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SUNDAY, JUNE 29, 1986

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PUBLIC URGED TO SUPPORT ANTI-RABIES DRIVE

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THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT HAS URGED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT'S ANTI-RABIES DRIVE BY HAVING THEIR DOGS INOCULATED AND LICENSED IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO.

THEY CAN DO THIS BY CALLING AT ANY OF THE FOUR GOVERNMENT KENNELS AND 19 DOG INOCULATION AND LICENSING CENTRES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY, INCLUDING LANTAO ISLAND AND CHEUNG CHAU.

A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID: +DOG OWNERS SHOULD MAKE GOOD USE OF THESE FREE FACILITIES. EACH VACCINATION IS GOOD FOR THREE YEARS AND AFTER THAT RE-INOCULATION IS NECESSARY TO KEEP UP THE DOG'S IMMUNITY.+

APART FROM THE FREE SERVICES AT THESE KENNELS AND CENTRES, HE SAID, THE DEPARTMENT'S MOBILE INOCULATION TEAMS WILL CONTINUE TO VISIT RURAL VILLAGES TO MAKE THEIR SERVICES AVAILABLE TO DOG OWNERS THERE.

IN JULY, THEY WILL CALL ON VILLAGES IN TUEN MUN, TSUEN WAN AND TAI PO AS WELL AS ON MARICULTURE RAFTS IN THE FISH CULTURE ZONES OF PO TOI 0, TIN HA WAN, SHAM WAN AND TAP MUN.

THE TAI PO VILLAGES WHICH THE TEAMS WILL VISIT FROM JULY 1 TO 31 ARE TAI OM SHAN, TAI OM TSUEN, SIU OM TSUEN, CHAI KOK, NG TUNG CHAI, TAI YEUNG TSE, TAI MEI TUK, LUNG MEI, LO TSZ TIN, TUNG TSZ A SHAN, WAI HA, SAN TAU KOK, PO SAM PAI, SAM MUN TSAI, SHUEN WAN SHA LAN, SHUEN WAN JIM UK, SHUEN WAN LEE UK AND SHUEN WAN CHAN UK.

VISITS WILL BE MADE TO TUEN MUN VILLAGES FROM JULY 1 TO 10. THESE INCLUDE SO KWUN WAT, SO KWUN WAT SAN TSUEN, SIU SAU TSUEN, SIU SAU SHEUNG TSUEN, KA WO LANE, SIU LAM, SIU LAM SAN TSUEN, KIU ON TSUEN, TAI LAM CHUNG, WONG UK AND WU UK.

THE INOCULATION TEAMS WILL VISIT TSUEN WAN VILLAGES FROM JULY 11 TO 31. THESE INCLUDE TSING LUNG TAU, YUEN TUN, TSING FAI TONG, SHAM TSENG, HON MAN TSUEN, PAI MIN KOK, YAU KOM TAU, TING KAU, CHAI WAN KOK AND FU YUNG SHAN.

THE DOGS AND CATS ORDINANCE REQUIRES OWNERS TO HAVE DOGS OVER FIVE MONTHS OLD INOCULATED AND LICENSED. VIOLATIONS MAY LEAD TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $5 000 AND SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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