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WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1980

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+SUSPICIOUS OR POSITIVE SMEARS WILL BE REFERRED TO THE OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF HONG KONG UNIVERSITY FOR COLPOSCOPIC EXAMINATION, HE SAID,

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT LIKE ANY OTHER FORM OF CANCER, CERVICAL CANCER SHOULD BE TREATED AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.

HE POINTED OUT THAT A RECENT STUDY UNDERTAKEN BY THE DEPARTMENT SHOWED A GENERAL MISCONCEPTION BY THE PUBLIC THAT CERVICAL CANCER WAS INCURABLE.

+THIS, OF COURSE, IS NOT TRUE. IF DETECTED EARLY AND TREATED IN TIME, IT CAN BE COMPLETELY CURED. THE SPOKESMAN REASSURED.

KWAI CHUNG PLANNING ITS OWN FESTIVAL

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A COMMITTEE HAS BEEN FORMED IN KWAI CHUNG TO PLAN THE DISTRICT'S FIRST FESTIVAL.

THE TWO-WEEK FESTIVAL, TO TAKE PLACE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR AND WILL CONSIST OF SPORTS, RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND EXHIBITIONS, IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN THE DISTRICT.

THE FESTIVAL PLANNING COMMITTEE HAS BEEN FORMED WITH THE SUPPORT OF TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE AND A CHAIRMAN HAS BEEN ELECTED FROM KWAI CHUNG EAST, KWAI CHUNG WEST, KWA! CHUNG NORTH, KWAI CHUNG SOUTH, KWAI CHUNG CENTRAL AND KWAI SHING AREAS, WHICH HAVE A POPULATION OF MORE THAN 500 000.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE COMMITTEE SAID THE AIM OF THE FESTIVAL WAS TO COMBINE THE ANNUAL ESTATE DAYS OF THE SIX AREAS TO ACHIEVE BIGGER IMPACT.

HE SAID IT WAS HOPED TO INCREASE LOCAL INTEREST IN SPORT AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND HELP PROMOTE A SENSE OF BELONGING AND INTEGRATION AMONG NEWCOMERS.

TSUEN WAN DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD IS PROVIDING A $60 000 SUBSIDY AND THE LOCAL RECREATION AND SPORT OFFICE WILL PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE FESTIVAL.

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