FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1978
+THEREFORE, THIS SHOULD BE REGARDED NOT JUST AN INDIVIDUAL MEDICAL PROBLEM BUT AS A COMMUNITY HEALTH PROBLEM WHICH GOES BEYOND MEDICAL CARE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL, HE ADDED.
TO TACKLE IT, HE STRESSED, THE CONTINUING SUPPORT OF THE PUBLIC, OFTEN SPEAR-HEADED BY NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS SUCH AS THOSE INVOLVED IN THE CURRENT EXHIBITION, IS MOST IMPORTANT.
+ IT IS IN THE SPHERE OF COMMUNITY EDUCATION THAT EXHIBITION OF THIS TYPE CAN PLAY AN IMPORTANT AND ESSENTIAL ROLE. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THIS WILL CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ON THIS IMPORTANT COMMUNITY HEALTH PROBLEM,+ HE SAID.
DR. THONG SAID THE EXHIBITION IS A TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF THE CLOSE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN PRIVATE ORGANISATIONS AND GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTIONS WHICH +13 THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY OF TACKLING A COMMUNITY HEALTH PROBLEM SUCH AS HYPERTENSION.+
HE APPEALED TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE THEMSELVES ABOUT HYPERTENSION WHICH MAY AFFECT THEIR OWN HEALTH.
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTS FOR JANUARY ******
THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTS FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY, 1978, SHOW A SURPLUS OF $743.6 MILLION, COMPARED WITH A SURPLUS OF $524.9 MILLION IN JANUARY, 1977.
THIS HAS RESULTED IN A SURPLUS OF $956.6 MILLION FOR THE FIRST 10 MONTHS OF LAST FINANCIAL YEAR, COMPARED WITH A SURPLUS OF $585.9 MILLION FOR THE SAME PERIOD OF THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR.
TOTAL EXPENDITURE, AT $833.6 MILLION, WAS $261.1 MILLION MORE THAN IN JANUARY, 1977.
TOTAL REVENUE AND RECEIPTS AT $1,577.2 MILLION, WERE $479.8 MILLION MORE THAN FOR THE SAME MONTH IN 1977.
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