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SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1991

THEM то ABANDON

TO "I THEREFORE APPEAL

STREET-SLEEPING ACCEPTING SERVICES BEING OFFERED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT OTHER ORGANISATIONS CONCERNED, MRS CHU ADDED.

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IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT THERE WERE ABOUT 1,070 STREET-SLEEPERS IN THE TERRITORY, INCLUDING 287 ON HONG KONG ISLAND.

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CHU FOLLOWING THE CEREMONY, MRS

TOOK THE LEAD TO VISIT NUMBER OF STREET-SLEEPERS, WHO GATHERED NEAR SOUTHORN PLAYGROUND. PACKS OF GIFTS WERE ALSO DISTRIBUTED TO THEM DURING THE VISIT.

SPECIAL ANTI-RABIES INOCULATION DRIVE IN FISHING PORTS

SPECIAL

THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT WILL LAUNCH A DOG INOCULATION DRIVE IN FISHING PORTS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS SO THAT FISHERMEN CAN HAVE THEIR DOGS IMMUNISED AGAINST RABIES.

THE DRIVE, A REGULAR EXERCISE LAUNCHED SINCE 1980, 18 INTENDED TO HELP FISHERMEN WHO FIND LITTLE TIME TO TAKE THEIR DOUS ΤΟ AN INOCULATION CENTRE OR A GOVERNMENT KENNELS FOR INOCULATION.

STARTING FROM MONDAY (AUGUST 5), THE DEPARTMENT'S MOBILE DOG INOCULATION TEAMS WILL GO TO SEVEN FISHING PORTS AND MAKE BOAT-TO-BOAT VISITS BETWEEN 10 AM TO 4 PM DAILY.

THE WHOLE OPERATION WILL LAST FOR SEVEN WORKING AUGUST 13.

DAYS UNTIL

THEY WILL VISIT THE FISHING PORTS IN SHA TAU KOK ON AUGUST 6: ABERDEEN ON AUGUST 5 AND 6; SAM MUN CHAI ON AUGUST 6 AND 7; CHEUNG CHAU ON AUGUST 7 AND 8; SAI KUNG AND CASTLE PEAK BAY ON AUGUST 8 AND 9; AND SHAU KEI WAN ON AUGUST 12 AND 13.

THE DEPARTMENT'S SENIOR VETERINARY OFFICER, DR K.K. LIU, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT THE DRIVE IS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S CONTINUING EFFORTS TO PREVENT THE OUTBREAK OF RABIES IN HONG KONG.

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"THE TERRITORY REGAINED THE RABIES-FREE AREA STATUS ON JULY 1989 BY HAVING SUCCESSFULLY PREVENTED THE OUTBREAK OF ANY INDIGENOUS RABIES CASE SINCE JULY 10, 1987, HE NOTED.

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NEVERTHELESS, HE STRESSED THAT RABIES WAS A DEADLY DISEASE TRANSMISSIBLE FROM ANIMALS TO HUMAN. DOGS ON FISHING VESSELS ARE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE BECAUSE OF THEIR POSSIBLE CONTACTS WITH OTHER ANIMALS OUTSIDE HONG KONG.

"IT IS,

THEREFORE,

IMPORTANT THAT FISHERMEN'S DOGS ARE INOCULATED AGAINST THE DISEASE AT LEAST EVERY THREE YEARS TO KEEP UP THEIR IMMUNITY, DR LIU ADDED.

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/HE URGED