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SUNDAY, APRIL 5, 1987

AFTER TREATMENT IN HOSPITAL, FOLLOW-UP ACTION BY HEALTH OFFICIALS WILL CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER SIX MONTHS WITH BLOOD SCREENING AT MONTHLY INTERVAL, THE SPOKESMAN SA ID.

HEALTH EDUCATION IS ANOTHER ESSENTIAL PART OF ANTI-MALAR I A ACTIVITY BY THE DEPARTMENT, HE ADDED,

+THIS IS USUALLY IN THE FORM OF HEALTH TALKS TO VILLAGES AND SCHOOLS, DISTRIBUTION OF POSTERS AND LEAFLETS AND SOMETIMES HOUSE TO HOUSE VISITS,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE DEPARTMENT IS ALSO MOUNTING LOCALISED ANTI-MALARIA PROGRAMMES IN SOME AREAS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES TO REMIND RESIDENTS TO TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS.

MEANWHILE, THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS TAKING STEPS TO CONTROL MOSQUITO BREEDING IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE TERRITORY, INCLUDING THE APPLICATION OF LARVICIDES AND INSECTICIDES TO POTENTIAL MOSQUITO BREEDING SITES.

FRESH WATER SERVICE RESERVOIR FOR TUEN MUN

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A FRESH WATER SERVICE RESERVOIR WILL BE BUILT AT TUEN MUN TO IMPROVE WATER SUPPLY TO RESIDENTS OF BUTTERFLY ESTATE AND ADJACENT DEVELOPING AREAS.

THE RESERVOIR, WITH A CAPACITY OF 14 000 CUBIC METRES, WILL BE CONSTRUCTED NEAR PILLAR POINT.

PIPES WILL LATER BE LAID ALONG TIN HAU, WONG CHU AND LUNG MUN ROADS NEAR CHOY YEE BRIDGE.

THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE PROJECT WHICH IS EXPECTED TO START IN JULY AND TAKE ABOUT 14 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

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