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TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 1989
THE THREE BILLS ARE THE
ANIMALS
AND PLANTS (PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES) { AMENDMENT) BILL 1989; THE PEAK TRAMWAY (AMENDMENT) BILL 1989; AND THE ROAD TRAFFIC (AMENDMENT) BILL 1989.
THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE WILL MOVE MOTIONS UNDER THE PHARMACY AND POISONS ORDINANCE AND THE RADIATION ORDINANCE RESPECTIVELY.
IN ADDITION, LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, THE HON HUI YIN-FAT, WILL MOVE A MOTION, WHICH READS "THAT, TO MARK THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE CHILD, THIS COUNCIL URGES THE GOVERNMENT AND THE COMMUNITY то TAKE ACTION ON PROTECTING THE RIGHTS AND IMPROVING THE WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN IN HONG KONG.
NO NEW AIDS CASES IN JUNE
SYNDROME)
THE
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF AIDS (ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY CASES IN HONG KONG REMAINED AT 22 ΤΟ DATE, A SPOKESMAN FOR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
RELEASING THE MONTHLY STATISTICS ON THE AIDS SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME, THE SPOKESMAN SAID DURING THE MONTH OF
MAY, TWO WERE FOUND TO BE POSITIVE FOR
PERSONS THE HIV ANTIBODY TEST TOTAL NUMBER OF AIDS CARRIERS TO 145.
BRINGING THE
ONE OF THE NEWLY FOUND POSITIVES HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED REPORTED AS THE 22ND AIDS CASE IN MAY. THE OTHER ONE WAS INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSER.
AND
AN
WAS AN HYGIENE
OF THE 145 CARRIERS, 54 WERE HAEMOPHILIACS, ONE INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSER, 15 WERE PEOPLE WHO
15 WERE PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED SOCIAL CLINICS, 43 WERE PATIENTS FROM GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS AND CLINICS AND 32 WERE REFERRALS FROM PRIVATE DOCTORS AND SUBVENTED ORGANISATIONS.
UNDER THE AIDS SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME STARTED BY THE FORMER MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN 1985, A TOTAL OF 129,269 PEOPLE BEEN TESTED FOR THE AIDS VIRUS.
HAVE
MEANWHILE, THE HONG KONG RED CROSS BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE HAS ALSO SCREENED ALL BLOOD DONORS FOR AIDS.
UP TO MAY 1989, 565,363 UNITS OF BLOOD HAD EIGHT WERE FOUND POSITIVE.
BEEN TESTED
AND
/AIDS VIRUS