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FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1964

OF THE 25 460 DEATHS RECORDED IN 1982, PROFESSOR KLEEVENS SAID, ABOUT 4000 DEATHS REPRESENTING 15 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED BY GIVING UP SMOKING.

OUT.

MOST LUNG CANCER PATIENTS DIED RELATIVELY YOUNG, HE POINTED

STATISTICS SHOWED THAT IN 1982 ALMOST 20 PER CENT OF LUNG CANCER DEATHS OCCURRED IN MEN YOUNGER THAN 55 YEARS OLD, AND MORE THAN 50 PER CENT IN MEN YOUNGER THAN 65 YEARS OLD. FOR WOMEN, THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES WERE 13 AND 40 PER CENT.

+THERE IS GROWING EVIDENCE THAT SMOKERS ALSO ENDANGER THE HEALTH OF THEIR RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND WORKMATES, HE SAID.

+NON-SMOKERS LIVING TOGETHER WITH SMOKERS ARE EXPOSED TO INVOLUNTARY OR PASSIVE SMOKING. THEY ALSO INHALE THE DISEASE- CAUSING AGENT OF CIGARETTE SMOKE AND RUN A GREATER RISK OF DEVELOPING THE RELATED DISEASES AS COMPARED TO NON-SMOKERS LIVING WITH NON-SMOKERS. THE FACTOR ADDS CONSIDERABLY TO THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SMOKER.+

PROFESSOR KLEEVENS URGED SMOKERS AT THE EXHIBITION TO QUIT SMOKING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THEMSELVES AS WELL AS FOR THEIR FAMILIES.

ALSO PRESENT AT THE EXHIBITION OPENING CEREMONY WERE MR TERRY TANG, CHAIRMAN OF THE YUEN LONG ANTI-SMOKING CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, AND MR RICHARD YUEN, ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER.

INDUSTRIAL GROWTH AREAS SURVEYED ***

THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR E.P. HO, AND THE DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR JOHN YAXLEY, ACCOMPANIED BY MR PETER KIANG, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, LOOKED OVER THE MAIN DEVELOPMENT AREAS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES BY HELICOPTER THIS (FRIDAY) MORNING.

THEY WERE JOINED BY MR BURTON LEVIN, CONSUL-GENERAL OF

THE UNITED STATES AND MR HIROAKI FUJII, CONSUL-GENERAL OF JAPAN WHO HAD ACCEPTED MR YAXLEY'S INVITATION TO SEE THESE DEVELOPMENTS WHICH FORM A MAJOR PART OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH THE GOVERNMENT AIMS TO PROVIDE FOR BOTH LOCAL AND OVERSEAS INVESTORS.

THE PARTY HAD A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF THE MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR INDUSTRY. THESE INCLUDED THE NETWORK OF HIGHWAYS LINKING THE INDUSTRIAL AREAS AND THE CONTAINER PORT WHICH IS UNDERGOING EXPANSION.

/THE PARTY

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