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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1979

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EASTBOUND TRAFFIC FROM UPPER GLENEALY WILL USE THE UPPER GLENEALY AND ALBANY ROAD FLYOVERS- AND

EASTBOUND TRAFFIC FROM ROBINSON ROAD WILL USE LOWER GLENEALY AND ALBANY ROAD FLYOVERS.

UNDER THE PROJECT. THREE PRESTRESSED CONCRETE BRIDGES A REINFORCED CONCRETE ELEVATED ROADWAY, AND TWO FOOTBRIDGES HAVE BEEN BUILT.

THE WORKS HAVE ALSO INCLUDED THE CONSTRUCTION OF SEVERAL RETAINING WALLS, UPGRADING OF EXISTING CARRIAGEWAYS, TOGETHER WITH ADDITIONAL STORMWATER DRAINAGE.

AS THE SITE IS LOCATED IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA WITH HEAVY TRAFFIC, CARE WAS TAKEN DURING THE CONSTRUCTION TO MINIMISE DISTURBANCE TO ROAD USERS.

OPENING OF THE PROJECT WAS CARRIED OUT IN STAGES TO ALLOW EXISTING CARRIAGEWAYS TO BE UPGRADED AND ADJUSTED WHILE TRAFFIC WAS DIVERTED ONTO COMPLETED SECTIONS OF THE NEW COMPLEX.

A SECTION OF THE LOWER GLENEALY FLYOVER HAS BEEN PROVIDED FOR SETTING DOWN AND COLLECTING CHILDREN ATTENDING THE NEARBY SCHOOLS IN ROBINSON ROAD.

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EARLY CURE FOR CERVICAL CANCER

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A TRIAL SURVEY OF PRE-INVASIVE CANCER OF THE CERVIX IN WOMEN WILL BE CONDUCTED TO FORM THE BASIS OF A LONG-TERM CAMPAIGN TO DETECT SUCH DISEASE AT ITS VERY EARLY STAGE WHILST IT IS STILL READILY TREATABLE.

THIS WAS REVEALED BY THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR. K.L. THONG IN HIS ADDRESS AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE HONG KONG ANTI-CANCER SOCIETY THIS EVENING.

THE TRIAL SURVEY, A JOINT EFFORT OF THE SOCIETY, THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG AND THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT AIMS TO ELICIT SOME VERY VALUABLE INFORMATION USING PAPSMEAR AND CERVICAL CYTOLOGY,

IN HIS SPEECH, DR. THONG STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATING THE PUBLIC IN THE PREVENTION AND CURE OF CANCER.

+THE FEAR AND HOPELESSNESS WITH WHICH IT HAS BEEN REGARDED IN THE PAST MUST BE ALLEVIATED AND AN UNDERSTANDING AND TRUST INSTILLED IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC SO THAT PATIENTS WILL PRESENT THEMSELVES FOR CARE AND TREATMENT AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE MOMENT WHEN CURE CAN BE OBTAINED MOST EASILY, HE SAID.

/DR. THONG