SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1986
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ST CHOLERA PATIENT DISCHARGED
THE LAST CHOLERA PATIENT IN THE HOSPITAL, A 72-YEAR-OLD MAN WILL BE DISCHARGED THIS AFTERNOON, THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
SINCE AUGUST 12, NO FURTHER CHOLERA CASE HAS BEEN CONFIRMED.
HONG KONG WAS ANNOUNCED AS A CHOLERA INFECTED AREA ON AUGUST 2. A TOTAL OF 22 PERSONS WERE CONFIRMED TO HAVE CONTRACTED THE DISEASE.
AT PRESENT, THERE ARE 34 SUSPECTED CASES IN THE PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL.
MEANWHILE, UP TO 12 NOON TODAY, 661 PERSONS WERE INOCULATED AT THE EIGHT GOVERNMENT VACCINATION CENTRES AND PORT HEALTH OFFICES.
THE FOLLOWING IS A BREAKDOWN OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WERE VACCINATED TODAY:
SAI YING PUN JOCKEY CLUB CLINIC SHAU KE WAN JOCKEY CLUB CLINIC KWUN TONG JOCKEY CLUB HEALTH CENTRE YAU MA TEI JOCKEY CLUB POLYCLINIC LADY TRENCH POLYCLINIC, TSUEN WAN YUEN LONG JOCKEY CLUB HEALTH CENTRE SHEK WU HUI JOCKEY CLUB CLINIC TAI PO JOCKEY CLUB CLINIC PORT HEALTH OFFICES
39
35
115
121
99
52
23
26
151
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE REMINDED THAT VACCINATION WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE TOMORROW (SUNDAY) AT THE EIGHT CENTRES.
AREA COMMITTEE'S ROLE IN COMMUNITY BUILDING STRESSED
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AREA COMMITTEES CAN MAKE A GREAT IMPACT ON CIVIC EDUCATION AS THEIR CENTRAL POSITION IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE IS PIVOTAL IN THE CAMPAIGN, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR SIMON LORD, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
SPEAKING AT A SEMINAR ORGANISED BY THE ABERDEEN AND AP LEI CHAU AREA COMMITTEE, MR LORD SAID AREA COMMITTEES WERE AT THE MIDDLE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S THREE-TIER CONSULTATIVE MACHINERY AND ONE OF THE IR TASKS WAS TO PASS OPINIONS AND SUGGESTIONS BETWEEN RESIDENT BODIES AND THE DISTRICT BOARD.
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