ne ‘operations fail, -aay
/ Northern: “Ontatla, doctors:

- Vasectomy ;

“ “relatively. safe and simple. .
~ Means ‘of permanent con-
" traception, _ approximal ly
One ..per. cent . Of

ae

should be, aware. of thls

possibility, 80 they - can:

avoid” accusations ; of.’ ‘ine.

- fidelity ‘that - -may ©. sition
“ because . of: us xp

: Writing “in,

‘Fevlew. ‘the:::-lalest :
» formation. available. ‘on the:

. safety of: vasectomy, an Sg
operation:in. which. the vas .

:, deferens “=; the ‘tube that .

abet sea fn mo the
Aine!

=

“cut and tid off,’ More than

30,000 ‘Canadians undergo
vasectomies. each yéar, -
iMeMullen fand:Abourbih

. pay” “recent: - fears” that

_ vasectomy. can increase the .

* Tikelibood , of hardening of

cui vasctaiy i is ac

. Gaon
_ Family" Physician,’ they:
ins

"the! arteries-and’ hédrt ‘at:

tacks are not supported by

the evidence. Those fears -

are based on studies done . :

with-one particular species...
- of Monkey,’ ‘they. nate, -ad- >;

ding that ‘go studies to date:..

“have © made: simijlar ‘con-";
clusions about man.” ‘
One  -extensive " stindy

~ completed. recently in.

Seattle fownd.no- inergase of.

heart - attacks. in. \vasec-

torized men, while another
involving- 5,000 “men: who
have had vasectomiesfor-15 _
years s\ also: finding: no:

 fneréased rate of car-.

dlovaseuls problems © on

psychological. problems;

. libido, Impotence, or, at the

other" ‘end of. the: scale,

sexual ‘byperactiyity.. _

“In our Northern Ontario.

community the incidence of

such syndromes appears to
be very low and: we-cannot .

recall 8 case of seriogs post-". .

vasectomy . mye cal,
“marital oy:
problems,” i “the foctors,
write. : - . ms
be"
reverged ‘in’ about “, per.

- cent of canes, (they pay;and: :/f°

about ‘half. als event ‘who:

. vincibility,,” ‘but. the equip. :
ment itself is. not the cause °

‘of: the numerous -  Bertoua:
' neck and “spine’ injuries.

which’ have ‘hit “young |
Canadian hockey players in ©

"the last few years, saya a

' study of the ways:in which

_ 7 the gear might. change, the:
. biomechanical |

| characte
ristics of the neck;

In the last three’ sepgons,
more than 40 ) YOUNG hockey

. players across Canada haye-

* been
_ paralysed during games.

Jyoung hockey

spine-injured and

“Using both a mechanical”
‘model of a head and film of

players -

”akeating with: and> without

‘helmet: and face shield, -

_-Pesearchers. studied. the
* possibility that wearing the
> equipment might produce a
‘ vulnerable, forward taaning

‘They “also”: atudied the.

ie ‘possibility: ‘that: equipment’.

might change the way ‘the:
‘neck moves if the player'is |
‘hit by a check or any other

blow to the body.

“alates if the head and could.” .

that:wearing @ helmet does
, change *

“The researchers; ed: by’
Patrick J.‘ Bishop, ‘found: *

some: ' of the *
‘biomechanical : characte-.

cause strain-on the neck.

a ‘These’ achanges, however,

protective”

Sete “not ‘great enough : ta”
. make the vet more |

“tty may be, however, th that .
the” Appearance. of these

we _pexual: : re 7 :

rh

device ob

enough.

. China says sovereigniy. over or Hong Kong i is not tiegotiable. “
_ Britain accepts China's claim on the New Territories after ;
1997,.But it polats out the:'Hong Kong. colony. itself has been.
“" peded to Britainc perpetuity. At the same time, the British’ |”

. readily. acknowledge that. Hong ‘Kong without the ‘New: -

Territories i not an economically viable proposition. Tt also

is indefensible,

“So, Jefe: ta ‘negotiation ‘Is‘an arrangement’ under which
“China would rule in-Hong Kong without unduly disrupting
the city's life: and’ funetion:as a’ freé port and An in-
;fernational monetary. and trade centre, Whether the system
of government now in force would survive and whether the -
British would be allowed to play a residual role in Hong
. Kong are among the main unanswered. questions: —

The latest: two-day round ‘of confidential talks on the;
future af Hong Kong started in Peking an duly 1 12 and is
scheduled to ‘resime :thére. duly 25.

4: ‘The Chinese called the first session “usetial” and “eon: 7
“ structive," but Indicated the talks are not expected to
produce any ‘substantial agreement in the near future, —

The - British establishment in Hong Kong takes: a

‘Canada features. new movie

‘A movie. thriller - which

sete a small-town Ontario

girl in the midst of political
, intrigue in a fictional Latin
~ American _- Squntry ;

‘The young Canadian film
such as anxiety, decreased’ making team of Sturla

Gunnarson and; Steve Lucas |

REEL mm wore

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“altered thes’ ‘aature of ihe".
“#ame of, ice hockey; piving-
. players sucha’: ‘feeling of.”
/tnvinelbit that: they take”

HONG. KONG (CP). "This is: a city on deadline. Mn
| The target’ year 1s 1997, when the 99-year Brit[zh lease ori
* 90 per cent af the colony's ‘Chinese territories expires, But
: the psychological couitdown has already ‘begun. 3
Worrying 4 years ‘ahead of time,
‘here know for sure that life after 1997 will not be the same.
_ What they don't know is just how radically. different. it
a .» might get and whether there will be wee for them under: a"
Chinese Communist: government.
Given the fact that 98 per cent of the popillation is Chinese
and atleast a third of them are refugees from the mainland, -
"the future has. thus become B daily preoccupation, _
With the growing worries also have come the realization
‘that the people,’ most of them British .citizens;-will have
little or no say in’ the final determination of their. future.
“The political perimeters: af the: situation seem, mysimle

. recently: returned from a

“the stript for the movie; to:
. be”
_Ammunity, |

. ” After the. Axe, the’ Oscar: ~

excessive sad unwarranted

risks “during games’ and
practices, the researchers
wrole = “the, -Canadig

Sciences: ;

the 5.2 million people ’
‘thinking.

t

. on: ‘Taiwan.

doubled; expecially:

; Périsions. ;

in, -

~-in- ‘the can before the raitiy’
‘season starts in Mexico, 80
‘he must be back in Mexico
by February...
Diplomatic Immiinity will”
be a ‘co-production, pelvis

five-month-research trip to
Central America to flesh out’

called - Diplomatic

“).Gunniargon, whe helped:
“Canada and a Mexican film
> studio, . Conacite, | “although *’
“other partners may ‘,
. Shooting costs = are

nominated © -docu-drama’ °
about. exec utive:. ring, -

would like to have the movie

department at 635-4000

‘the’ National Filmi: Board df ~

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: do ‘hot seem ‘to. have any.
“easier atime: ‘of - labor.’and :

role:

They point out ‘the fate of Hong Kongi is: politically linked
; “to China’s claim‘to’Taiwan'and that Peking’s benevolent.
_ @tiltude to Hong, Kong: would undercut its unification hopes

The uncertainties of the situation. are already having a
: negative effect.on the city's life and possibly its future, The —
--once double-digit economic: growth has dropped -to-a-mere- -
2.4 per cent, with the Hong Kong dollar ‘sinking to record. minutes, Graham found.
lows against its‘U.S. counterpart. Unless a substantial and
satisfactory agreement is. reached by the end of 1994, in-
_fluential members of the trade and financial circles predict -
"that capital‘and. skilled labor might léave.. ‘, ;
Already,. inquiries , or applications to emigrate have.
‘Canadian, Australian and ‘U.S.
consulates. About" 170,000 government workers in ‘Hong -
Kong wondar. what ‘will Happen to their obs,

careers and

-. But, they are. still risking their lives to reach Hong Kong;
although only those with relatives in the West have hopes of
eventually feaving dl the detention camps. _

estimated at about
‘million: in Mexico,
* Gunnarson. says a similar
ifilm’ would .cost about 4
million: it; Canada. .

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no: difference in length: of:

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. OFFICIALS ARGUE China needs a prosperous Hong Kong . be delivered'by forceps. -'
that is a major gource of hard currency for Peking. But -
“many. influential Chinese here doubt that a significant
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-The newborn . infants of

the ‘two groups also showed -
little or'no difference. Those.

born.to-the fit mothers had
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breathing, © pulse”: and
“reactions at one minute

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_ more alert babies, Graham
says,"

However, ; he. adds; the :
findings might be explained .
_.. in part by” the’ fact .. that

: A’ British law-that: veal int ‘effect earlier this year bars although the women formed
emigration of Hong Kong’ residents to Britain, except for an

Undetermined ‘number of: loyal crown-servants,” ~

., At the'same time, however, the triads — the-Hong Kong Women performed better on
a bully boys—are doing swift business in smuggling children

and other relatives of Chinese refugees to the. colony from
. ‘the mainland, aa if the risks involved were worth it despite .

: the uncértainties after 1997. . :
~~ The so-called Humane Deterrent Pailey started a year.
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relatively little’ difference
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