SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1990
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IMPORTANCE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH REMINDED
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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE TODAY (SATURDAY) CALLED UPON ΤΟ ATTACH GREATER IMPORTANCE TO THE EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION ON HEALTH.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF A CARNIVAL ON ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH AT SOUTHORN PLAYGROUND THIS AFTERNOON, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, DR K.H. PANG, SAID ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH WERE CLOSELY RELATED.
"IN FACT, MOST OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION CAN BE AVOIDED THROUGH DEVELOPING AMONG THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE A SENSE OF OBLIGATION TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT, DR PANG ADDED.
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THE CARNIVAL, TITLED "OUR PLANLET, OUR HEALTH; THINK ACT LOCALLY", WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN SUPPORT OF THE WORLD HEALTH APRIL THIS YEAR.
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DURING THAT PERIOD, HEALTH MESSAGES WERE DISSEMINATED THROUGH A 24-HOUR PRE-RECORDED TELEPHONE INFORMATIVE SERVICE, PHOTO CONTEST, INTER-SCHOOLS ESSAY COMPETITION, WORKSHOPS FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AND TRAINING PROGRAMMES FOR YOUNG HEALTH LEADERS.
TODAY'S PROGRAMME FEATURED AN EXHIBITION HEALTH, VIDEO SHOWS ON HEALTH EDUCATION, AND THE ENTRIES OF PHOTO AND ESSAY COMPETITIONS. THERE STALLS.
ON ENVIRONMENT AND DISPLAY OF WINNING WERE ALSO 15 GAMES
IN ADDITION, THE HONG KONG CHILDREN'S CHOIR WAS ALSO IN ATTENDANCE.
1,322 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS REPORTED IN OCTOBER
A TOTAL OF 1,773 CASUALTIES WAS REPORTED IN 1,322 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WHICH OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY LAST MONTH.
A POLICE SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT 325 OF THESE ACCIDENTS OCCURRED ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 735 IN KOWLOON AND 262 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR OCTOBER SHOWED THAT 30 PERSONS WERE KILLED, 354 PERSONS WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED AND 1,389 SLIGHTLY INJURED IN THESE ACCIDENTS.
THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS REPRESENTED A DECREASE OF 5.7 PER CENT OVER THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR WHILE THE NUMBER OF CASUALTIES SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 1.6 PER CENT.
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