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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1975

MORE JOIN SCHOOL MEDICAL SCHEME

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NEARLY 80,000 PUPILS TOOK PART IN THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SCHEME IN THE LAST ACADEMIC YEAR, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 4,000 OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE BOARD WELCOMED .THE GREATER PARTICIPATION AND SAID IT INDICATED THAT MORE PUPILS

AND THEIR PARENTS WERE BECOMING AWARE OF THE VALUE OF THE SCHEME.

THE SPOKESMAN EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT HEADMASTERS WOULD CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE THEIR PUPILS TO JOIN THE SCHEME,

THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SCHEME WAS SET UP IN OCTOBER 1964 TO PROVIDE ECONOMICAL MEDICAL TREATMENT TO PUPILS IN REGISTERED SCHOOLS. ENROLMENT IS LIMITED TO PUPILS IN PRIMARY CLASSES AND FROM FORM I TO III IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

PUPILS WHO WISH TO JOIN CAN DO SO AT ANY TIME AT A NOMINAL FEE OF $5 WHICH COVERS A 12-MONTH PERIOD STARTING FROM THE DATE OF ENTRY.

AS SCHOOLS MAY BE VERY BUSY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW SCHOOL TERM, PARENTS MAY OBTAIN FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE SCHEME DIRECT FROM THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE BOARD ON TEL. NO. 5-764765. THE BOARD CAN ALSO SUPPLY A LIST OF DOCTORS PRACTISING IN THE AREA OF A PARTICULAR SCHOOL.

CODE ON TAKEOVERS AND MERGERS ****

NOTE TO EDITORS

THE COMMISSIONER FOR SECURITIES, MR. J. B. SELWYN, WILL GIVE A PRESS CONFERENCE TOMORROW (THURSDAY) AT 4 P.M. IN CONNECTION WITH A CODE ON TAKEOVERS AND MERGERS FOR HONG KONG.

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER AND/OR PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE CONFERENCE WHICH WILL BE HELD IN THE G.1.S. THEATRE ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF BEACONSFIELD HOUSE. TELEVISION CREWS ARE ADVISED TO ARRIVE EARLY SO THAT THEY WILL HAVE AMPLE TIME TO SET UP THEIR EQUIPMENT.

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