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Education bus launched to promote oral health
A cheerfully-designed education bus will visit every corner of Hong Kong to promote through lively activities the importance of oral health.
The Oral Health Education Bus introduced by the Department of Health's Oral Health Education Unit is well- equipped with advanced audio-visual facilities to make learning more fun and interesting.
It includes touch screen interactive multi-media computers which feature a variety of oral health materials in the format of computer games, video clips and self- learning tutorials.
Speaking at the launching ceremony of the Oral Health Education Bus today (Saturday), the Director of Health, Dr Margaret Chan, said the introduction of the mobile oral health education service was a major step towards improving the oral health status in Hong Kong.
"The Department of Health had always attached great importance to the promotion of oral health," Dr Chan said.
"To reach out to a wider segment of the community, the idea of setting up a mobile education centre for oral health education had been actively explored since 1993.
"I am glad that with the support of the Sir Murray MacLehose Trust Fund and the technical assistance of the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department, this oral health education bus came into being this year."
Dr Chan said the new service had been put on trial since June this year and received overwhelming response from the public with more than 5,800 people having visited the bus.
She hoped that the new service would raise the oral health awareness in the community and help people establish good oral care habits.
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