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SUNDAY, JANUARY 6, 1985

ALL CONFIRMED CASES ARE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT, WHILE HEALTH STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT WILL CONDUCT THOROUGH INVESTIGATION TO LOCATE THE POSSIBLE SOURCE OF INFECTION AND PROVIDE HEALTH EDUCATION. OTHER PREVENTIVE MEASURES SUCH AS LARVICIDING AND INSECTICIDE SPRAYING BY STAFF OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL BE CARRIED OUT.

AFTER TREATMENT IN HOSPITAL, PATIENTS WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE REGULAR BLOOD TESTS FOR AT LEAST SIX MONTHS TO ENSURE THE DISEASE WILL NOT RELAPSE.

THE DEPARTMENT ALSO PROVIDES REGULAR HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMMES TO INVOLVE THE PUBLIC IN THE ANTI-MALARIA FIGHT.

FULLY TRAINED DOCTORS AND NURSES OF THE CENTRAL HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT GIVE HEALTH TALKS TO VILLAGES AND SCHOOLS. THEY ALSO MAKE USE OF PAMPHLETS, PUPPET SHOWS AND THE MASS MEDIA TO SPREAD THE MESSAGE.

THROUGH MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONS, DOCTORS IN PRIVATE PRACTICE ARE REMINDED PERIODICALLY TO NOTIFY THE DEPARTMENT OF SUSPECTED CASES IMMEDIATELY.

WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE WHO, TWO MALARIA LABORATORY TECHNIQUE COURSES WERE HELD LAST YEAR FOR A TOTAL OF 42 LABORATORY STAFF FROM GOVERNMENT, SUBVENTED AND PRIVATE HOSPITALS.

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+WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF THE PUBLIC, INCREASED AWARENESS ON THE PART OF DOCTORS AND LABORATORY TECHNICIANS, AS WELL AS IMPROVEJ LABORATORY DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, IT IS HOPED THAT THE BATTLE AGAINST MALARIA WILL EVENTUALLY BE WON.+ DR LEE SAID.

HOWEVER, HE CAUTIONED THAT IT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO CONTINUE MAINTAINING VIGILANCE ON THE DISEASE TO PREVENT ITS RESURGENCE IN HONG KONG, AS IT IS PRACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO PREVENT THE IMPORTATION OF MALARIA.

LAW ALLOWS CLOSER CHECK ON INSURANCE FIRMS

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ALL CLASSES OF INSURANCE BUSINESS CARRIED ON IN OR FROM HONG KONG WERE BROUGHT UNDER REGULATION LAST YEAR BY THE INSURANCE AUTHORITY, UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE INSURANCE COMPANIES ORD. NANCE, THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, MR NOEL GLEESON, SAID TODAY.

PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE ORDINANCE ON JUNE 30, 1983, ONLY COMPANIES CARRYING ON LIFE, FIRE, MARINE AND MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE HAD BEEN SUBJECT TO RÉGULATION, HE SAID.

/+THE ORDINANCE