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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1985
CENTRES OFFER ANTI-RABIES SHOTS FOR DOGS
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SIX TEMPORARY CENTRES WILL BE SET UP FOR TWO DAYS DURING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS FOR FISHERMEN WHO WANT TO HAVE THE IR DOGS INOCULATED AGAINST RABIES.
THE CENTRES WILL BE AT THE FISHERIES MARKETS IN SHAU KEI WAN, ABERDEEN, SHA TAU KOK, SAM SHING HUI IN CASTLE PEAK SAI KUNG AND AT THE SEAFRONT IN SAM MUN CHAI, TAI PO, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.
5 PM.
THEY WILL BE OPENED ON FEBRUARY 14 AND 28 FROM 10 AM TO
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THESE TWO DAYS WERE CHOSEN BECAUSE MOST FISHERMEN WOULD BE BACK FROM THEIR FISHING TRIPS AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR FOR THE LUNAR NEW YEAR.
HE SAID THAT ALL DOGS OVER FIVE MONTHS OF AGE WERE REQUIRED BY LAW TO BE LICENSED, INOCULATED AGAINST RABIES AND KEPT UNDER CONTROL AT ALL TIMES.
'FORTUNE SCROLLS' BEING HANDED OUT
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+SPRING+ SCROLLS WITH THE CHINESE CHARACTER +FOOK+, WHICH MEANS GOOD FORTUNE, BLESSING AND HAPPINESS, WILL BE DISTRIBUTED DOOR-TO-DOOR TO NEARLY ALL HOUSEHOLDS IN KWUN TONG DISTRICT,
THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD HAS SPENT $17 000 PRINTING 200 000 OF THE SCROLLS, WHICH ARE TRADITIONALLY PASTED ON DOORS TO BRING GOOD FORTUNE TO THE HOUSEHOLD DURING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR.
MESSAGES REMINDING PEOPLE TO VOTE IN THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS ON MARCH 7 ARE PRINTED IN SMALLER TYPE ALONG THE EDGES OF THE SCROLLS.
THE +FOOK+ SCROLLS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE AT THE PUBLIC ENQUIRY COUNTERS OF THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICE AND ITS FIVE SUB-OFFICES.
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