TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1990
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TWO COMMITTEES SET UP UNDER ADVISORY COUNCIL ON AIDS
UNDER THE NEWLY FORMED EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT
TWO COMMITTEES HAVE BEEN SET UP ADVISORY COUNCIL ON AIDS TO ENSURE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF EDUCATION, PUBLICITY AND PREVENTION PROGRAMMES ON
AIDS.
THEY ARE THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY ON AIDS AND THE SCIENTIFIC WORKING GROUP ON AIDS.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ADVISORY COUNCIL ON AIDS, DR S.H. LEE, SAID AFTER THE FIRST MEETING OF THE COUNCIL TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT THE FORMER WOULD BE INVOLVED IN THE FORMULATION OF STRATEGIES, PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAMMES ON EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY ON AIDS WHILE THE LATTER WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SCIENTIFIC ASPECTS OF AIDS.
"THE TWO COMMITTEES, REPLACING THE PREVIOUS TWO WITH THE SAMB NAMES, HAVE A WIDER REPRESENTATION FROM BOTH GOVERNMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS, HE SAID.
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"THIS NOT ONLY REFLECTS THE ADMINISTRATION'S DETERMINATION TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM BUT ALSO ENSURES GREATER COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND PARTICIPATION AS RECOMMENDED BY THE GLOBAL COMMISSION ON AIDS.
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DURING THE MEETING, THE CURRENT SITUATION OF AIDS, SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME AND CONTROL MEASURES CAME UNDER REVIEW.
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THE MEETING ENDORSED A PROPOSED MEDIUM TERM PLAN FOR AIDS PREVENTION AND CONTROL IN HONG KONG.
DR LEE SAID THE PLAN WAS BUILT ON THE EXISTING ONE AND AIMED TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN AND CONSOLIDATE THE PROGRAMMES ON EDUCATION, PUBLICITY AND PREVENTION.
"THE STRATEGIES OF THE PLAN, COVERING A PERIOD OF THREE ΤΟ FIVE YEARS, ARE IN LINE WITH THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK RECOMMENDED BY THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (WHO) FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NATIONAL AIDS PREVENTION AND CONTROL PROGRAMME, HE ADDED.
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THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE TWO COMMITTEES IS AS FOLLOWS:
/THE COMMITTEE