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SUNDAY, APRIL 1, 1979

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TO AID THE PUBLICITY DRIVE, THE ADMINISTRATION HAS PREPARED A SIMPLE BI-LINGUAL LEAFLET SETTING OUT THE

PROCEDURES FOR THE PAYMENT OF CROWN RENT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

COUPLED WITH THE LEAFLET IS AN ATTRACTIVE POSTER WHICH GIVES THE ADDRESSES AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS OF THE SEVEN DISTRICT OFFICES TO WHICH PAYMENTS SHOULD BE MADE AND ENQUIRIES DIRECTED.

DURING THE CAMPAIGN PERIOD, COPIES OF THE LEAFLET AND THE POSTER WILL BE ISSUED TO THE HEUNG YEE KUK, RURAL COMMITTEES AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES ORGANISATIONS FOR DISTRIBUTION TO THE IR MEMBERS,

COPIES CAN ALSO BE OBTAINED FROM TOWN MANAGEMENT OFFICES AND PUBLIC ENQUIRIES CENTRES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THE ADMINISTRATION'S CIVILIAN INFORMATION TEAM WILL ALSO MAKE VILLAGE-TO-VILLAGE BROADCASTS DURING THE IR ROUNDS OF VISITS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

*WE HOPE, BY PUBLICITY AND ADVICE, TO MAKE LESSEES REALISE THAT NON-PAYMENT IS A SERIOUS OFFENCE AND MAY LEAD TO THE CROWN RE-ENTERING THEIR PROPERTIES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

KIDNEY MACHINE FOR FIREMAN

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THE FIRE SERVICES HAS COME TO THE AID OF A STRICKEN COLLEAGUE BY PURCHASING A DIALYSIS MACHINE NEEDED TO SAVE HIS LIFE.

THE SPECIAL KIDNEY MACHINE WAS AIRFREIGHTED FROM THE UNITED STATES LAST WEEK AND HAS BEEN INSTALLED AT THE RENAL UNIT OF PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR FIREMAN CHUI WOON-MING, 42, WHO HAS BEEN SUFFERING FROM A MALFUNCTIONING KIDNEY SINCE 1974.

FIREMAN CHUI WAS ADMITTED SEVERAL TIMES TO PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL LAST DECEMBER WHEN HIS CONDITION DETERIORATED TO A POINT WHERE HE REQUIRED REGULAR DIALYSIS.

+HOWEVER, IN MID-JANUARY HE WAS FOUND TO BE A HEPATITIS B ANTIGEN CARRIER AND COULD NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR FURTHER DIALYSIS

IN THE RENAL UNIT AT THE PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL OR OTHER HOSPITAL UNITS, A FIRE SERVICES SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

THE COST OF THE MACHINE - $28,000 HAS COME FROM THE FIRE SERVICES WELFARE FUND WHEN MR. CHUI'S DOCTORS ADVISED THAT HE HAD TO HAVE CONTINUOUS FREQUENT TREATMENT. THIS MEANT HAVING A MACHINE AT HOME WHERE HE COULD DIALYSE HIMSELF WITH THE HELP OF HIS WIFE.

/A VASCULAR