THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1989
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ORAL HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT OPENED
LEGISLATIVE
COUNCILLOR
CALLED ON MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC LEARNING AND TAKING PROPER STEPS TO PREVENT DENTAL DISEASE.
DR LEONG TO TAKE
CHE-HUNG TODAY {THURSDAY) THEIR OWN INITIATIVES
IN
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING EDUCATION UNIT OF THE DEPARTMENT JOCKEY CLUB SCHOOL DENTAL CLINIC.
OF
OF CEREMONY
THE ORAL HEALTH HEALTH AT THE ARGYLE
STREET
ORAL
HEALTH
EDUCATION
—
WAS INADEQUATE IN
A VERY THE PAST HOC
DR LEONG
THAT RECALLED IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF HEALTH EDUCATION AND PROGRAMMES IN ORAL HEALTH EDUCATION WERE CARRIED OUT ON AN AD BASIS.
OF WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT
THE ORAL HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT, OBTAINED FROM THE INFORMATION ON ANY ASPECT OF ORAL HEALTH COULD BE PROFESSIONAL STAFF THERE FREE OF CHANGE, HE SAID.
ABLE TO
"AS WE ALL KNOW PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE. BEING
ABOUT KNOWLEDGE
A OBTAIN
DISEASE IS THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS PREVENTION, HE SAID.
SETTING EARLIER, THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, DR S.H. LEE, SAID THE
A SIGNIFICANT STEP UP OF THE ORAL HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT REPRESENTED
EFFECTIVE ORAL HEALTH FORWARD IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORE
EDUCATION PROGRAMMES FOR THE COMMUNITY OF HONG KONG.
"THE PROPOSAL FOR THE FORMATION EDUCATION UNIT WAS FIRST MOOTED BY THE COMMITTEE AS EARLY AS 1979.
"FOLLOWING
OF A FULL-TIME ORAL MEDICAL
HEALTH DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY
A
PARTY WORKING
ON DENTAL SERVICES IN THE TANG ORAL
OF THE RECOMMENDATION PARA-DENTAL TRAINING AND DELIVERY OF GOVERNMENT 1982, A PILOT ORAL HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT WAS ESTABLISHED IN SHIU KIN DENTAL THERAPISTS TRAINING SCHOOL TO CARRY OUT HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMMES," DR LEE SAID.
LIMITED
THE UNIT, WHICH MOVED INTO THE EXISTING PREMISES AT THE END LAST YEAR, IS A FULL-TIME ORAL HEALTH EDUCATION CENTRE.
OF
LECTURES,
FOR AND
IT FEATURES A 150-SEATED AUDITORIUM FOR SEMINARS AND AN EXHIBITION HALL FOR PUBLIC VIEWING, TWO HEALTH EDUCATION ROOMS HEALTH
PROGRAMMES AND A WORKSHOP FOR PRODUCING AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS.
EDUCATION
DESIGNING
/OTHER FACILITIES