SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1987
PROMOTION OF AIDS EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS
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EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBER, DR CHIU HIN-KWONG, TODAY (SATURDAY) CALLED ON SECONDARY SCHOOL HEADS AND TEACHERS TO PROMOTE EDUCATION OF AIDS IN SCHOOLS TO ENABLE STUDENTS TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE DISEASE AND THE WAYS OF PREVENTING THE DISEASE IN SCHOOLS.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF A SEMINAR ON AIDS AND OTHER BLOOD-BORNE DISEASES FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL HEADS AND TEACHERS AT THE DUKE OF WINDSOR SOCIAL SERVICES BUILDING, DR CHIU SAID AIDS WAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND THERE WAS NO CURE FOR THE DISEASE WHICH WAS NOW SPREADING ALL OVER THE WORLD.
DR CHIU HOPED THAT SCHOOL CHILDREN WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT AIDS WAS MAINLY TRANSMITTED THROUGH HOMOSEXUAL PRACTICE, PROMISCUITY AND
INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE.
APART FROM SUSTAINED EFFORTS BEING CARRIED OUT BY THE GOVERNMENT TO EDUCATE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, DR CHIU URGED THE PARTICIPANTS OF TODAY'S SEMINAR TO BRING THE MESSAGE OF THE DISEASE AND MEASURES OF PREVENTING THE DISEASE TO SCHOOL CHILDREN AS WELL AS THEIR PARENTS.
IN THIS CONNECTION, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR Y.T. LI, TOLD THE GATHERING THAT HIS DEPARTMENT RECOGNISED THE NEED FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN TO BE EDUCATED ON AIDS AND OTHER BLOOD-BORNE DISEASES TO COPE WITH THE PROBLEMS.
MR LI EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT SCHOOLS WOULD UTILISE ALL THE TEACHING OPPORTUNITIES TO PROMOTE AIDS EDUCATION IN THEIR FORMAL CURRICULUM, SEX EDUCATION, MORAL EDUCATION AND EXTRA- CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.
TO ASSIST SCHOOL TEACHERS IN THE PROMOTION OF AIDS EDUCATION, MR LI SAID INFORMATION MATERIALS ON AIDS WERE NOW AVAILABLE AT THE DEPARTMENT'S SEX EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTRE AT THE ADVISORY INSPECTORATE TEACHING CENTRE AT NORTH POINT. TEACHERS ARE WELCOME TO VISIT THE CENTRE.
WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT (MHD), MR LI SAID HIS DEPARTMENT WOULD PRODUCE GUIDELINES ON AIDS EDUCATION AND OTHER TEACHING MATERIALS FOR SCHOOL TEACHERS.
IN ADDITION, EDUCATION TELEVISION PROGRAMME TO SCHOOLS WOULD INCLUDE AIDS EDUCATION IN THE FUTURE, HE ADDED.
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