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THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1975

SEMINARS TO PROMOTE CIVIC CONSCIOUSNESS

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A SERIES OF DISTRICT-LEVEL SEMINARS AIMED AT PROMOTING CIVIC CONSCIOUSNESS WILL BE HELD SIMULTANEOUSLY IN TEN CITY DISTRICTS ON SATURDAY (JANUARY 25) BETWEEN 2 P.M. AND 5 P.M.

THE SEMINARS ARE ORGANISED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE +OUR CITY-OUR CONCERN+ PROJECT JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT AND THE HONG KONG JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

DURING EACH SEMINAR, GUEST SPEAKERS WILL BE INVITED TO TALK ON SPECIFIC TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE DISTRICT.

ON HONG KONG ISLAND, THE SEMINARS WILL BE HELD AT THE KING'S COLLEGE IN BONHAM ROAD, THE CARITAS CENTRE IN CAINE ROAD, THE LADY TRENCH TRAINING CENTRE IN OI KHAN ROAD AND THE CAUSEWAY BAY MAGISTRACY BUILDING.

IN KOWLOON, THE SEMINARS WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE HO LAP COLLEGE IN TSEUK LUK STREET. THE YAUMATI KAIFONG ASSOCIATION PRIMARY SCHOOL IN SHEK PIK ROAD, THE MAN SAN COLLEGE IN DUMBARTON ROAD, THE TAK CHING GIRLS' SECONDARY SCHOOL IN CASTLE PEAK ROAD, THE ELIZABETH COLLEGE IN SAI YEE STREET AND THE KWUN TONG MARYKNOLL COLLEGE IN TSUI PING ROAD.

NOTE TO EDITORS

YOU ARE INVITED TO HAVE THESE SEMINARS COVERED ON SATURDAY.

ANTI-SMALLPOX VACCINATION CAMPAIGN

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THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S 1975 ANTI-SMALLPOX VACCINATION CAMPAIGN BEGINS ON FEBRUARY 1, AND WILL LAST UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH.

DURING THE PERIOD, AN EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO VACCINATE AS MANY RESIDENTS AS POSSIBLE AGAINST THE DISEASE.

+HONG KONG HAS NOT HAD A CASE OF SMALLPOX FOR 23 YEARS. ONE IMPORTED' CASE WAS NOTIFIED IN JUNE 1952, BUT THE RECORD HAS BEEN CLEAN AFTER THAT,+ A SPOKESMAN SAID.

HE HOPED NEXT MONTH'S CAMPAIGN WOULD HELP DRAW THE PUBLIC'S ATTENTION TO IMMUNITY TO PREVENT A RECURRENCE OF THE DISEASE.

FREE VACCINATIONS ARE AVAILABLE AT ALL GOVERNMENT CLINICS AND INOCULATION CENTRES.

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