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　　“Smoking is bad for the nation’s health．”The plain truth, proved by ever-increasing medical truth, repeated by health authorities, and printed on cigarette packages, has failed to prevent our innocent youth from smoking．

　　Many young smokers light up their first cigarette in the mistaken belief that puffing away(吹出气)at a cigarette is cool．

　　Anti-smoking supporters here in China must envy their counterparts(极相似的人)in France．To help implement a nationwide smoking ban coming into force there on Thursday, 175 000 special inspectors(巡视员)and members of the police force will be sent to patrol public places．

　　When people foolishly believe smoking is cool, it is of little use telling them to stop．What the French did, just like what has been done in our Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, is a good way to drive home the message that smoking kills．The forceful bans in both Hong Kong and France actually make smoking in public impolite．

　　We cannot expect the same to happen here anytime soon．Not until our country gives up the high profits from tobacco．

　　It is a paradox(自相矛盾)that while the central government promises to control tobacco, some local governments depend on the health damaging leaves to fill their banks．

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　　The plain truth, proved by ever increasing medical evidence, emphasized repeatedly by health authorities, and printed on cigarette packages, has failed to prevent our innocent youth from smoking．

　　Many young smokers light up their first cigarette in the mistaken belief that puffing away at a cigarette is cool．

　　Anti-smoking supporters here in China must envy their counterparts in France．To help apply a nationwide smoking ban coming into force there on Thursday, 175,000 special inspectors and members of the police force will be sent out to watch public places．

　　In spite of doubts over the long-term success of the high-pitched French campaign, we admire the French authorities' determination and sincerely wish their Chinese peers could someday soon, if not today, take off their kid gloves in dealing with smoking．

　　When people foolishly believe smoking is cool, it is of little use telling them to stop．What the French did, just like what has been done in our Special Administrative Region(SAR)of Hong Kong, is a good way to drive home the message that smoking kills．

　　When smokers risk a fine for lighting a cigarette in public, smoking is no longer cool．The forceful bans in both Hong Kong and France actually make smoking in public unacceptable．

　　We cannot expect the same to happen here any time soon．Not until our country no longer gains high profits from tobacco．

　　It is embarrassing that while the central government swears to control tobacco, some local governments count on the health damaging leaves to fill their coffers(钱柜)．This is a suicidal(自杀的)addiction that must be gotten rid of．National policy needs to focus not only on the government-owned tobacco industry's profits．It must also deal with the effect of smoking on the nation's health and the huge amount of medical expenses．

　　If our government can help opium poppy(可制鸦片的罂粟)growers in the Golden Triangle with alternative crops, they can do the same to help our tobacco growers find practical alternatives．

　　This does not appear to be urgent．But it must be done since we know beyond any doubt that smoking is a serious public health risk．

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　　While in the army there was nothing I disliked so much as the map-reading course, for the simple reason that I always feel 　　1　　 even with a map in my hand．For weeks I had 　　2　　 awake at night thinking of the 　　3　　 test I would have to face at the end of the course．　　4　　 the evil day arrived．It was my responsibility to lead a small band of soldiers back to camp from the middle of 　　5　　．We were driven out in a(n) 　　6　　 lorry and left in a ploughed field with 　　7　　 to get back to camp as quickly as possible．

　　Well knowing my 　　8　　, the soldiers smiled as they saw me looking at the map and they made all sorts of helpful suggestions．I folded the map up, put it in my pocket, and said that we would 　　9　　 east．After walking through the cornfield for over an hour we came to a wide stream looked at the map 　　10　　．It seemed to be 　　11　　 with masses of thin blue lines．But which 　　12　　 line was this stream?In despair, we sat down in the cool 　　13　　 and I feel like 　　14　　 the map into the water．Fifteen minutes later, a boat passed and I asked the boatman if he could give us 　　15　　 to the nearest village．I 　　16　　 that we had been out for a walk and 　　17　　 got lost．The boatman invited us on 　　18　　 anti felt foolish when he told me that he had helped hundreds of 　　19　　 to pass their map-reading test!Not long 　　20　　, we got off that boat and, following the boatman’s instructions, took a bus into the village and get back to camp．

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　　Anti-bird flu contingency(意外事故)measures, including a proposal to separate poultry from humans and a series of traffic and logistics(后勤)measures will be discussed at the Legislative Council’s Food Safety and Environmental Hygiene Panel meeting next month．Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food Dr York Chow says the contingency plan would come into force if an outbreak occurred near Hong Kong．

　　Speaking on a radio talk show this morning．Dr Chow said the separation of poultry from humans policy, which will be determined after a decision whether to set up a central slaughtering(屠宰)house or several regional ones, would be based on the demand for live chickens．

　　He pointed out that at present there were 30,000 live chickens imported from the Mainland and 30,000 supplied locally．If this demand persisted, there would be no central slaughtering house or wholesale point that could handle such an amount and regional slaughtering houses could be the choice．

　　He added that building of regional slaughtering houses took time, but stressed the need to study the views of the public and the sector before a final decision was made．

　　Regarding avian flu vaccination(种痘)for humans, Dr Chow said it was still being developed．He added that it may not be reliable in the case of an outbreak as records show vaccination can only offer 5% protection against a virus．

　　He said Hong Kong had more experience and expertise than neighbouring territories in the fight against viral outbreaks, and was willing to offer them help．He added there was no“boundary”for infectious diseases and close cooperation among different countries had to be maintained to fight against a possible outbreak．

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