THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1984'
SIR PHILIP SEES FAMILY HEALTH WORK
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THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, TODAY (THURSDAY) VISITED A HEALTH CENTRE IN NORTH KWAI CHUNG TO SEE VARIOUS MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDED FOR RESIDENTS IN THE DISTRICT.
SIR PHILIP WAS MET ON ARRIVAL AT THE MRS WU YORK YU HEALTH CENTRE AT LEI MUK SHU BY THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR K.L. THONG AND SENIOR MEDICAL OFFICERS.
SIR PHILIP TOURED THE GENERAL OUT-PATIENT DEPARTMENT, THE FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE CENTRE AND THE MATERNITY WARD IN THE HEALTH CENTRE.
HE SHOWED PARTICULAR INTEREST IN THE FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE, WHICH INCLUDES MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH, ANTE-NATAL AND POST-NATAL CARE, IMMUNISATION, INFANT WELFARE, HEALTH EDUCATION AND FAMILY PLANNING.
IN THE AREA OF HEALTH CARE OFFERED TO MOTHERS AND CHILDREN, SIR PHILIP HEARD THAT FOR THE MOTHERS, THERE ARE BOTH ANTE-NATAL AND POST-NATAL HEALTH CONSULTATION SESSIONS AND ALSO COUNSELLING ON HOW TO CARE FOR THEIR CHILDREN. AS FOR CHILDREN, A FULL IMMUNISATION PROGRAMME IS OFFERED AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS, DIPHTHERIA, MEASLES. POLIOMYELITIS AND OTHER COMMON CHILDHOOD INFECTIOUS DISEASES,
THERE IS ALSO A COMPREHENSIVE OBSERVATION SCHEME FOR CHILDREN FROM BIRTH UP TO THE AGE OF FIVE.
SIR PHILIP SAW THE DIFFERENT ASSESSMENTS CARRIED OUT BY THE MEDICAL STAFF ON THE AUDIO, VISUAL AND SPEECH ABILITIES OF YOUNG CHILDREN.
HE WAS TOLD THAT THIS OBSERVATION SCHEME WAS USEFUL IN DETECTING AND ASSESSING DEVELOPMENTAL ABNORMALITIES, THUS ENABLING EARLY TREATMENT.
FINANCIAL SECRETARY LOOKS OVER AIRPORT
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THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR JOHN BREMRIDGE, SPENT THIS MORNING LOOKING OVER GOVERNMENT AND COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS AT HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
ACCOMPANIED BY MR PIERS JACOBS, SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, AND MR W.C. HUTCHINGS, ACTING AIRPORT GENERAL MANAGER, SIR JOHN SAW AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL IN ACTION AT THE CONTROL CENTRE AND TOWER.
FOLLOWING THIS, HE VISITED THE AIRPORT METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE TO SEE THE DISSEMINATION OF WEATHER FORECASTING INFORMATION.
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