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FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1989

THE DEPARTMENT'S SENIOR VETERINARY OFFICER, DR NORMAN CHENG F SAID TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT THE DRIVE WAS PART OF GOVERNMENT'S CONTINUING EFFORTS TO PREVENT THE RE-INTRODUCTION OF THE DEADLY DISEASE INTO HONG KONG.

SINCE THE DRIVE WAS LAUNCHED IN 1980, A TOTAL OF OWNED BY FISHERMEN HAD BEEN INOCULATED, HE SAID.

"RABIES IS A DEADLY DISEASE TRANSMISSABLE FROM HUMANS AND DOGS ON FISHING VESSELS ARE PARTICULARLY BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF THEIR BEING IN CONTACT ANIMALS OUTSIDE HONG KONG.

3,399 DOGS

ANIMALS TO VULNERABLE WITH OTHER

"BY PROTECTING THEIR DOGS WITH

INOCULATIONS,

PEOPLE HELP то

PROTECT THEMSELVES.

"IT IS, THEREFORE, IMPORTANT THAT THEIR DOGS ARE INOCULATED AGAINST THE DISEASE AT LEAST ONCE EVERY THREE YEARS TO KEEP UP THE IMMUNITY, DR CHENG ADDED.

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HE URGED FISHERMEN WHO OWN DOGS ΤΟ MAKE FULL USE OF THE SPECIAL SERVICE.

J THE LAW REQUIRES ALL DOGS OVER FIVE MONTHS OLD TO BE LICENSED AND INOCULATED AGAINST RABIES. FAILURE TO DO SO WILL RENDER THE OWNER LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $5,000 AND SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT.

APPOINTMENT TO FILL TSUEN WAN DB VACANCY

THE GAZETTE ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY) THE APPOINTMENT OF MR CHAN YAN-LEUNG TO THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD WITH EFFECT FROM TODAY TO MARCH 31, 1991.

THE APPOINTMENT WAS MADE TO FILL AN EXISTING VACANCY ON THE BOARD AS A RESULT OF THE DEATH OF AN APPOINTED MEMBER, MR HO CHI-PING, AT THE END OF LAST YEAR.

MR CHAN, AGED 51, IS A SECONDARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IN TSUEN WAN AND HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE.

HE IS AT PRESENT CHAIRMAN OF THE TSUEN WAN EAST AREA COMMITTEE AND THE TSUEN WAN SHEK WAI KOK COMMUNITY HALL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE. HE IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE.

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IN THE PAST, HE HAD SERVED AS AN ACTIVE CO-OPTED MEMBER ON VARIOUS COMMITTEES UNDER THE DISTRICT BOARD AND ON THE ORGANISING COMMITTEES OF THE DISTRICT'S ARTS AND SPORTS FESTIVALS.

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