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Dr Chan noted that every year more than 80 per cent of kindergartens obtained teaching kits from the Department of Health and more than 200,000 story books had been given away.
Response to the oral health playland had also been very encouraging, with more than 50,000 visitors annually.
She urged the public to continue to support and participate in the programme so that the oral health condition of our younger generation can continue to improve.
During today's ceremony, eight winners of the Oral Health Teaching Kit Design Competition were presented with prizes.
The "Brighter Smiles for the New Generation" Healthy Teeth Carnival 1995 will be held until Thursday (November 16). It offers free stall games, computer games, variety shows and quizzes for the participants to know more about oral health while having fun.
End/Saturday, November 11, 1995
The Weather of October
October was the fifth wettest October since records began in 1884. On three days during the first week, daily rainfall exceeded 100 millimetres.
The total monthly rainfall of 476.9 millimetres was more than three times the normal figure of 144.8 millimetres. The accumulated rainfall so far this year amounted to 2,744.7 millimetres, 28 per cent above the average of 2,151.9 millimetres for the same period.
Typhoon Sibyl came close to Hong Kong in the beginning of the month, necessitating the hoisting of Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal No 8.
The month started fine and sunny with the maximum temperature reaching 30.1 degrees on October 1, the highest for the month. However, on the following day, rainbands associated with Sibyl began to affect the territory.
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