STEVABAAJ vanVARI 4, 1975
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
21,180
17.515
+3,665 + 20.9
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(76.2%)
(74.8%)
IMPORTS
31,578
25,947
+5,631 + 21.7
RE-EXPORTS
6,598
5,904
694
+ 11.8
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(23.8%)
(25.2%)
DEC. 1973
TO NOV. 1974
DEC. 1972
TO NOV. 1973
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
$ MN.
$ MN.
$ MN.
%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
23,139
18,728
+4,412 + 23.6
IMPORTS
34,636
27,927
+6,709
+ 24.0
RE-EXPORTS
7,219
6,295
+ 924
+ 14.7
0
ANTI-POLIO CAMPAIGN 1975
FIRST PHASE TO LAST UNTIL END OF JANUARY -
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THE FIRST PHASE OF THE 1975 ANTI-POLIOMYELITIS CAMPAIGN ORGANISED BY THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT BEGAN ON JANUARY 2 AND WILL LAST FOR ONE MONTH.
THE SECOND PHASE WILL LAST THROUGHOUT MARCH.
A SPOKESMAN SAID POLIO IMMUNISATION BECAME AVAILABLE SINCE 1963 AND HAD VIRTUALLY ELIMINATED THE DISEASE IN HONG KONG.
IN 1962, BEFORE INTRODUCTION OF THE VACCINE, 363 CASES WITH 52 DEATHS WERE RECORDED, BUT THERE HAD BEEN NO NOTIFICATIONS SINCE SEPTEMBER 1973.
HE FELT THAT DESPITE THIS GREATLY IMPROVED SITUATION POLIOMYELITIS STILL POSED A THREAT TO THE COMMUNITY AND ANY CHILD WHO HAD NOT YET BEEN VACCINATED SHOULD BE IMMUNISED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE,
+POLIO VACCINE IS FREE AND AVAILABLE AT ALL GOVERNMENT MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CENTRES, INOCULATION POSTS AND GENERAL OUT-PATIENT CLINICS, HE EMPHASISED.
HE EXPLAINED THAT THREE DOSES OF VACCINE WERE REQUIRED WITH AN EIGHT-WEEK INTERVAL BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND DOSES. A THIRD DOSE SHOULD BE TAKEN A YEAR LATER.
HE ASSURED PARENTS THAT POLIO VACCINE WAS VERY EASY TO ADMINISTER. FOR INFANTS, DROPS OF THE VACCINE WERE PUT INTO THE MOUTH. FOR OLDER CHILDREN, THE VACCINE WAS ADDED TO A LUMP OF SUGAR.
+POLIO VACCINE IS AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AT ALL GOVERNMENT MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CENTRES, HE SAID, AND THE CAMPAIGNS CARRIED OUT IN EACH YEAR ARE INTENDED TO REMIND MOTHERS OF THE AVAILABILITY OF THE VACCINE, AND TO URGE THEM TO HAVE THEIR CHILDREN IMMUNISED.+
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