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FRIY, JANUAR 2, 198€

CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM IS A DEFICIENCY IN THYROID HORMONES PRODUCTION WHICH MAY RESULT IN MENTAL RETARDATION IN CHILDREN, WHILE BABIES WITH G-6-PD DEFICIENCY MAY RESULT IN HAEMOLYSIS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD.

A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE INITIAL LABORATORY SCREENING AND REPORTING SERVICE ARE PROVIDED FREE TO PRIVATE HOSPITALS AND MATERNITY HOMES.

THESE INSTITUTIONS HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF THE AVAILABILITY OF THE PROGRAMME, AND PROVIDED WITH GUIDELINES FOR THE FORWARDING OF BLOOD SPECIMENS.

THE DEPARTMENT'S COMBINED NEONATAL SCREENING PROGRAMME FOR G-6-PD AND CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM WAS FIRST LAUNCHED IN PHASES IN MARCH 1984 TO COVER ALL LIVE BIRTHS IN GOVERNMENT AND SUBVENTED HOSPITALS.

BETWEEN MARCH 1984 AND DECEMBER 1985, SOME 70 000 NEW BORN BABIES HAD BEEN SCREENED UNDER THE PROGRAMME.

HAWKER GIVEN ONE MONTH'S JAIL FOR ASSAULTING GDT MEMBERS

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ONE OF THREE HAWKERS ARRESTED FOLLOWING A CLASH WITH GENERAL DUTIES TEAM MEMBERS IN NULLAH ROAD, MONG KOK, LAST OCTOBER HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO ONE MONTH'S IMPRISONMENT.

+THIS IS THE FIRST TIME ANYBODY HAS BEEN SENT TO JAIL FOR AN ATTACK ON A MEMBER OF A GD TEAM,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.

THE HAWKER, SURNAMED LEUNG, HAS BEEN REFUSED BAIL PENDING APPEAL. THE REMAINING TWO HAWKERS WERE DISCHARGED AFTER THE HEARING, IN NORTH KOWLOON MAGISTRACY.

THE COURT ORDERED THAT SEVERAL EXHIBITS, COMPRISING

IRON BARS AND AN UMBRELLA, BE CONFISCATED.

ALL THREE MEN HAD PLEADED NOT GUILTY AT THE FIRST HEARING ON NOVEMBER 5. THEY WERE CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING PUBLIC OFFICERS OCCASIONING BODILY HARM AND OBSTRUCTING PUBLIC OFFICERS IN THE EXECUTION OF THEIR DUTY.

IN THE INCIDENT ON OCTOBER 3, THREE GDT MEMBERS OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT WERE INJURED WHILE ON ANTI-ILLEGAL HAWKING DUTY, AND HAD TO BE ADMITTED TO QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.

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