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FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1987
VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE MEDICARE FOR ISLANDERS
ELDERLY RESIDENTS OF SHA LO WAN ON LANTAU ISLAND ARE ABLE TO OBTAIN FREE MEDICAL CHECK-UPS TODAY (FRIDAY) AND TOMORROW FROM A GROUP OF MEDICAL VOLUNTEERS -
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MORE THAN 100 ISLANDERS CALLED AT THE SERVICE CENTRE SET UP AT THE SHA LO WAN SCHOOL TODAY TO HAVE THEIR BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKED AND DIABETES SCREENED.
ISLANDERS AGED 60 AND OVER WERE ACCORDED THE PRIORITY TO GET THE SERVICE AS THEY MIGHT HAVE DIFFICULTY TRAVELLING A LONG DISTANCE TO SEEK HEALTH ADVICE IN THE URBAN AREA.
THE 'HEALTH DAY' PROJECT WAS ORGANISED BY THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE, WENDELL EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH OF YAU MA TEI AND CHURCH OF CHRIST IN CHINA LANTAU CHAPELS.
MORE THAN 20 VOLUNTEERS, INCLUDING SOME REGISTERED NURSES, TOOK PART IN THE PROJECT TODAY AND THEY WILL STAY THERE OVERNIGHT.
THEY WILL BE JOINED BY ANOTHER GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS, INCLUDING DOCTORS AND SOCIAL WORKERS TOMORROW WHEN FREE MEDICAL TREATMENT WILL BE GIVEN TO THOSE IN NEED. HOME VISITS WILL ALSO BE CONDUCTED TO GIVE ADVICE TO THE RESIDENTS IN SEEKING PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.
TO MARK THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT, A CARNIVAL WILL BE HELD AT SHA LO WAN PARK TOMORROW AFTERNOON. CHINESE OPERATIC SINGING AND GAMES WILL BE ORGANISED TO ENTERTAIN THE ISLANDERS.
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL GROWTH EXPECTED IN EASTERN
THE SIGNIFICANT INFLOW OF POPULATION INTO THE EASTERN DISTRICT HAD HELPED STIMULATE BOTH COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE DISTRICT, THE ACTING REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR PAUL LEUNG, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
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OFFICIATING AT THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT INDUSTRIALISTS' ASSOCIATION, MR LEUNG SAID THAT THE COMPLETION OF THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING AND PHASE III OF THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR WOULD FURTHER IMPROVE THE INFRASTRUCTURAL FACILITIES WHICH WOULD BE CONDUCIVE TO FURTHER INDUSTRIAL GROWTII.
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