<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><?xml-stylesheet href="style.xsl" type="text/xsl"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>news.gov.hk - Health &amp; Community</title><link>http://www.news.gov.hk/en/category/healthandcommunity/html/index.htm</link><image><url>http://www.isd.gov.hk/images/logo60.gif</url><title>news.gov.hk - Health &amp; Community</title><link>http://www.news.gov.hk/en/category/healthandcommunity/html/index.htm</link></image><description>news.gov.hk - Health &amp; Community - From Hong Kong's Information Services Department</description><language>en-UK</language><copyright>Copyright, news.gov.hk</copyright><webMaster>irc@isd.gov.hk</webMaster><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:04:00 +0800</lastBuildDate><generator>ISD News RSS Generator 3.13</generator><item><title>Public urged to cheer for athletes</title><guid>http://www.news.gov.hk/en/category/healthandcommunity/080906/html/080906en05006.htm</guid><link>http://www.news.gov.hk/en/category/healthandcommunity/080906/html/080906en05006.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:33:15 +0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Permanent Secretary for Home Affairs Carrie Yau calls on members of the public to cheer for the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games and participating disabled athletes through the Leisure &amp; Cultural Services Department's homepage or by visiting the Olympic live site in the coming weeks.]]></description></item><item><title>Thomas Chow cheers on torchbearers</title><guid>http://www.news.gov.hk/en/category/healthandcommunity/080906/html/080906en05003.htm</guid><link>http://www.news.gov.hk/en/category/healthandcommunity/080906/html/080906en05003.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:33:11 +0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Director of Leisure &amp; Cultural Services Thomas Chow today cheered on participants in the Beijing 2008 Paralympic torch relay in the Chinese capital, to bolster the morale of Hong Kong athletes and torchbearers taking part in the Paralympic games.]]></description></item><item><title>Paralympic Village residents recover</title><guid>http://www.news.gov.hk/en/category/healthandcommunity/080906/html/080906en05002.htm</guid><link>http://www.news.gov.hk/en/category/healthandcommunity/080906/html/080906en05002.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:33:13 +0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Two Hong Kong Paralympic Village residents infected with norovirus have been discharged from hospitals, and food samples taken from the village tested negative for the virus, Director of Health Dr PY Lam says.]]></description></item><item><title>Woman ill with Dengue fever</title><guid>http://www.news.gov.hk/en/category/healthandcommunity/080905/html/080905en05009.htm</guid><link>http://www.news.gov.hk/en/category/healthandcommunity/080905/html/080905en05009.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:33:10 +0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Centre for Health Protection has confirmed the year's 29th imported Dengue fever case involving a 46-year-old woman who fell ill after visiting Thailand.]]></description></item><item><title>13 ill after Macau hotel buffet</title><guid>http://www.news.gov.hk/en/category/healthandcommunity/080905/html/080905en05006.htm</guid><link>http://www.news.gov.hk/en/category/healthandcommunity/080905/html/080905en05006.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:33:16 +0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Thirteen people have come down with gastroenteritis symptoms after eating at a Macau hotel, the Centre for Health Protection says.]]></description></item><item><title>Chinese medicine exam applications open</title><guid>http://www.news.gov.hk/en/category/healthandcommunity/080905/html/080905en05003.htm</guid><link>http://www.news.gov.hk/en/category/healthandcommunity/080905/html/080905en05003.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:33:13 +0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Applications for the 2009 Chinese Medicine Practitioners Licensing Examination will be taken September 16 to October 27. It consists of a written exam in June and a clinical test in August.]]></description></item><item><title>Vintage Kowloon Park tree removed</title><guid>http://www.news.gov.hk/en/category/healthandcommunity/080904/html/080904en05017.htm</guid><link>http://www.news.gov.hk/en/category/healthandcommunity/080904/html/080904en05017.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:33:37 +0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Leisure &amp; Cultural Services Department has removed an unstable lebbeck tree in Kowloon Park which posed a danger to the public.]]></description></item><item><title>Coroner to probe girl's death</title><guid>http://www.news.gov.hk/en/category/healthandcommunity/080904/html/080904en05016.htm</guid><link>http://www.news.gov.hk/en/category/healthandcommunity/080904/html/080904en05016.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:33:36 +0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Coroner's Court will investigate the death of a six-year-old girl who died at Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital on September 3.]]></description></item><item><title>Man critical with flesh-eating disease</title><guid>http://www.news.gov.hk/en/category/healthandcommunity/080904/html/080904en05013.htm</guid><link>http://www.news.gov.hk/en/category/healthandcommunity/080904/html/080904en05013.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:33:39 +0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A 50-year-old man is fighting for his life after being infected with necrotising fasciitis, also known as flesh-eating disease.]]></description></item><item><title>Stamp design contest deadline extended</title><guid>http://www.news.gov.hk/en/category/healthandcommunity/080904/html/080904en05012.htm</guid><link>http://www.news.gov.hk/en/category/healthandcommunity/080904/html/080904en05012.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:41:40 +0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The submission deadline for the stamp design competition celebrating the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China will be extended to September 26, the Committee on the Promotion of Civic Education says.]]></description></item></channel></rss>