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SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1984

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BLOOD SAMPLES ARE TAKEN FROM PATIENTS WITH CLINICAL SYMPTOMS OF MALARIA, AND ALL CASES ARE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT, WITH FOLLOW-UP ACTION FOR AT LEAST SIX MONTHS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

HEALTH EDUCATION IS ALSO ESSENTIAL TO THE DEPARTMENT'S

ANTI-MALARIA DRIVE.

+THIS IS USUALLY IN THE FORM OF HEALTH TALKS TO VILLAGES AND SCHOOLS, DISTRIBUTION OF POSTERS AND LEAFLETS AND SOMETIMES HOUSE-TO-HOUSE VISITS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID,

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CHURCH ROLE IN COMMUNITY STRESSED

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THE CHURCH COMMUNITY CAN TAKE AN INTEREST IN AND INFLUENCE VARIOUS GOVERNMENT PROGRAMMES THROUGH ITS WORK IN EDUCATION, SOCIAL SERVICES AND MEDICAL AND HEALTH CARE, THE YAU MA TEI AND MONG KOK DISTRICT OFFICER, MR WILFRED WONG, SAID THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING.

MR WONG SAID THAT CHRISTIAN CHURCHES OPERATED MORE THAN 800 SCHOOLS FROM KINDERGARTENS TO POST-SECONDARY COLLEGES AND SPECIAL EDUCATION, 11 MAJOR HOSPITALS, AND MANY CLINICS, SOCIAL CENTRES, HOSTELS, AND HOMES FOR THE AGED AND FOR THE BLIND.

ABOUT HALF A MILLION PEOPLE IN HONG KONG WERE CHRISTIANS, HE SAID.

SPEAKING AT THE MONG KOK DISTRICT CHURCHES SOCIAL CONCERN SEMINAR, MR WONG SAID THAT CHRISTIAN CHURCHES HAD BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE HONG KONG COMMUNITY AND STRONG SUPPORTERS OF IMPORTANT GOVERNMENT PROGRAMMES IN EDUCATION, SOCIAL SERVICES AND MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES.

+THERE ARE INDEED A LOT OF THINGS THE CHURCHES CAN DO TO SHOW CONCERN AND TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, HE SAID.

HE SAID SOCIAL CONCERN AND COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COULD BE THE THEMES OF SUNDAY MESSAGES, SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES, YOUTH FELLOWSHIPS, RELIGIOUS PUBLICATIONS, AND INTER-CHURCH CONFERENCES.

CHRISTIAN CHURCHES COULD ORGANISE SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN ADDITION TO SPIRITUAL-ORIENTED PROGRAMMES.

THEY COULD JOIN AND TAKE PART IN MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, OWNERS CORPORATIONS, YIN NGAI SOCIETIES FOR WOMEN, KAIFONG ASSOCIATIONS, CLANSMEN AND COUNTRYMEN ASSOCIATIONS, AREA COMMITTEES AND DISTRICT BOARDS, HE SAID.

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