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THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1977

+ IT IS, THEREFORE, IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM THE DISEASE SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS, AND IF A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY HAS CONTRACTED THE DISEASE, THE OTHER MEMBERS SHOULD TAKE CARE NOT TO SHARE THE SAME TOWEL OR HANDKERCHIEF, HE SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT ALTHOUGH THERE HAD BEEN NO LOCAL CASES OF CHOLERA SINCE 1969 THE PUBLIC MUST NOT BE TEMPTED TO RELAX THE PREVENTIVE MEASURES.

VACCINATIONS AGAINST THE COMMON INFECTIOUS DISEASES ARE AVAILABLE AT ALL GOVERNMENT GENERAL OUT-PATIENT CLINICS AND INOCULATION POSTS.

ANTI-NARCOTICS EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY PROGRAMME TO BE ANNOUNCED ****

NOTE TO EDITORS:

A PRESS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE THIS YEAR'S ANTI-NARCOTICS EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY PROGRAMME WILL BE HELD IN THE G.I.S. THEATRE ON THE 5TH FLOOR OF BEACONSFIELD HOUSE ON MONDAY (JUNE 13) AT 2.30 P.M.

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SPEAKERS AT THE CONFERENCE WILL BE MR. E. I. LEE, COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, AND DR. K.L. STUMPF, CHAIRMAN OF ACAN'S PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY SUB-COMMITTEE.

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE PRESS CONFERENCE.

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