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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1987
"THROUGH THEIR CONTACT WITH THE ELDERLY AND THE ACTIVITIES THEY ORGANISE, THE CENTRES CAN HELP THE ELDERLY TO IMPROVE THEIR INTER-PERSONAL RELATIONS AND TO APPRECIATE THE DIFFERENT LIFE STYLE AND VALUE STANDARDS OF THE YOUNGER GENERATION, SHE SAID.
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"ON THE OTHER HAND, THE FAMILY MEMBERS, THROUGH THE SEMINARS ORGANISED BY THE CENTRES, CAN ACQUIRE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL STATES OF THEIR OLD FOLK AND THE CORRECT CONCEPT OF RESPECT FOR THE ELDERLY.
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'FURTHERMORE, THE COUNSELLING SERVICE CAN HELP TO RESOLVE ANY MISUNDERSTANDING OR PROBLEM THAT MAY EXIST BETWEEN THE ELDERLY AND THEIR CHILDREN, MRS WONG SAID.
TWO VIETNAMESE BOYS SUFFERING FROM CHOLERA
THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) CONFIRMED THAT TWO VIETNAMESE REFUGEE CHILDREN WERE SUFFERING FROM CHOLERA.
KONG
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ARRIVED THE TWO BOYS AGED TWO AND THREE WITH ANOTHER 35 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN
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BY BOAT IN HONG THE EVENING OF
NOVEMBER 23.
ON ARRIVAL, THIS BATCH OF REFUGEES WAS TAKEN TO THE GREEN ISLAND RECEPTION CENTRE WHERE THEY WERE EXAMINED BY OFFICERS. THE TWO BOYS WERE FOUND TO HAVE SYMPTOMS
IMMEDIATELY REFERRED
WERE
VOMITING AND HOSPITAL FOR INVESTIGATION AND TREATMENT.
THE PORT HEALTH OF DIARRHOEA AND MARGARET
PRINCESS TO THE
THEY WERE
TEST TODAY REVEALED THAT RESULTS OF THEIR STOOL SUFFERING FROM CHOLERA EL TOR. DOCTORS DESCRIBED THE CONDITION OF PATIENTS AS SATISFACTORY.
THE
THEY
HEALTH OFFICERS FROM THE DEPARTMENT HAVE VISITED THE PATIENTS' PARENTS AND THE OTHER CONTACTS IN THE CHI MA WAN QUARANTINE HUT. WERE ALL GIVEN MEDICAL EXAMINATION AND PREVENTIVE DRUGS AND WERE
SURVEILLANCE. BOTH THE QUARANTINE HUT PUT UNDER MEDICAL RECEPTION CENTRE HAVE BEEN DISINFECTED.
ALSO
AND
THE
VIETNAM, THEY FOUR CHOLERA
WERE CASES
SINCE THE TWO BOYS WERE NEW ARRIVALS FROM CLASSIFIED AS IMPORTED CASES. SO FAR, A TOTAL OF HAS BEEN CONFIRMED THIS YEAR AND THREE OF THEM WERE IMPORTED.
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