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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1987

INFECTIOUS DISEASES UNDER CONTROL

INFECTIOUS DISEASES ARE NO LONGER A SERIOUS THREAT ΤΟ THE HEALTH OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN HONG KONG.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR (HEALTH SERVICES AND PLANNING) OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, DR S.H. LEE, WHEN HE OPENED A HEALTH EXHIBITION HELD AT THE SHA TIN TOWN HALL THIS (FRIDAY) MORNING,

DR LEE RECALLED THAT AFTER THE WAR HONG KONG FACED HEALTH PROBLEMS CAUSED BY INFECTIOUS DISEASES INCLUDING MEASLES, DIPHTHERIA, POLIOMYELITIS AND TUBERCULOSIS.

"BUT PEOPLE GRADUALLY CAME TO KNOW ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF IMMUNISATION AND UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT PERSONAL AND FOOD HYGIENE, HE

SAID.

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"AND TODAY THE MAJORITY OF THE INFECTIOUS DISEASES HAVE BEEN PUT UNDER CONTROL.

"INFECTIOUS DISEASES ARE NO LONGER A SERIOUS THREAT AND THIS IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE HARD WORK AND EFFORTS OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION AND THE CO-OPERATION OF THE PEOPLE, HE ADDED.

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IN HONG KONG, THE LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH ARE CANCER, HEART DISEASES AND CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES, WHICH ARE CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH PEOPLE'S LIFESTYLE AND EATING HABITS.

"THE AIM OF THE EXHIBITION IS TO AROUSE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALTHY LIFE-STYLES AND ALSO ΤΟ REMIND PEOPLE OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY IN MAINTAINING PERSONAL HYGIENE TO PREVENT DISEASES," DR LEE SAID.

THE EXHIBITION, TITLED "THE USE OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SERVICES", ALSO AIMS AT PROMOTING THE PROPER USE AND MEDICAL SERVICES.

MEDICAL AND

OF MEDICINE

VISITORS TO THE EXHIBITION CAN LEARN ABOUT THE VARIOUS MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT.

THERE ARE DISPLAYS SHOWING THE WORK OF DOCTORS AND NURSES AND THE AIDS COUNSELLING SERVICE.

VISITORS CAN ALSO SEE TWO SLIDE SHOWS ON AIDS AND NURSING CARE.

OTHER HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EXHIBITION INCLUDE VIDEO SHOWS AND TAPE LISTENING PROGRAMMES ON THE PROPER USE OF MEDICINE, ON AIDS AND ON CHILD FIRST AID.

/PEOPLE WHO