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OTHER FACILITIES INCLUDE A BOAT SHED, TWO PAGODAS, A SLIPWAY LEADING TO THE LAGOON AND A FENCE.
THE CENTRE WILL BE FULLY UTILISED BY WATER SPORTS ENTHUSIASTS AND CAMPERS FROM SAI KUNG OUTDOOR RECREATION CENTRE AND THE LADY MACLEHOSE HOLIDAY VILLAGE.
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT SOME 12 000 DAY AND ABOUT 3 000 RESIDENTIAL CAMPERS WILL ENJOY THE CENTRE'S FACILITIES EVERY YEAR.
SCHOOL DENTAL CARE SERVICE
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DENTAL HEALTH IN HONG KONG HAS ENTERED A NEW ERA WITH THE PROVISION OF A SCHOOL DENTAL CARE SERVICE FOR THE YOUNGER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR K.L. THONG, SAID TODAY.
ROUTINE PREVENTIVE DENTAL CARE BY DENTAL THERAPISTS AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN HAS PROVED TO BE MOST SUCCESSFUL IN MANY COUNTRIES AND HONG KONG IS NO EXCEPTION, HE SAID.
DR THONG WAS SPEAKING AT THE FIRST GRADUATION CEREMONY OF 31 DENTAL THERAPISTS WHO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED A THREE-YEAR COURSE AT THE TANG SHIU KIN DENTAL THERAPISTS TRAINING SCHOOL THIS AFTERNOON.
HE STRESSED ON THE IMPORTANCE OF PREVENTIVE DENTAL CARE TO YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE MORE RECEPTIVE TO DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION, RESULTING IN GOOD DENTAL HABITS FOR LIFE.
THE DEPARTMENT'S SCHOOL DENTAL CARE SERVICE WAS ESTABLISHED IN SEPTEMBER 1980 TO TAKE IN PRIMARY ONE CHILDREN AND IS BEING PROGRESSIVELY EXTENDED TO INCLUDE CHILDREN OF HIGHER GRADES EACH YEAR UNTIL THEY REACH PRIMARY SIX.
DR THONG POINTED OUT THAT THE SCHEME WAS EXTREMELY POPULAR AS EVIDENCED BY THE LARGE NUMBER OF SCHOOL CHILDREN TAKING PART IN THE SCHEME, WITH SOME 80 000 HAVING BEEN ENROLLED SO FAR.
THE SERVICE PROVIDES REGULAR DENTAL EXAMINATION AND SIMPLE CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT INCLUDING LIMITED ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT BY PROPERLY TRAINED DENTAL THERAPISTS UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF DENTAL OFFICERS, HE EXPLAINED.
A DENTAL THERAPISTS TRAINING SCHOOL WAS OPENED THREE YEARS AGO TO TRAIN STAFF TO MAN SCHOOL DENTAL CLINICS WHICH ARE BEING SET UP AS THE SERVICE EXPANDS.
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