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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1988

WAN CHAI CANDIDATES TO MEET THE MEDIA

WAN

CHAI MEET-THE-

CANDIDATES FOR THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS IN DISTRICT WILL INTRODUCE THEIR PLATFORMS TO THE MEDIA AT A PRESS SESSION TOMORROW (FRIDAY) ARRANGED BY THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICE.

EACH CANDIDATE WILL SPEAK TO THE PRESS FOR A FEW MINUTES AFTER WHICH THERE WILL BE A QUESTION-AND-ANSWER PERIOD.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE MEET-THE-PRESS SESSION TO BE HELD TOMORROW (FRIDAY) IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM

OF THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICE, EIGHTH FLOOR, TUNG WAH MANSION, 201 HENNESSY ROAD, HONG KONG. THE SESSION WILL BEGIN AT 11.30 AM.

REMOTE ISLANDERS GET FREE DENTAL SERVICES

A TOTAL OF 351 RESIDENTS HAVE BENEFITTED FROM THE ISLANDS DISTRICT'S OUTREACH DENTAL SCHEME WHICH WAS IMPLEMENTED IN TUNG CHUNG ON LANTAU FOR SEVEN MONTHS.

THE SERVICE HAS NOW MOVED TO PAK MONG ON THE ISLAND AND MAY BE MOVED TO OTHER ARRAS IN FUTURE.

SPEAKING AFTER A CEREMONY TO MARK THE BEGINNING OF THE SERVICE AT PAK MONG TODAY (THURSDAY), THE DENTIST-IN-CHARGE OF THE SCHEME, DR PETER TREPPER, SAID THE PILOT OUTREACH DENTAL SERVICE PROVIDED IN TUNG CHUNG FROM MAY TO NOVEMBER HAD PROVED TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND WAS WELCOMED BY THE ISLANDERS.

"WE HAD CARRIED OUT 360 RESTORATIONS AND 239 EXTRACTIONS WHICH MEANS $200,000 WORTH OF SERVICES HAD BEEN PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE то RESIDENTS THERE, HE SAID.

THE SCHEME WAS INITIATED BY THE ADVENTIST HOSPITAL WHICH PROVIDED DENTAL PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT AND WAS ORGANISED BY THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE, WHICH WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR LOGISTICAL SUPPORT.

"WE SEE IT AS OUR MISSION TO FULFIL HEALTH NEEDS WHENEVER WE CAN AND WE SAW SUCH A NEED IN THE OUTLYING ISLANDS WHERE PERMANENT DENTAL SERVICE IS LACKING, SO WE STARTED THE OUTREACH SCHEME IN TUNG CHUNG,"

DR TREPPER RECALLED.

"OUR MAIN

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