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TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1974

HE DESCRIBED THE RESPONSE AS THE +BEST+ THE DEPARTMENT HAS

HAD IN RECENT YEARS. IT WAS ENCOURAGING, BUT PAST EXPERIENCE.

SHOWED THAT THE INCIDENCE OF MEASLES USUALLY REACHED PEAK

PROPORTIONS DURING SPRING, SO A SIGNIFICANT DECLINE IN BOTH

INCIDENCE AND DEATHS COULD NOT BE EXPECTED BEFORE JUNE.

HE URGED PARENTS OF SUSCEPTIBLE CHILDREN BETWEEN SIX MONTHS

AND FIVE YEARS TO BRING THEIR OFFSPRING FOR INOCULATION AT

ANY OF THE DEPARTMENT'S MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CENTRES

THROUGHOUT HONG KONG, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.

IN A SPECIAL APPEAL ADDRESSED TO THE SUPERVISORS OF SCHOOLS,

AND OPERATORS OF KINDERGARTENS AND NURSERIES, HE REPEATED THE

INVITATION TO MAKE FULL USE OF THE DEPARTMENT'S MOBILE HEALTH

SERVICE, WHICH WOULD CALL ON REQUEST AT ANY INSTITUTION,

WHETHER IN HOUSING ESTATES OR ELSEWHERE, TO INOCULATE CHILDREN IN

GROUPS OF 20 OR MORE.

THE REQUEST COULD BE MADE BY A TELEPHONE CALL TO THE

DEPARTMENT'S REGIONAL HEALTH OFFICES

HONG KONG ISLAND 5-435581.

KOWLOON 3-010111 EXT. 347

3-010111 EXT.347₺ NEW TERRITORIES 3-866825.

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DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED

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THE GOVERNOR, AFTER TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE ADVICE

OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, HAS DECIDED THAT THE DEATH SENTENCE

PASSED ON NOVEMBER 1, 1973 ON CHAN CHEONG-HING SHOULD BE

COMMUTED TO A TERM OF 12 YEARS' IMPRISONMENT.

CHAN WAS FOUND GUILTY OF THE MURDER OF CHEUNG SHUI-FA.

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