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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1988

THE COMMISSIONER STRESSED

EVENT TODAY'S

THE GOVERNMENT'S

WELL AS

ALSO

THE

THAT ALTHOUGH MARKED THE END OF THE ANTI-DRUG WEEK '88 PROGRAMME,

AGAINST VIGILANCE

DRUG TRAFFICKING ACTIVITIES, AS DETERMINATION AND DRIVE AT MOUNTING THESE EFFORTS, WOULD CONTINUE.

JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE ACAN AND

AIMED AT AROUSING

THE

BAUHINIA

THE

JAYCEES, THE AWARENESS OF YOUNG

DRAMA COMPETITION WAS PEOPLE OF THE PERILS OF PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES ABUSE.

THAN

A TOTAL OF 28 ENTRIES WERE RECEIVED FOR THE TWO DIVISIONS: STUDENTS (ALL FORM ONE TO SEVEN STUDENTS) AND OPEN (GROUPS OTHER PROFESSIONAL THEATRICAL COMPANIES).

FIVE-MEMBER FOLLOWING KEEN COMPETITION, A TOP GROUPS IN THE COMPETITION.

JURY SELECTED THE

IN THE STUDENT DIVISION, KOWLOON TECHNICAL SCHOOL WON THE GRAND PRIZE, AND PENTECOSTAL LAM HON KWONG SCHOOL WON THE SPECIAL PRIZE.

IN THE OPEN DIVISION, WESTERN DRAMATIC ASSOCIATION WON THE GRAND PRIZE, AND YEE CHING DRAMA CLUB WON THE SPECIAL PRIZE.

WERE RACH WINNERS OF THE GRAND PRIZE AND OF THE SPECIAL PRIZE AWARDED A TROPHY AND A CASH CHEQUE FOR $1,500 AND $1,000 RESPECTIVELY.

MAN DIES OF RABIES

* * *

THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT A 29-YEAR-OLD MAN HAD DIED OF RABIES.

CONFIRMED

HE LONG.

WAS SYMPTOMS

THE PATIENT WAS A RESIDENT IN A VILLAGE IN YUEN BITTEN BY A DOG IN CHINA ABOUT A YEAR AGO BUT ONLY DEVELOPED RECENTLY,

HE WAS TRANSFERRED FROM POK OI HOSPITAL HOSPITAL ON OCTOBER 2 AND DIED ON OCTOBER 18.

TO PRINCES9 MARGARET

A POST-MORTEM WAS CONDUCTED TO ESTABLISH THE CAUSE OF DEATH. FROM THE HISTORY, POST-MORTEM AND LABORATORY FINDINGS AVAILABLE TODAY, THE MAN WAS CONSIDERED TO BE AN IMPORTED RABIES CASE.

THE LAST RABIES CASE IN HONG KONG WAS REPORTED IN AUGUST 1986.

THR

HEALTH STAFF FROM THE DEPARTMENT ARE TODAY VISITING

CONTACTS AND PATIENT'S HOME IN YUEN LONG TO TRACE HIS ACTION NECESSARY.

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