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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1989

SHE SAID THE ORGANISATION SINCE IT WAS SET UP INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE CHILD

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IN 1979

THE

HAD DONE MUCH то PROMOTE BETTER ITS CONSEQUENCES

UNDERSTANDING OF WHY CHILD ABUSE HAPPENED, AND WHAT

WERE.

SERVICES.

"REMEDIAL

CHILD ABUSE HAS BROUGHT

A

COMFORT

ΤΟ

AND HOT LINE, COUNSELLING THROUGH ITS

WORK. PREVENTIVE

AGAINST A LARGE NUMBER OF

GROUPS,

PERHAPS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT,

AND HELF. CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES." SHE ADDED.

HEALTH EXHIBITION AT CITY HALL

MEMBERS OF

THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE A CHANCE ΤΟ LEARN AND UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT HEALTH WHEN THEY VISIT A HEALTH EXHIBITION NEXT WEEK.

THE THEME OF THE EXHIBITION, "LET'S TALK HEALTH", COINCIDES WITH THAT OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (WHO) FOR THE YEAR 1989.

THE EXHIBITION, ORGANISED BY THE CENTRAL HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AIMS AT AROUSING PUBLIC INTEREST AND CONCERN ABOUT A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE.

IT WILL BE HELD AT THE CITY HALL EXHIBITION HALL, BETWEEN 3.30 PM AND 6.30 PM ON MONDAY (NOVEMBER 201 AND BETWEEN 10.30 AM TO 6.30 PM DAILY FROM TUESDAY TO FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 21 TO 24).

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAID TODAY (THURSDAY } THAT THE WHO HAD APPEALED TO ALL MEMBER STATES THAT THIS YEAR THEY SHOULD COMMUNICATE HEALTH RATHER THAN DISEASE, AND HAD INVITED THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DISSEMINATION OF HEALTH MESSAGES.

FROM THE EXHIBITION. VISITORS WILL BE ABLE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT DURING THE FOUR STAGES OF LIFE CHILDHOOD, YOUTH, ADOLESCENCE AND OLD AGE.

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THE EXHIBITION WILL PROVIDE VIDEO SHOWS, GAME STALLS AND DISPLAYS OF WINNING ENTRIES IN THE POSTER DESIGN AND CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY COMPETITIONS HELD EARLIER THIS YEAR.

THERE WILL ALSO BE CHARTS SHOWING THE HEIGHT AND WEIGHT COMPARISONS BETWEEN MALES AND FEMALES OF VARIOUS AGE GROUPS.

/"IT IS

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