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S.W.D. SPORTS MEET

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SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1974

THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S GROUP AND COMMUNITY WORK DIVISION WILL HOLD ITS 12TH ANNUAL SPORTS MEET TOMORROW CSUNDAY).

THE VENUE IS THE SPORTS STADIUM IN BOUNDARY STREET, KOWLOON.

FIVE HUNDRED MEMBERS FROM THE DIVISION'S 11 COMMUNITY CENTRES, YOUTH CLUBS AND CENTRES AND OTHER UNITS WILL TAKE PART, MOST OF THEM AS COMPETITORS WITH OTHERS HELPING OUT.

THE DAY'S PROGRAMME CONSISTS OF SOME 45 FIELD AND TRACK EVENTS INCLUDING RELAYS IN WHICH MEMBERS FROM OTHER DIVISIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT AND YOUNG PEOPLE FROM VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS HAVE BEEN INVITED TO COMPETE.

THE HEAD OF THE DIVISION, SENIOR PRINCIPAL SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER, MR. STEPHEN C.K. LAW, WILL SPEAK BEFORE THE EVENTS START.

PRIZES WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE END OF THE DAY BY URBAN COUNCILLOR HU FA-KUANG.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE WELCOME TO COVER THIS SPORTS MEET WHICH STARTS AT 9.30 A.M. AND ENDS AT 5 P.M.

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ANTI-MEASLES CAMPAIGN

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A TOTAL OF 3,859 CHILDREN WAS INOCULATED AGAINST MEASLES DURING THE THREE WEEKS ENDING ON APRIL 6 OF THE FIRST ANTI- MEASLES CAMPAIGN THIS YEAR.

OF THESE, 1,069 WERE INOCULATED ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 1,896 IN KOWLOON, AND 894 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THE CURRENT CAMPAIGN WHICH BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 18 HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO MAY.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAID: +THE REASON FOR THE EXTENSION IS THAT WHILE THE RESPONSE TO THE CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN SATISFACTORY, IT IS ADVISABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC REMAIN AWARE OF THE NECESSITY TO CONTINUE WITH OUR PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES.+

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.

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