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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1990
THE 10-DAY EXHIBITION WILL BE OPEN FROM DAILY UNTIL NOVEMBER 19.
9.30 AM ΤΟ 6.30 PM
A SERIES OF CAREERS TALKS AND VIDEO SHOWS GIVING THE LATEST CAREERS INFORMATION ON VARIOUS TRADES, PROFESSIONS AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WILL BE HELD AT THE EXHIBITION VENUE.
BY
IN ADDITION, JOB DEMONSTRATIONS AND DISPLAYS WILL BE STAGED VARIOUS DISCIPLINED AND AUXILIARY SERVICES AT THE OPEN SPACE BETWEEN SHA TIN TOWN HALL AND NEW DURING THE EXHIBITION PERIOD.
NOVEMBER 10 (SATURDAY)
TOWN PLAZA ON SATURDAYS AND DETAILS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
SUNDAYS
NOVEMBER 11 (SUNDAY)
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NOVEMBER 17 (SATURDAY)
NOVEMBER 18 (SUNDAY)
ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE
- AUXILIARY SERVICES:
CIVIL AID SERVICES, ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT (THE VOLUNTEERS) AND AUXILIARY MEDICAL SERVICES
- CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT
FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT
NO NEW AIDS CASE IN OCTOBER
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THE TOTAL NUMBER OF AIDS CASES IN HONG KONG REMAINS AT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAID TODAY
(ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY
SYNDROME)
42 TO DATE, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE (FRIDAY).
WHILE
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SO FAR, A TOTAL OF 29 AIDS PATIENTS HAVE PASSED AWAY OTHERS ARE EITHER UNDER COUNSELLING AND TREATMENT OR HAVE LEFT HONG KONG.
RELEASING THE MONTHLY STATISTICS ON THE AIDS SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, THE SPOKESMAN SAID TWO MORE WERE FOUND TO BE POSITIVE FOR THE HIV ANTI-BODY TEST, BRINGING TO THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HIV CARRIERS WHO HAVE NOT YET DEVELOPED AIDS.
MEN 151
OF THESE, 54 WERE HAEMOPHILIACS, 79 ACQUIRED THE INFECTION SEXUALLY, FOUR WERE DRUG ABUSERS, THREE ACQUIRED THE INFECTION THROUGH BLOOD TRANSFUSION AND THE INFORMATION FOR THE OTHER 11 WAS INADEQUATE FOR CLASSIFICATION.
UNDER THE AIDS SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME WHICH STARTED IN 1985, A TOTAL OF 171,620 BLOOD SPECIMENS HAVE BEEN TESTED FOR THE AIDS VIRUS.
TRANSFUSION SERVICE HAS ALSO
THE HONG KONG RED CROSS BLOOD SCREENED ALL BLOOD DONORS FOR AIDS.
UP TO THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, TESTED AND 13 WERE FOUND POSITIVE.
782,643 UNITS OF BLOOD WERE
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