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SUNDAY, APRIL 1, 1979

HEALTH EXHIBITION TO BE EXTENDED

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THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS DECIDED TO EXTEND ITS ROTATIONAL HEALTH OF THE ELDERLY EXHIBITION TO INCLUDE AS MANY DISTRICTS AS POSSIBLE IN VIEW OF THE OVERWHELMING RESPONSE FROM THE PUBLIC.

THE EXHIBITION, HELD RECENTLY AT FOUR SEPARATE CENTRES OCEAN TERMINAL, CAUSEWAY BAY, TSUEN WAN AND YUEN LONG HAVE SO FAR ATTRACTED MORE THAN 100,000 VISITORS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT THE DISPLAY WILL AGAIN BE PUT UP ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY TIME IN THE DENSELY POPULATED AREA OF KWUN TONG.

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THE EXHIBITION WILL BE STAGED AT THE KWUN TONG COMMUNITY CENTRE BETWEEN 10 A.M. AND 4 P.M. DAILY. IT WILL THEN MOVE ON TO THE WONG TAI SIN COMMUNITY CENTRE ON APRIL 10 AND 11.

APART FROM ILLUSTRATED DRAWINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS, CARTOONS, MODELS AND SLIDE SHOWS, FREE COPIES OF HEALTH OF THE ELDERLY MANUAL+ WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AT THE EXHIBITION.

A FREE BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKING SERVICE WILL ALSO BE OFFERED TO VISITORS TO THE EXHIBITION.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE EXHIBITION IS PART OF THE CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON WHAT IS NORMAL HEALTH IN OLD AGE AND THE PROCESS OF AGEING, AND HOW TO OBTAIN OPTIMAL PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH.

ANOTHER OBJECTIVE IS TO IMPART KNOWLEDGE TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE VARIOUS FACTORS LEADING TO ILL HEALTH IN THE ELDERLY AND TO INFORM THE PUBLIC OF THE AVAILABILITY AND USE OF EXISTING HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES, HE ADDED.

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