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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1987

EXPERTS, EXCHANGE VIEWS ON CHILDHOOD NUTRITION

NUTRITION AND EARLY GROWTH OF YOUNG INFANTS CONTINUE TO ATTRACT THE ATTENTION OF DOCTORS AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATORS THE WORLD OVER AND WILL HAVE A FAR-REACHING SOCIAL IMPACT ON GENERATIONS TO COME, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

SHE WAS OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE WORKSHOP ON EARLY CHILDHOOD NUTRITION PROBLEMS IN THE FAR EAST, ARRANGED JOINTLY BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PAEDIATRICS OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG AND THE HONG KONG PAEDIATRIC SOCIETY.

WELCOMING THE ABOUT 200 DELEGATES, SHE SAID THE PURPOSE OF THE WORKSHOP WAS TO BRING TOGETHER PAEDIATRICIANS AND SCIENTISTS FROM VARIOUS COUNTRIES TO DISCUSS PROBLEMS OF NUTRITION THAT THEY WERE NOW SEEING IN CHILDREN.

"THIS PROBLEM WILL BE VIEWED AGAINST A BACKGROUND OF AN UPDATE ON WHAT IS CURRENTLY KNOWN ABOUT NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS IN CHILDHOOD, MRS WONG SAID.

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"THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SUCH A GATHERING HAS TAKEN PLACE IN HONG KONG AND AUGURS WELL FOR CLOSER TIES WITH THE PEOPLES IN THESE LIFE GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS WHO SHARE, IN MANY CASES, A COMMON HERITAGE, STYLES AND ETHNIC ROOTS."

MRS WONG SAID SHE WAS AWARE THAT A GREAT EFFORT WAS BEING MADE TO INCREASE THE INCIDENCE OF BREAST FEEDING AND TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF DIET DURING WEANING SO THAT CHILDREN COULD ACHIEVE OPTIMUM GROWTH IN HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT.

"I THINK THE PROSPECT OF BRINGING TOGETHER CURRENT KNOWLEDGE OF EXPERTS ON THESE ISSUES AND THE OPPORTUNITY ΤΟ SHARE VIEWS AND EXCHANGE INFORMATION IS GOING TO BE OF GREAT BENEFIT ΤΟ THIS REGION AND TO PEOPLES FROM DIVERSE GEOGRAPHICAL AND ECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS, SHE SAID.

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SHE BELIEVED THAT THE CONTINUING RESEARCH AND

BASIS BY MANY OF THE DELEGATES, WOULD FORM A SOUND WHICH EDUCATIONAL AND ECONOMICAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAMMES COULD BE UP.

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"WITH THE CLOSE CO-OPERATION AMONGST PROFESSIONALS FROM THE I AM MEDICAL RELATED FIELDS, SOCIAL WORKERS AND COMMUNITY EDUCATORS,

DEVELOPED SURE MEANINGFUL PROGRAMMES WILL BE

ΤΟ TACKLE NUTRITIONAL VARIOUS NATIONS TO DEVELOP PROBLEMS AND TO HELP THE PEOPLES OF THEIR HIGHEST POTENTIAL, SHE ADDED.

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SHE COMPLIMENTED THE ORGANISERS FOR THEIR VISION AND EFFORT ARRANGING THE WORKSHOP.

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