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FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1989

"WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A SPONSORSHIP COST FOR PREPARING THESE MANUALS OF ONLY A MATTER OF SEVERAL TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OR, AT MOST, A FEW HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE MORE COMPLICATED CASES." HE SAID.

DR REED SUGGESTED ALSO THAT COMPANIES WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL FIELD OFFER A FIXED PRICE PROVIDE AN ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT FOR OTHER THE SAME WAY AS FOR FINANCIAL AUDITS.

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SOME EXPERTISE IN SERVICE PACKAGE то COMPANIES, IN MUCH

I AM CONFIDENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING CONCEPT COULD MAKE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION ΤΟ AVING OUR ENVIRONMENT, HE SAID.

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"IT WOULD, AMONG OTHER THINGS, INVOLVE INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY IN A CONSTRUCTIVE WAY AND THEREBY HELP TO PROVIDE THE ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS THAT IS A PRECURSOR OF OUR HAVING A HEALTHY AND PLEASANT ENVIRONMENT IN HONG KONG IN THE FUTURE.

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FIGHT AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS SUCCESSFUL

CONTINUED ΤΟ FALL EFFORT TO CONTROL

THE INCIDENCE TO TUBERCULOSIS IN HONG KONG LAST YEAR, MARKING ANOTHER YEAR OF SUCCESS IN THE TUBERCULOSIS AND OTHER THORACIC DISEASES. THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, DR S.H. LEE, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY),

HE WAS SPEAKING FOR THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE HONG KONG TUBERCULOSIS, ASSOCIATION AT ITS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.

TIME IN HIS CAPACITY AS CHEST AND HEART DISEASES

DURING 1988, DR LEE SAID, A TOTAL OF 7,021 NEW CASES WERE NOTIFIED, RESULTING IN A DROP IN THE NOTIFICATION RATE FROM 129.5 TO 123.6 PER 100,000 POPULATION. THE DEATH RATE WAS SIMILARLY DECLINING FROM 7.2 TO 6.8 PER 100,000 POPULATION, WITH ONLY 388 DEATHS RECORDED.

THESE RATES MIGHT IN FACT BE LOWER IF ADJUSTMENT WAS MADE WITH THE INCREASING POPULATION, HE ADDED.

DESPITE THIS, DR LFE SAID, THERE WAS NO ROOM FOR COMPLACENCY,

"BY COMPARING WITH THE SITUATION IN THE TECHNICALLY ADVANCED COUNTRIES. THE INCIDENCE AND MORTALITY RATES OF TUBERCULOSIS

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KONG ARE STILL HIGIN," HE SAID. "ALL THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL

PROGRAMMES, THEREFORE, MUST BE ACTIVELY MAINTAINED.

TURNING TO LUNG CANCER, DR LEE SAID THAT LAST FIRST YEAR TO SEE A REDUCTION IN LUNG CANCER DEATHS,

1987 TO 2,354 IN 1988.

YEAR WAS THE FROM 2,465 IN

THIS IS