WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1980
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POST OFFICE GOES METRIC ON TUESDAY
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THE POST OFFICE HAS REMINDED THE PUBLIC THAT THE HONG KONG POSTAL SERVICE WILL GO METRIC ON TUESDAY (AUGUST 5).
FROM THEN POSTAGE RATES WILL BE BASED ON GRAMS AND KILOGRAMS AND LETTER AND PARCEL SIZES WILL BE EXPRESSED IN METRES AND MILLIMETRES.
+THERE WILL BE NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LETTER OR PARCEL POSTAGE RATES AND, GENERALLY SPEAKING, SLIGHTLY HEAVIER ITEMS WILL BE ACCEPTED IN THE POST FOR THE SAME AMOUNT OF POSTAGE AS AT PRESENT, + SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE POST OFFICE.
HE SAID MAIL USERS SHOULD NOT EXPERIENCE ANY MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THE CHANGEOVER.
HOWEVER BUSINESS FIRMS AND OTHER MAJOR USERS OF THE POSTAL SERVICE AND POSTAGE FRANKING MACHINES SHOULD ENSURE THAT THE IR WEIGHING SCALES ARE CALIBRATED IN METRIC UNITS.
A LEAFLET GIVING POSTAGE RATES IN METRIC TERMS IS AVAILABLE AT ALL POST OFFICES.
CLUB DONATES TO CANCER TREATMENT PROJECT
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SCREENING TEST AND TREATMENT OF CERVICAL CANCER PROVIDED BY THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN GIVEN A BOOST WITH A $300 000 DONATION FROM THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
THE PAP SMEAR TEST SERVICE, DESIGNED TO DETECT THE PRESENCE OF CANCEROUS CELLS WAS SET UP BY THE DEPARTMENT TEN YEARS AGO.
CERVICAL CANCER, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MAJOR CAUSES OF CANCER AMONG THE FEMALE POPULATION, CLAIMED 146 LIVES LAST YEAR, SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
+WOMEN OVER 35 ARE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE AND EVERY YEAR ALMOST 2 000 WOMEN SUFFERING FROM THIS DISEASE ARE TREATED IN HOSPITALS, + HE ADDED.
HE SAID THAT IN VIEW OF THIS, A PILOT PROJECT IS BEING LAUNCHED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO EXAMINE THE PROBLEMS AND NEEDS OF A LARGE SCALE SCREENING PROGRAMME.
THE PROJECT, FUNDED BY THE JOCKEY CLUB DONATION, IS PLANNED TO RUN FOR THREE YEARS. IT IS ORGANISED BY THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF HONG KONG UNIVERSITY AND HONG KONG ANTI-CANCER SOCIETY.
UNDER THE PROJECT, WOMEN OVER 30 MAY TAKE A PAP SMEAR TEST AT GOVERNMENT FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE CENTRES AT ABERDEEN, TANG CHI NGONG AND YAU MA TEI.
/+SUSPICIOM OR .....
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