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FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1987

SECOND CANINE RABIES CASE CONFIRMED

THE SECOND INDIGENOUS CANINE RABIES CASE THIS YEAR WAS KAM SHEUNG CONFIRMED LATE THIS (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON TO HAVE OCCURRED IN ROAD NEAR SHEK TAU WAI, PAT HEUNG IN YUEN LONG.

BY

KENNEL BY VILLAGERS

THE

FOR

THE CASE WAS UNCOVERED FOLLOWING THE DELIVERY OF THE CARCASS

GOVERNMENT OF A BROWN FEMALE CHOW TO THE SHEK WU HUI POLICE TWO DAYS AGO AFTER BEING

TO DEATH HAVING BITTEN TWO PEOPLE.

CLUBBED

EXAMINATIONS CARRIED OUT BY THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT CONFIRMED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THAT THE DOG WAS A RABID ANIMAL,

RABIES CONTROL TEAMS OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES AND DEPARTMENT WERE IMMEDIATELY MOBILISED TO THE SCENE TO SEARCH FOR, ROUND UP UNLICENSED DOGS.

MEANWHILE, THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT 19 TRYING ΤΟ LOCATE THE VICTIMS FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

FULL DETAILS OF THE CASE AND THE DESIGNATION OF A NEW RABIES

ANNOUNCED INFECTED AREA WILL BE

AT A PRESS BRIEFING

HELD TO BE TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AT 12 NOON AT AFD HEADQUARTERS CONFERENCE ROOM, 14TH FLOOR, CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 393 CANTON ROAD, KOWLOON.

PRESIDING AT THE BRIEFING WILL BE THE DEPARTMENT'S DIRECTOR (AGRICULTURE), DR THOMAS YIP, AND THE SENIOR OFFICER, DR NORMAN CHENG.

ASSISTANT VETERINARY

MEN BORN IN 1967/68 TO GET NEW I.D. CARDS

(FRIDAY) THAT

CARDS

MEN FROM

THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY BORN IN 1967 AND 1968 WILL HAVE TO APPLY FOR NEW IDENTITY JULY 1 TO AUGUST 28 UNDER THE NEW IDENTITY CARD RE-ISSUE SCHEME,

"MEN SAID,

GROUP

ΤΟ

BE

BORN AFFECTED

WITHIN BY

THE

THIS

NEW

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT

MALE

PERIOD ARE THE FIRST

AGE

IDENTITY CARD RE-ISSUE SCHEME".

/"THE RE-ISSUE