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Thursday, May 18, 1972

NEW VACCINE INSTITUTE

Handing Over Ceremony In Early July

The Medical and Health Department's new institute for the production

of human vaccines, in Victoria Road, Pok Fu Lam, will be handed over to Dr.

the Hon. G.H. Choa, Director of Medical and Health Services, by Mr. C.R.J.

Donnithorne, Director of Building Development, at a ceremony on July 6.

The institute will not only serve the needs of the people of Hong

Kong, by producing vaccines to combat infectious diseases such as plague,

cholera, typhoid, rabies and small pox, but, because of the facilities

provided, will also make vaccines available for export to other countries

in the region in times of emergency.

It comprises four blocks in an area of approximately 45,000 square

feet. The main block, three storeys high, contains 10 laboratories, offices

and other service rooms, linked to a two-storey animal house on the ground

and first-floor levels.

Within the animal house, small animals such as monkeys, rabbits,

guinea pigs, mice, and fowl are kept. There is a full range of facilities

for experiments and research connected with the production of vaccines

including an operating theatre equipped for the dissection of animal bodies,

Large animals such as horses, buffaloes and sheep, are housed in

pens and stalls in a fan-shaped building especially designed to provide

comfortable conditions for them, with adequate lighting and ventilation.

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