLIC DEMAND, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
PEOPLE HAD BEEN TURNING UP AT THE VARIOUS DISTRIBUTION POINTS TO COLLECT THE PAMPHLETS SINCE THE LATEST ANTI-AIDS CAMPAIGN WAS LAUNCHED ON TUESDAY.
AT ONE DISTRIBUTION POINT, THOUSANDS OF PAMPHLETS IN CHINESE AND IN ENGLISH WERE TAKEN BY THE PUBLIC.
FOR MAXIMUM EXPOSURE, THE DISTRIBUTION POINTS WILL MOVE WEEKLY FROM ONE BUSY LOCATION TO ANOTHER, THE SPOKESMAN SAID. PAMPHLETS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE AT VARIOUS DISTRICT OFFICES, SOCIAL HYGIENE CLINICS AND OUT-PATIENT DEPARTMENTS OF HOSPITALS.
IN ADDITION, THE ANTI-AIDS MESSAGE WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE PEOPLE BY TWO GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES MOBILE UNITS WHICH WILL BE TOURING DIFFERENT AREAS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES ON FOUR SUNDAYS, BEGINNING APRIL 26, BETWEEN 9 AM AND 12 NOON, AND FROM 1 PM TO 4 PM.
MEANWHILE, PEOPLE WHO FEEL THEY ARE AT RISK OF CONTRACTING THE DISEASE CAN CONTACT A PHONE-IN AIDS COUNSELLING SERVICE ON 3-7802211 FROM MONDAY TO FRIDAY BETWEEN 8 AM AND 8 PM.
ADDITIONALLY, TWO RECORDED AIDS INFORMATION LINES ARE OPERATED 24 HOURS DAILY ON: 5-8330180 IN ENGLISH, AND 5-724533 IN CANTONESE.
CLEAN FOOD HYGIENE URGED
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WITH THE APPROACH OF THE SUMMER SEASON AND THE EXPERIENCE OF A CHOLERA OUTBREAK LAST YEAR, THE PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES AGAINST GASTRO-INTESTINAL DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH UNCLEAN AND UNWHOLESOME FOOD AND WATER.
MAKING THE APPEAL, THE HYGIENE ADVISER OF THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES BRANCH, DR RON PERRY, WARNED THE PUBLIC TO BE ON GUARD AGAINST FOOD POISONING AND DISEASES SUCH AS CHOLERA, DYSENTERY, TYPHOID AND VIRAL HEPATITIS.
+THE PUBLIC SHOULD OBSERVE PROPER PRACTICES TO ENSURE THE FOOD THEY CONSUME IS HYGIENIC AND FREE FROM CONTAMINATION AND DETERIORATION,+ DR PERRY SAID.
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