SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1985
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PRIMARY 5 PUPILS JOIN DENTAL SERVICE SCHEME
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THE SCHOOL DENTAL CARE SCHEME HAS NOW BEEN EXTENDED TO INCLUDE PRIMARY 5 PUPILS WITH THE OPENING OF THE NEW SECOND ARGYLE STREET SCHOOL DENTAL CLINIC, A MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY.
THE SCHEME PREVIOUSLY COVERED SCHOOL CHILDREN FROM PRIMARY 1 TO PRIMARY 4 AND IT IS EXPECTED THAT IT WILL BE EXTENDED TO PRIMARY 6 CHILDREN IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
STARTING THIS MONTH, A PRIMARY 5 PUPIL CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE SCHEME BY PAYING AN ANNUAL FEE OF $10.
A TOTAL OF 42 689 PRIMARY 5 PUPILS HAVE ALREADY APPLIED TO JOIN THE SCHEME SO FAR. THE PRESENT ENROLMENT OF PRIMARY 1 TO 4 SCHOOL CHILDREN IS ABOUT 242 000.
SCHOOL CHILDREN PARTICIPATING IN THE SCHEME ARE PROVIDED WITH VARIOUS SERVICES INCLUDING REGULAR DENTAL EXAMINATIONS, FILLINGS, CLEANING, SCALING AND EXTRACTION AS WELL AS DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION.
THE BASIC OBJECTIVE OF THE SCHOOL DENTAL CARE SCHEME IS TO INCULCATE GOOD DENTAL HABITS AMONG CHILDREN AT THE MOST IMPRESSIONABLE AND EARLY AGE.
+THE SERVICE HAS GAINED WIDE SUPPORT FROM BOTH PARENTS AND TEACHERS, AS WELL AS FROM SCHOOL AUTHORITIES SINCE IT WAS INTRODUCED SIX YEARS AGO, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE SERVICE STARTED IN 1980 WITH AN ENROLMENT OF ONLY 27 000 PUPILS AND THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS HAD BEEN INCREASING STEADILY TO OVER 280 000 PUPILS TODAY.
+ THE MORE THAN TENFOLD INCREASE INDICATES THAT THERE IS A GENERAL AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF ORAL HYGIENE AMONG PARENTS,+ THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
AT PRESENT DENTAL SERVICE FOR CHILDREN ARE PROVIDED AT FOUR SCHOOL DENTAL CLINICS - THE TANG SHIU KIN SCHOOL DENTAL CLINIC. THE ARGYLE STREET SCHOOL DENTAL CLINIC. THE SECOND ARGYLE STREET SCHOOL DENTAL CLINIC AND THE TEMPORARY SCHOOL DENTAL CLINIC AT THE MACLEHOSE DENTAL CENTRE.
SCHOOL CHILDREN VISITING SUCH CLINICS ARE ATTENDED TO BY DENTAL THERAPISTS OF THE TANG SHIU KIN DENTAL THERAPIST TRAINING SCHOOL UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF DENTAL OFFICERS.
SPECIAL TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENT IS ALSO PROVIDED BY THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR PRIMARY 1 TO 3 SCHOOL CHILDREN WHO ARE TAKEN IN GROUPS TO THE DENTAL CLINICS,
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