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THE NEW SCHEME WILL ALSO OBVIATE THE PRESENT NEED FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO NEGOTIATE WITH INDIVIDUAL TRANSPORT OPERATORS EVERY
YEAR THE AMOUNT OF SUBSIDY DUE TO THEM WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE USE OF THE SUBSIDY FARES.
BECAUSE STUDENTS IN FUTURE THEY RECEIVE TO PAY FULL
WAS
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE COST OF THE PRESENT SCHEME $254 MILLION IN THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR. IT WAS NOT EXPECTED THAT THE COST OF THE NEW SCHEME WOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY OUT OF LINE WITH THAT OF THE PRESENT SCHEME.
PUBLIC URGED TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST SUMMER DISEASES
WITH THE ARRIVAL OF SUMMER, THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY) URGES MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ΤΟ TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS AGAINST CHOLERA AND OTHER GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES.
A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT LAST YEAR THERE WERE FOUR CHOLERA CASES AND 378 FOOD POISONING CASES, WHICH AFFECTED MORE THAN 1,566 PEOPLE.
DURING THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, 43 CASES OF FOOD POISONING AFFECTING 120 PEOPLE WERE REPORTED.
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"ALTHOUGH NO CHOLERA CASE HAS BEEN REPORTED SO FAR THIS YEAR, THE PUBLIC SHOULD NOT RELAX THEIR PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THE DISEASE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
AND
"THE MOST RELIABLE AND EFFECTIVE METHOD TO PREVENT CHOLERA OTHER COMMUNICABLE DISEASES SUCH AS TYPHOID AND DYSENTERY IS TO OBSERVE PERSONAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND FOOD HYGIENE,' HE STRESSED.
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DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS, PEOPLE TEND TO BE LESS CAREFUL IN THE CHOICE OF FOOD AND DRINKS. SINCE MOST GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES ARE TRANSMITTED THROUGH CONTAMINATED FOOD AND DRINK, PEOPLE SHOULD BE SPECIALLY CAREFUL IN THEIR EATING HABITS.
THE SPOKESMAN ADVISED THAT ALL FOOD SHOULD BE THROUGHLY COOKED AND SHOULD NOT BE LEFT UNCOVERED IF NOT TAKEN IMMEDIATELY.
"THE CHOLERA BEING ENCOUNTERED NOWADAYS WHICH IS ENDEMIC IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD AND EXPECTED TO OCCUR NOW AND THEN.
IS CHOLERA EL TOR ARE
ISOLATED
CASES
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