TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1978
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+IT GIVES A SURROUNDING OF BEING IN A KINDERGARTEN WITH TOYS AND KIDDIE FURNITURE SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR THE CHECK-UP PURPOSES TO ALLAY A CHILD'S FEAR OF BEING IN A CLINIC WHICH MIGHT IMPEDE THE TEST.
+THE CHECK-UPS ARE CARRIED OUT BY NURSES WHO HAVE RECEIVED SPECIAL TRAINING FOR THIS JOB AND IF ANY ANOMALY IS DISCOVERED, THE DOCTOR WILL BE CONSULTED.
+ONCE A DISABLING CONDITION IS ESTABLISHED, THE CHILD WILL BE REFERRED TO THE APPROPRIATE SPECIALIST FOR TREATMENT. IF A RISK OF DEVELOPING SUCH A CONDITION OR ANY DELAY IN HIS GROWTH IS DISCOVERED, HE WILL BE KEPT UNDER CLOSE OBSERVATION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
TOP EEC TEAM ARRIVES IN HONG KONG
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A DELEGATION FROM THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY (EEC) ARRIVED IN HONG KONG TODAY (TUESDAY) AFTER A TWO-WEEK VISIT TO CHINA.
THE GROUP, HEADED BY MR. WILHELM HAFERKAMP, VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE EEC COMMISSION, WAS MET AT HUNG HOM RAILWAY STATION BY THE COMMISSIONER OF INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS, MR. WILLIAM DORWARD.
BESIDES MR. HAFERKAMP, THE 12-MEMBER GROUP INCLUDES SIR ROY DENMAN, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE EEC EXTERNAL RELATIONS DIRECTORATE, AND THE CHEF DE CABINET, MR. F. FROSCHMAIER.
THEY WILL HOLD TALKS TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) MORNING WITH OFFICIALS OF THE TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT AND MEET INDUSTRIALISTS AT A JOINT MEETING OF THE TRADE AND INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARD AND THE TEXTILES ADVISORY BOARD.
AFTER THE TALKS, THE GROUP WILL ATTEND A LUNCH HOSTED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE,
SIR ROY DENMAN WILL LEAVE HONG KONG TOMORROW EVENING AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE GROUP WILL LEAVE FOR EUROPE ON THURSDAY.
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