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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1978

THESE INCREASES WERE DUE TO MORE RE-EXPORTS OF PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM RELATED PRODUCTS TO SINGAPORE, VEHICLES TO INDONESIA, AND MISCELLANEOUS NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES, MAINLY DIAMONDS TO THE U.S.

THE TRADE INDEX NUMBERS FOR DECEMBER 1977 WERE ALSO RELEASED AS FOLLOWS:

VALUE INDEX

UNIT VALUE

INDEX

QUANTUM INDEX

(1973-100)

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

220

131

IMPORTS

203

135

168

150

THE TERM OF TRADE INDEX (1.E. EXPORT UNIT VALUE INDEX/ IMPORT UNIT VALUE INDEX) FOR DECEMBER WAS 97.

NOTE: ALL VALUES WERE ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST MILLION DOLLAR.

EDUCATION CAMPAIGN AGAINST HYPERTENSION

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A MASSIVE HEALTH EDUCATION CAMPAIGN, ASSISTED BY THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WILL BE LAUNCHED ON FRIDAY (APRIL 7) TO PROMOTE GREATER AWARENESS OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE CONTROL AND PREVENTION OF HYPERTENSION, THE SILENT, SECRET THREAT TO THE HEALTH OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD.+

THE CAMPAIGN, DESIGNATED BY THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY AND FEDERATION OF CARDIOLOGY AS THE WORLD HYPERTENSION MONTH, WILL FEATURE A LARGE-SCALE EXHIBITION TO BE HELD AT THE OCEAN TERMINAL FROM APRIL 7.

THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH, DR. K.L. THONG, WILL OFFICIALLY OPEN THE EXHIBITION.

THIS IS THE FIRST EXHIBITION OF ITS KIND TO BE STAGED IN HONG KONG, AND IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG CARDIOLOGICAL SOCIETY, THE HONG KONG HEART FOUNDATION AND THE MEDICAL SOCIETY OF HONG KONG UNIVERSITY.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THAT HYPERTENSION OFTEN PASSES UNNOTICED AS IT PRESENTS NO SYMPTOMS IN ITS EARLY STAGES, BUT ITS COMPLICATIONS ARE AMONG THE MOST IMPORTANT CAUSES OF DEATH AND INCAPACITY IN MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD.

/+AS BLOOD .****