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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1990
THE MOST OF AIDS SHOWED
IN
SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE AFTER THE MEETING, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ACA, DR S.H. LEE, SAID ALTHOUGH HONG KONG HAD ONE OF COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMMES FOR THE PREVENTION AND THIS PART OF THE WORLD, EXPERIENCE IN GOVERNMENT EFFORTS ALONE WERE NOT SUFFICIENT TO AN EFFECTIVE HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMME.
OTHER
CONTROL COUNTRIES SUSTAIN
THAT AND DEVELOP
FLEXIBLE HIGH-RISK
"IN THE FIELD OF AIDS, NON-GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ARE OFTEN IN A BETTER POSITION THAN THE GOVERNMENT TO ADOPT MORE PERSONAL,
INNOVATIVE AND
APPROACHES, ESPECIALLY IN GROUPS," HE SAID.
REACHING THE
THE ROLE OF THE FOUNDATION WILL INCLUDE RESEARCH, HEALTH COUNSELLING WORK RELATED то PROMOTION AND EDUCATION, PUBLICITY AND AIDS AND HIV INFECTION.
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"THE ACTIVITIES TO BE UNDERTAKEN BY THE FOUNDATION WILL NOT BE DR LEE SAID. DUPLICATING THOSE CURRENTLY PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT, "INSTEAD, THEY WILL PLAY A SUPPLEMENTARY AND COMPLEMENTARY ROLE."
FURTHERMORE, HE ADDED, THE ACTIVITIES OF THE
FOUNDATION WOULD BUT WOULD NOT ONLY SERVE TO MOTIVATE BETTER COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, ALSO PROMOTE GREATER COMMUNITY TOLERANCE TOWARDS AND LESSER DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THOSE
WERE INFECTED, THUS FOSTERING A SYMPATHETIC, SUPPORTIVE AND CARING COMMUNITY.
WHO
ORGANISED
DR
WESTERN
ON THE LEGAL AND ETHICAL ASPECTS ON AIDS AND HIV INFECTION,
SUBJECT WAS LEE SAID A WORKSHOP ON THIS
THE BY PACIFIC REGIONAL OFFICE OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION IN JULY,
THE WORKSHOP, AT WHICH GUIDELINES FOR REVIEWING AND PREVENTION AND CONTROL.
WHILE POINTING OUT THAT
HONG KONG WAS REPRESENTED, DREW UP ELABORATING LEGAL MEASURES IN AIDS
INAPPROPRIATE AND INEFFECTIVE LEGAL MEASURES MAY UNDERMINE THE EFFORTS IN AIDS PREVENTION AND CONTROL, THE GUIDELINES SUGGEST THAT LEGAL MEASURES MAY BE USEFUL IN OTHER AREAS.
KONG IN THIS RESPECT, DR LEE SAID HONG
HAD BEEN WELL. BUT HE ADDED THAT THERE MIGHT BE A NEED FOR THE ACA THE DEVELOPMENTS IN THESE AREAS AND ΤΟ SEE WHETHER MEASURES WERE ACHIEVING THE INTENDED OBJECTIVES ELSEWHERE.
DOING VERY TO MONITOR SUCH LEGAL
ALSO SPEAKING AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
AND) COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
PUBLICITY ON AIDS, MRS PEGGY LAM, SUPPORT OF THE ANNOUNCED A SERIES OF HEALTH EDUCATION ACTIVITIES IN
THIRD WORLD AIDS DAY ON DECEMBER 1.
AT THE PROGRAMME WILL START WITH AN AIDS EXHIBITION
THE CITY
BE HALL ON NOVEMBER 30. LADY FORD WILL
THE OFFICIATING GUEST. THE EXHIBITION WILL BE MOVED TO THE CULTURAL CENTRE IN TSIM SHA TSUI ON DECEMBER 7 FOR A FOUR-DAY DISPLAY.
THERE WILL