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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1980

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EXTENSIVE USE OF AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS WILL BE A FEATURE OF THE TRAINING PROGRAMME WHICH WILL END WITH A TEST. ALL THESE WILL TAKE PLACE IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER.

+PARTICIPANTS WILL THEN BE CAREFULLY SELECTED BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE TEST AND WILL BE POSTED, WHEREVER POSSIBLE, TO DISTRICTS NEAR WHERE THEY LIVE, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WHO ARE INTERESTED CAN APPLY THROUGH THE IR SCHOOLS OR APPLY DIRECT TO THE POPULATION CENSUS OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT AT PERMANENT COMFORT BUILDING, 3RD FLOOR, 74-77, CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL, TEL 459975 OR 459735.

IN ADDITION TO THE EXPERIENCE OF INTERVIEWING PEOPLE AND HELPING A COMMUNITY PROJECT, PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE A TRAINING BONUS ON PASSING THE TEST AND AN HONORARIUM RANGING FROM $600 TO $800 FOR THEIR SERVICE IN THE CENSUS, THE SPOKESMAN NOTED.

HE SAID HOWEVER THAT IT IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE THAT APPLICANTS SHOULD NOT WITHDRAW DURING THEIR TRAINING OR THE ACTUAL CENSUS OPERATION AS IT WILL THEN BE VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND OTHERS TO REPLACE THEM.

+APPLICANTS SHOULD BEAR THIS IN MIND WHEN VOLUNTEERING FOR THE WORK, HE STRESSED.

APPEAL FOR GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF CANCER

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HEALTH EDUCATION PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN CONTROLLING CANCER, HONG KONG'S TOP KILLER DISEASE WHICH CLAIMED OVER 6 000 LIVES LAST YEAR.

TO COMBAT THIS DISEASE THERE MUST BE CONCERTED EFFORT BY THE MASS MEDIA, PROFESSIONAL BODIES, MEDICAL PERSONNEL AND SCHOOLS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT.

THIS APPEAL WAS MADE BY DR $.C. LEUNG, SENIOR MEDICAL AND HEALTH OFFICER OF THE CENTRAL HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT, MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AT A LIONS CLUB MEETING TODAY,

DR LEUNG POINTED OUT THAT FINDINGS FROM PAST STUDIES SHOWED THAT THERE WAS UNIVERSAL MISCONCEPTION OF THE FATALITY OF CANCER AND TERROR OF PROLONGED SUFFERING ASSOCIATED WITH THE DISEASE.

+THESE FEARS STEMMED FROM THE TIME WHEN CANCER WAS RARELY CURED, BUT WITH TODAY'S ADVANCED TECHNIQUES IN EARLY DETECTION AND SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT, A MORE POSITIVE APPROACH TOWARDS CANCER AND A MORE REALISTIC ATTITUDE SHOULD BE CULTIVATED, SHE SAID.

IN HONG KONG. CANCER TOPPED THE LIST OF MAJOR CAUSES OF DEATH LAST YEAR AND ACCOUNTED FOR OVER 25 PER CENT OF ALL FATALITIES. AMONG ALL FORMS OF THE DISEASE, LUNG CANCER CLAIMED OVER 1 600 LIVES, MORE THAN DOUBLE ITS TOLL TEN YEARS AGO.

/DR LEUNG