XN000022-1980-08-24 — Page 3

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 1980

UNDER THE NEW RATES, IT WILL BE $140 A MONTH FOR OLD AGE ALLOWANCE PAYABLE TO THOSE WHO ARE AGED 70 YEARS AND OVER- AND $280 A MONTH FOR DISABILITY ALLOWANCE.

ANY INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY, WITHOUT INCOME OR UNABLE TO EARN ENOUGH FOR BASIC LIVING, OR IN NEED OF SPECIAL NEEDS ALLOWANCES, MAY APPLY FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AT THEIR NEAREST FAMILY SERVICES CENTRE OR SOCIAL SECURITY FIELD UNIT OF THE DEPARTMENT.

CANCER EXPLAINED

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WHAT IS CANCER? IS IT AN INCURABLE DISEASE? ARE THERE EFFECTIVE MEASURES TO PREVENT IT? WHAT ARE THE COMMON TYPES IN HONG KONG

A VISIT TO THE ANTI-CANCER EXHIBITION IN THE EXHIBITION HALL AT THE CITY HALL THIS COMING WEEKEND WILL YIELD ANSWERS TO ALL THESE QUESTIONS.

THE EXHIBITION IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE ANTI-CANCER SOCIETY AND THE STOMA ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE MAJORITY OF THE PUBLIC APPEARED TO HAVE A MISCONCEPTION THAT THE DISEASE IS DEADLY AND INCURABLE.

THIS IS BECAUSE CANCER HAS BECOME THE TOP KILLER DISEASE IN HONG KONG IN RECENT YEARS. LAST YEAR ALONE IT CLAIMED 6 203 LIVES, WHICH MEANT THAT AN AVERAGE OF 17 PERSONS DIED OF IT EACH DAY, HE SAID.

+LITTLE DO PEOPLE KNOW THAT MOST CANCERS CAN BE CURED IF DETECTED EARLY AND TREATED IN TIME. FURTHERMORE, SOME CANCERS CAN BE PREVENTED, HE SAID.

THE OBJECTIVE OF MOUNTING THE EXHIBITION IS TO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC WITH BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE DISEASE AND TO ALLAY THEIR FEARS.

+WE HOPE THAT THROUGH THIS EXHIBITION THE PUBLIC WILL BECOME AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF TAKING PREVENTIVE MEASURES AND EARLY TREATMENT, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

DURING THE EXHIBITION, VISITORS WILL SEE STATIC DISPLAYS ON THE COMMON FORMS OF CANCER IN HONG KONG, AND ILLUSTRATIONS ON PREVENTIVE AND TREATMENT METHODS.

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