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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1989
IN ADDITION, THE COMMITTEE WILL DISCUSS A TRANSPORT
DEPARTMENT
REPORT WHICH GIVES AN ANALYSIS ON LAST YEAR'S ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT STATISTICS IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE MEETING OF THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARD'S TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE ΤΟ BE HELD ON FRIDAY (DECEMBER 15) IN THE DB CONFERENCE ROOM, 13TH FLOOR, YUEN LONG GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 2 KIU LOK SQUARE, YUEN LONG. THE MEETING WILL BEGIN AT 10 AM.
AIDS EXHIBITION IN KWUN TONG
A THREE-DAY EXHIBITION ON AIDS WILL BEGIN ON FRIDAY (DECEMBER 15) AT THE LOK WAH ESTATE COMMUNITY CENTRE IN KWUN TONG.
THE EXHIBITION IS THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF MOBILE EXHIBITIONS ORGANISED BY THE STEERING COMMITTEE ON AIDS EDUCATION ACTIVITIES 1989.
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"THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE EXHIBITION IS ΤΟ INCREASE COMMUNITY AWARENESS AND KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING AIDS, ESPECIALLY AMONG THE PEOPLE," A SPOKESMAN FOR THE STEERING COMMITTEE SAID (WEDNESDAY).
"IT ALSO AIMS SUPPORTIVE ATTITUDE CARRIERS, HE ADDED.
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TODAY
AT FOSTERING A POSITIVE, SYMPATHETIC IN THE COMMUNITY TOWARDS AIDS PATIENTS AND
AND
THE EXHIBITION, BASED ON INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE AIDS COUNSELLING AND HEALTH EDUCATION SERVICE OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH, COVERS VARIOUS ASPECTS OF AIDS.
APART FROM SHOWING THE WORLDWIDE TREND OF THE DISEASE, IT ALSO ILLUSTRATES HOW AIDS THREATENS THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND THE WAYS IN WHICH THIS CAN BE COUNTERED.
MEDICAL STAFF WILL BE PRESENT AT THE EXHIBITION TO GIVE ADVICE AND ANSWER PUBLIC ENQUIRIES.
EDUCATION AND INFORMATION LEAFLETS ON AIDS WILL BE TO VISITORS, WHO WILL ALSO HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN HANDSOME ANSWERING A QUIZ DESIGNED TO TEST THEIR KNOWLEDGE ON AIDS.
DISTRIBUTED PRIZES BY
THE EXHIBITION WILL RUN UNTIL SUNDAY (DECEMBER ONE WILL BE HELD FROM DECEMBER 21 TO 23 AT LEVEL ONE EXHIBITION NEW WORLD CENTRE, TSIM SHA TSUI.
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