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SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 1975
THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT LAUNCH +CHI HONG+ VISITS THE ISLAND REGULARLY TO PROVIDE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR THE VILLAGERSM THE BRITISH ARMY HAVE ALSO DONATED A FIRST-AID KIT FOR USE IN EMERGENCIES.
COMMUNICATION WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD IS THROUGH A RADIO-TELEPHONE LINK UNICH HAS JUST BEEN INSTALLED. ELECTRICITY IS ALSO PROVIDED LOCALLY THROUGH A SMALL GENERATOR.
THE VILLAGERS' ONLY +OUTSIDE+ ENTERTAINMENT IS LISTENING TO THE RADIO AND WATCHING TELEVISION PROGRAMMES FROM A GOVERNMENT INSTALLED TELEVISION SET.
SITUATED NOT FAR AWAY FROM TAI AH CHAU IS THE SECOND LARGEST ISLAND OF THE GROUP SIU AH CHAU. JUST BEHIND THE LONG STRETCH OF A BEAUTIFUL BEACH IS A GROUP OF NOUSES OCCUPIED BY TWO FAMILIES,
IN THE 1960S THE POPULATION OF THIS ISLAND WAS MUCH LARGER 90 PEOPLE. BUT NOW ONLY FIVE PEOPLE LIVE ON SIU AH CHAU. MOST OF THE OTHERS HAD LEFT FOR THE URBAN AREAS TO SEEK A MORE EXCITING LIFE.
THE DAILY RHYTHM OF LIFE ON THESE ISLANDS IS SLOW AND PEACEFUL, ACCORDING TO MR. NG. UNLIKE THE URBAN AREAS, WE ARE NOT THREATENED BY CRIME AND VIOLENCE. WE DO NOT NEED TO LOCK OUR DOORS EVEN AT NIGHT, HE SAID WITH PRIDE.
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