TRINESDAY, SPTER 19, 1984
THE EFFICIENCY OF THE SERVICE WAS HIGHLIGHTED IN 1979 WHEN REFUGEES-PACKED BOATS FROM VIETNAM CAME SWARMING INTO HONG KONG.
AMONG THE FIRST PEOPLE TO VISIT THE BOATS WERE PORT HEALTH OFFICERS WHO WERE THERE TO EXAMINE REFUGEES FOR POSSIBLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
THE REFUGEES WERE THEN KEPT IN QUARANTINE ON THE IR BOATS FOR AT LEAST SIX DAYS AT THE WESTERN QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DID NOT POSE A HEALTH HAZARD TO LOCAL PEOPLE.
PORT HEALTH STAFF AT THE AIRPORT SCREEN FLIGHT KITCHEN SERVICES REGULARLY TO REMOVE CONTAMINATION RISK FOR FOOD AND WATER SUPPLIED TO AIRLINES.
+OUR SERVICE HAS ALSO PROVED USEFUL TO LOCAL PEOPLE TRAVELLING ABROAD. IN 1983, 7 696 INOCULATIONS AGAINST VARIOUS QUARANTINABLE DISEASES WERE GIVEN AT OUR TWO VACCINATION CENTRES AT CENTRE POINT AND NEW WORLD CENTRE, DR BHIMANI SAID.
THE BATTLE AGAINST QUARANTINABLE DISEASES INVOLVES CONCERTED EFFORTS. THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (WHO) IN GENEVA ISSUES A WEEKLY NEWSLETTER, THE WORLD EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RECORD, WHICH GIVES THE LATEST POSITION OF THESE DISEASES, INCLUDING AREAS NEWLY INFECTED OR REMOVED FROM THE INFECTION LIST.
HONG KONG EXCHANGES SIMILAR INFORMATION WITH WHO'S WESTERN PACIFIC REGIONAL OFFICE IN MANILA AND WITH NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES, TO MONITOR THE HEALTH CONDITIONS IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD.
+WITH OUR CONSTANT VIGILANCE, WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT HONG KONG'S HEALTH STANDARD WILL REMAIN THE ENVY OF MANY COUNTRIES, + HE SAID.
SHA TIN PLANS BIG FIREWORKS SHOW
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A SPECTACULAR FIREWORKS DISPLAY WILL BE HELD IN SHA TIN ON DECEMBER 9, TO HERALD THE CHRISTMAS SEASON AND COMMEMORATE THE OPENING OF A MAJOR COMMERCIAL COMPLEX.
DETAILS OF THE FIREWORKS DISPLAY WERE ANNOUNCED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) AT A PRESS CONFERENCE BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SHA TIN FIREWORKS AND FESTIVE LIGHTING CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE, MR WONG PO-MING.
+THE DISPLAY WILL BE THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS SWITCHING-ON CEREMONY THAT EVENING.
/+IT WILL
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