SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1987
IN LINE WITH ITS PREVENTIVE PROGRAMME, THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAD ESTABLISHED A GENETIC NEO-NATAL SCREENING PROGRAMME ТО DETECT GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE (G-6-PD) DEFICIENCY AND OTHER INHERITED DISEASES AMONG NEW-BORN BABIES.
COUNSELLING SERVICE WAS PROVIDED TO CHILDREN IN WHOM ABNORMALITY WAS DETECTED, DR LEE SAID.
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DR LEE ALSO TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONGRATULATE THE HONG SOCIETY OF MEDICAL GENETICS AND THE PENINSULA JAYCEES FOR JOINTLY ORGANISING THE KNOW GENETICS EXHIBITION.
HE PRAISED THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING INTEREST AND KNOWLEDGE MEDICAL GENETICS WITHIN THE MEDICAL PROFESSION AND AMONG THE PUBLIC.
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THE EXHIBITION, WHICH WILL CONTINUE FOR A WEEK, IS INTENDED TO PROMOTE KNOWLEDGE IN MEDICAL GENETICS AND TO INTRODUCE SERVICES OFFERED BY THE TWO UNIVERSITIES, THE GOVERNMENT AND OTHER VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS.
MAJOR COUNTRY PARK SURVEY BEGINS
A MAJOR SURVEY WILL BE CONDUCTED AS FROM TODAY (SATURDAY) IN HONG KONG'S POPULAR COUNTRY PARKS TO FIND OUT THE USAGE PATTERN OF PARK VISITORS AND TO IDENTIFY THEIR CHANGING NERDS FOR PARK FACILITIES AND SERVICES.
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THE SURVEY, THE THIRD ORGANISED BY THE AGRICULTURE FISHERIES DEPARTMENT SINCE 1982, COVERS 17 COUNTRY PARKS AND THE TAI PO KAU NATURE RESERVE, ALL OF WHICH ARE POPULAR AREAS FOR VISITORS.
THE COUNTRY PARKS SELECTED FOR THE SURVEY INCLUDE ABERDEEN, TAI TAM, QUARRY BAY, POK FU LAM, LANTAD, SAI KUNG, MA ON SHAN, CLEARWATER BAY, KAM SHAN, LION ROCK, SHINO MUN, TAI MO SHAN, TAI LAM, PAT SIN LENG AND PLOVER COVE.
THE DEPARTMENT'S SENIOR DEVELOPMENT OFFICER (COUNTRYSIDE), MR F.Y. WONG, SAID THAT THE SURVEY WILL TAKE PLACE ON TWO SEPARATE PERIODS FROM TODAY TO NOVEMBER 27 AND FROM DECEMBER 26 TO DECEMBER 30, COVERING THREE SATURDAYS AND THREE SUNDAYS.
"DURING THESE PERIODS, SOME 5,000 VISITORS TO THESE COUNTRY PARKS WILL BE SELECTED AT RANDOM FOR INTERVIEWS BY THE DEPARTMENT'S UNIFORMED PARK WARDENS.
"IN THIS SURVEY, NIGHT VISITORS WILL BE COVERED FOR THE FIRST TIME, MR WONG SAID.
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