XN000022-1993-01-05 — Page 4

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1993

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THESE SERVICES INCLUDED THE SETTING UP

THE FIRST "WELL-WOMAN" CLINIC TARGETED AT WOMEN AGED 45 AND ABOVE AT LAM TIN POLYCLINIC, A STUDY ON THE FEASIBILITY OF SETTING UP HEALTH CENTRES AT STRATEGIC LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY FOR ELDERLY AGED 65 AND ABOVE, AND THE INTRODUCTION OF A NEW STUDENT HEALTH SERVICE.

LOOKING BACK, DR LEE DESCRIBED THE GENERAL LEVEL OF HEALTH IN HONG KONG LAST YEAR AS GOOD.

"THE INFANT MORTALITY RATE HAS STAYED BELOW SEVEN PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS WHILE THE AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH WAS 80.6 YEARS FOR FEMALES AND 75.1 YEARS FOR MALES IN 1991, DR LEE SAID.

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THESE COMPARED FAVOURABLY WITH MOST DEVELOPED THE WORLD,' HE ADDED.

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HOWEVER, DR LEE POINTED OUT THAT HONG KONG WAS SEEING MORE AND MORE CHRONIC DISEASES LIKE CANCERS, HEART DISEASES, DIABETES, HYPERTENSION AND CHRONIC RESPIRATORY DISEASES WITH THE AGEING POPULATION AND URBANISATION.

"THIS TREND IS EXPECTED ΤΟ CONTINUE AS THE CHANGE IN DEMOGRAPHY CONTINUED, HE ADDED.

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DR LEE SAID VIGILANT ANTI-EPIDEMIC MEASURES AND SURVEILLANCE HAD MANAGED TO KEEP MANY COMMUNICABLE DISEASES LOW IN THE COMMUNITY.

ON VIRAL HEPATITIS AND HIV INFECTION, DR LEE SAID HEPATITIS WAS AN IMPORTANT INFECTIONS DISEASE IN THE TERRITORY WHILE THE INFLUENCE EXERTED BY HIV INFECTION WAS INCREASING WORLDWIDE.

"AS THERE IS YET NO EFFECTIVE VACCINE AGAINST THE VIRUS, HIV INFECTION CONTINUED TO POSE A SERIOUS THREAT, DR LEE ADDED.

STAR FERRY FARES REVISED

THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL HAS APPROVED FARE INCREASES FOR THE STAR FERRY SERVICES TO COVER RISING COSTS.

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THE NEW FARES WILL TAKE EFFECT FROM FEBRUARY 15 THIS YEAR. COMMUTERS WILL PAY AN EXTRA 20 CENTS TO 30 CENTS.

FARES FOR CENTRAL TO TSIM SHA TSUI SERVICE WILL RISE FROM $1 TO $1.20 FOR THE LOWER DECK AND FROM $1.20 TO $1.50 FOR THE UPPER DECK.

FOR THE CENTRAL TO HUNG HOM SERVICE, THE LOWER DECK FARE WILL RISE FROM $1.20 TO $1.50 AND THE UPPER DECK FARE FROM $1.50 TO $1.80.

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