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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1986

HE SAID THAT OF 65 REGISTERED NEWSPAPERS IN HONG KONG, FIVE REGULARLY PUBLISHED ADVERTISEMENTS ON VIDEO TAPES.

+THE ADVERTISEMENTS NORMALLY CARRY NO MORE THAN THE TITLES OF THE TAPES FOR RENTAL OR TEST VIEWING, WHICH IN THEMSELVES ARE NOT PROSECUTABLE,+ SIR DAVID SAID.

IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS, TWO NEWSPAPER EDITORS WERE VERBALLY WARNED ABOUT THE CONTENT OF SUCH ADVERTISEMENTS, RESULTING IN SOME IMPROVEMENT, HE ADDED.

EVENTS ORGANISED FOR WORLD HEALTH DAY

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THE CENTRAL HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS ADOPTED THE WORLD HEALTH DAY THEME - 'HEALTHY LIVING: EVERYONE A WINNER' FOR ITS MAJOR HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMME IN 1986, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON JOHN CHAMBERS, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON HILTON CHEONG- LEEN ON GOVERNMENT'S PLANS TO COMMEMORATE WORLD HEALTH DAY ON APRIL 7, MR CHAMBERS SAID THE CAMPAIGN WOULD EMPHASISE THE IMPORTANCE OF A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE AND PROMOTE THE ADOPTION OF SENSIBLE PATTERNS OF LIFE TO ATTAIN HEALTH.

HE SAID WORLD HEALTH DAY MARKED THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE COMING INTO FORCE OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION IN 1948.

+SINCE 1950, A PUBLIC HEALTH THEME WITH AN APPROPRIATE SLOGAN HAS BEEN CHOSEN EACH YEAR FOR WORLD HEALTH DAY AND MEMBER STATES AND TERRITORIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO ORGANISE EVENTS RELATED TO THE THEME THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, HE SAID.

THE EVENTS TO BE ORGANISED IN HONG KONG THIS YEAR INCLUDED A SLOGAN COMPETITION, A HEALTH CARNIVAL, DISTRICT EXHIBITIONS AND AUDIO-VISUAL SHOWS AT HEALTH EDUCATION CENTRES.

POSTERS AND LEAFLETS WOULD ALSO BE DISTRIBUTED AND THERE WOULD BE MEDIA PUBLICITY, HE ADDED.

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