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FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1989 ·

AND

WITH VEGETATION; HILL STREAMS,

CLEAR WATER STREAMS

FOUND THEY ARE MOSTLY EXCAVATION SITES AND ABANDONED

IN

MOSQUITOES TRANSMITTING MALARIA BREED IN

WATER STAGNANT IRRIGATION DITCHES, PADDY FIELDS.

NOTIFIED WELL AS ΤΟ THE

"MALARIA IS A NOTIFIABLE DISEASE AND EVERY CASE BE THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED BY THE STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT

HE SAID. POSSIBLE SOURCE OF INFECTION,

[1

BLOOD SAMPLES ARE TAKEN FROM PATIENTS

WITH CLINICAL SYMPTOMS

OF MALARIA, AND ALL CASES ARE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.

AFTER TREATMENT

HOSPITAL, IN

BY HEALTH FOLLOW-UP ACTION

MONTHS WITH BLOOD OFFICIALS WILL CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER SIX SCREENING AT MONTHLY INTERVALS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

ANOTHER

HEALTH EDUCATION IS ACTION UNDERTAKEN BY THE DEPARTMENT.

ESSENTIAL PART OF

ANTI-MALARIA

ΤΟ VILLAGES AND

AND

SOMETIMES

"THIS IS USUALLY IN THE FORM OF HEALTH TALKS

OF

AND POSTERS

LEAFLETS SCHOOLS, DISTRIBUTION HOUSE-TO-HOUSE VISITS,' THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

URBAN

SERVICES

REGIONAL

THE AND

OF

SERVICES

IN VARIOUS LARVICIDES AND

THE MEANWHILE, DEPARTMENTS ARE TAKING STEPS TO CONTROL MOSQUITO BREEDING PARTS OF THE TERRITORY, INCLUDING THE APPLICATION INSECTICIDES TO POTENTIAL MOSQUITO BREEDING SITES.

PEAK SITE MARKED AS FOCAL POINT FOR TOURISTS

*

IN A A CITY LOCAL

THE GOVERNMENT IS OFFERING A SITE AT PEAK ROAD FOR SALE BY TENDER WITH AN OBJECTIVE THAT IT COULD BE DEVELOPED COMPREHENSIVE MANNER TO REFLECT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE AREA AS LANDMARK AND ENHANCE ITS ROLE AS A FOCUS OF ACTIVITIES FOR BOTH AND OVERSEAS VISITORS.

KNOWN AS RURAL BUILDING LOT NO.3, THE 11,220-SQUARE-METRE LOT IS LOCATED NEXT TO THE PEAK TOWER, INCLUDING THE PEAK MANSIONS SITE, WHICH WAS FORMERLY USED AS QUARTERS FOR GOVERNMENT STAFF.

GODOWN

IT IS DESIGNATED FOR USE FOR NON-INDUSTRIAL (EXCLUDING INCLUDING HOTEL AND SERVICE APARTMENTS) PURPOSES, A PUBLIC CARPARK AND GOVERNMENT/INSTITUTION/COMMUNITY FACILITIES.

BUT

ANNOUNCING TH19 TODAY (FRIDAY), THE DISTRICT LANDS OFFICER (HONG KONG WEST), MR THOMAS HO, SAID THE GOVERNMENT'S REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE SITE WOULD PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED ADDITIONAL FACILITIES FOR BOTH LOCAL RESIDENTS AND OVERSEAS TOURISTS AT THIS POPULAR LOCATION.

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