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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1976.

HEALTH EDUCATION EXHIBITIONS IN N.T.

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A SERIES OF HEALTH EDUCATION EXHIBITIONS ON PREVENTION OF GASTRO-INTESTINAL DISEASES ARE TO BE HELD AT VARIOUS TOWNS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

A +KEEP FOOD PREMISES CLEAN+ CAMPAIGN WILL ALSO BE LAUNCHED AT THE SAME TIME TO RAISE THE HYGIENIC STANDARD OF RESTAURANTS AND OTHER FOOD PREMISES IN THE REGION.

THESE ARE ORGANISED BY THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AS PART OF ITS ANNUAL HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMMES.

THE EXHIBITIONS WILL BE HELD FROM OCTOBER 19 TO OCTOBER 21 AT TAI PO YOUTH CENTRE, FROM OCTOBER 26 TO OCTOBER 28 AT THE YUEN LONG TOWN HALL, AND ON NOVEMBER 3 AND 4 AT SAI KUNG RURAL COMMITTEE OFFICE.

ITEMS ON DISPLAY WILL INCLUDE PICTURES, DIAGRAMS AND CHARTS ILLUSTRATING THE CAUSES OF GASTRO-INTESTINAL DISEASES SUCH AS TYPHOID FEVER, DYSENTERY, FOOD POISONING AND HEPATITIS, AND WAYS TO PREVENT THESE DISEASES. THERE WILL ALSO BE FILM SHOWS TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DISEASES ARE ALL ABOUT.

THE EXHIBITIONS ARE INTENDED FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN, AND SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN INVITED TO ORGANISE GROUP VISITS SO AS NOT TO CAUSE DISRUPTIONS TO SCHOOL WORK.

A SIMILAR EXHIBITION HAD ALREADY BEEN HELD IN TSUEN WAN EARLIER THIS MONTH.

THE +KEEP FOOD PREMISES CLEAN+ CAMPAIGN AIMS AT EDUCATING FOOD HANDLERS, LICENSEES OF FOOD PREMISES AND OPERATORS OF CANTEENS ON FOOD HYGIENE AND PERSONAL HYGIENE.

THE MESSAGE WILL BE CONVEYED BY MEANS OF SEMINARS, DISCUSSIONS AND FILM SHOWS.

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