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"THE STRICT ADHERENCE TO THE SIMPLE RULES of PERSONAL HYGIENE SUCH AS WASHING OF HANDS AFTER TOILET AND BEFORE FOOD PREPARATION, AND THE HYGIENIC HANDLING OF FOOD AND DRINKS ARE THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAYS AGAINST CHOLERA AND OTHER DIARRHOEA DISEASES, HE SAID.
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PEOPLE TRAVELLING
TO
OVERSEAS COUNTRIES WHERE CHOLERA AND OTHER GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES ARE ENDEMIC ARE ALSO ADVISED SPECIAL CARE IN THE SELECTION OF FOOD AND DRINK.
TO
TAKE
MARITIME SEARCH AND RESCUE EXERCISE A SUCCESS
A NIGHT-TIME OFFSHORE SEARCH AND RESCUE EXERCISE, CO-ORDINATED BY THE MARITIME RESCUE
MARINE DEPARTMENT, CONCLUDED
THE MORNING.
CO-ORDINATION CENTRE SUCCESSFULLY THIS
WHICH
(MRCC) OF {WEDNESDAY)
WAS
THE EXERCISE, WHICH WAS DESIGNED TO TEST ALL SEARCH AND RESCUE PROCEDURES AND COMMUNICATIONS AT NIGHT, STARTED AT 6 PM YESTERDAY AND LASTED UNTIL 7.40 AM TODAY.
APART FROM THE MARINE DEPARTMENT, THE MARINE POLICE, THE HONG KONG AUXILIARY AIR FORCE, THE ROYAL NAVY AND THE ROYAL AIR ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE EXERCISE,
ROYAL
FORCE
THE SCENARIO OF THE EXERCISE WAS TO LOCATE A SAILING YACHT WHICH WAS REPORTED ΤΟ HAVE DEVELOPED DIFFICULTIES ABOUT 20 TO 30 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHEAST OF HONG KONG DURING THE NIGHT.
A SEARCH WAS CONDUCTED THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT UNDER THE CO-ORDINATION OF THE MRCC AND THE YACHT WAS SUCCESSFULLY LOCATED AT A POSITION ABOUT 22 NAUTICAL MILES
SOUTHEAST OF WAGLAN ISLAND.
BAST
A "CASUALTY" WAS RESCUED.
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