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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1983

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COMMUNICABLE DISEASES EXHIBITION IN TSUEN WAN

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THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS TAKING THE FIGHT AGAINST COMMUNICABLE DISEASES TO TSUEN WAN.

A SIX-DAY PREVENTION OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES EXHIBITION WILL OPEN ON WEDNESDAY (SEPTEMBER 14) AT TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL, ORGANISED BY THE DEPARTMENT'S CENTRAL HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT.

THE EXHIBITION THE THIRD TO BE HELD THIS YEAR MAIN AIMS:

HAS THREE

(1) TO SPREAD INFORMATION ABOUT IMMUNISATION;

(1) TO ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO COMPLETE THEIR CHILDREN'S

IMMUNISATION PROGRAMME; AND

(111) TO MAKE PEOPLE MORE AWARE OF WAYS IN WHICH THEY CAN PREVENT THE SPREAD OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES THROUGH PERSONAL, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE.

IT WILL BE OPEN FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM DAILY.

THE EXHIBITION WILL COVER VARIOUS FORMS OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, INCLUDING THOSE WHICH ARE MAINLY PREVENTED BY IMMUNISATION, VENEREAL DISEASES AND THOSE WHICH ARE PREVENTED BY PERSONAL AND OTHER FORMS OF HYGIENE. THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL INTRODUCE ITS VARIOUS SERVICES FOR PREVENTING, CONTROLLING AND TREATING COMMUNICABLE DISEASES.

ON DISPLAY WILL BE 50 EXHIBITION BOARDS AND THE WINNING ENTRIES IN A POSTER DESIGN COMPETITION WHICH ATTRACTED 1 800 ENTRIES. THERE WILL ALSO BE SLIDE AND VIDEO SHOWS.

IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE EXHIBITION, A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS WILL BE HELD FOR PRIMARY 5, PRIMARY 6 AND SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN TSUEN WAN TO EQUIP THEM WITH A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF PREVENTING COMMUNICABLE DISEASES.

PAMPHLETS ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF HEALTH WILL BE DISTRIBUTED FREE DURING THE EXHIBITION.

EXHIBITIONS ON PREVENTING COMMUNICABLE DISEASES WERE HELD AT THE CITY HALL IN JULY AND AT KWUN TONG MTR STATION LAST MONTH, DRAWING MORE THAN 33 000 PEOPLE.

IT IS PLANNED TO HOLD FURTHER EXHIBITIONS AT CHEUNG SHA WAN, TAI PO AND TUEN MUN IN THE COMING MONTHS.

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