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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1983

FREE MEDICAL CHECK-UP FOR OFFICE WORKERS

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FREE MEDICAL CHECK-UP WILL BE OFFERED TO OFFICE WORKERS IN CENTRAL ON AUGUST 12, 15 AND 17.

THE SERVICES, TO BE PROVIDED BETWEEN NOON AND 2 PM ALONG THE BLAKE PIER PROMENADE, INCLUDE HEIGHT, WEIGHT AND BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS, AND BLOOD TESTS.

VOLUNTARY DOCTORS AND NURSES WILL BE PRESENT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND GIVE ADVICE ON HEALTH PROBLEMS.

THE CHECK-UP IS PART OF A 'NINE-TO-FIVE WHITE COLLAR PROJECT JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT OFFICE, THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE CARITAS SOCIAL CENTRE.

A DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY, +OWING TO LONG WORKING HOURS, QUICK AND IRREGULAR LUNCHES, AND LACK OF EXERCISES, STOMACHACHE, INDIGESTION AND POOR HEALTH ARE COMMON AMONG THE WHITE COLLARS IN CENTRAL.

+ IT IS HOPED THAT THE PROJECT WILL MAKE THE OFFICE WORKERS AWARE OF THEIR OWN HEALTH, HE ADDED.

OTHER PROGRAMMES IN THE PROJECT WILL INCLUDE A HEALTH EXHIBITION, A 'SELF-RELAXATION' TRAINING COURSE, CAMPINGS AND AN ELEMENTARY MEDICAL COURSE.

HONG KONG NOW +FERTILE LAND FOR ARTISTS+

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FROM THE DESERT OF THE PAST HONG KONG HAS BECOME A FERTILE LAND TO WHICH ARTISTS FROM MANY COUNTRIES COME TO PERFORM AND FROM WHICH ARTISTS AND PERFORMERS ARE BEGINNING TO BE SEEN AND HEARD AROUND THE WORLD, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY.

THERE IS ALSO A GROWING AWARENESS AMONG THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, PARTICULARLY THE YOUNG, OF THE RICH AND REWARDING WORLD OF CULTURE AND THE ARTS, HE SAID.

SPEAKING AT A ROTARY CLUB OF KOWLOON WEST LUNCHEON MEETING, MR AKERS-JONES POINTED OUT THAT 25 YEARS AGO THE STAR FERRY PIER WAS USED AS A VENUE FOR PROTOTYPE ARTS FESTIVAL, AND IN 1962 THE OPENING OF THE CITY HALL AS THE ONLY MAJOR PERFORMING AND EXHIBITION VENUE MARKED A TURNING POINT IN HONG KONG'S POST-WAR HISTORY.

SINCE THEN THERE HAS BEEN AN EXTENSIVE BUILDING PROGRAMME TO PROVIDE A VARIETY OF VENUES TO MEET A DEMONSTRABLE AND GROWING DEMAND FOR PLACES TO PERFORM OR TO BE A SPECTATOR, HE NOTED.

/HE SAID