1990
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1990
IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION ON AIDS STRESSED
TO FORM A CONCERTED EFFORT IN YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD ACT NOW
COUNCIL PROMOTING AIDS EDUCATION PROGRAMMES, A MEMBER OF THE ADVISORY ON AIDS, THE REV ALFRED J. DEIGNAN, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
EDUCATION CAMP MAKING THE APPEAL AT THE END OF A TWO-DAY AIDS
VACCINE FOR YOUTH, HE SAID THAT IN THE ABSENCE OF A CURE OR EFFECTIVE FOR THE DISEASE, EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON THE ISSUE STILL REMAINED ONLY AND EFFECTIVE MEASURE TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM.
THE
KONG IS STILL RELATIVELY "ALTHOUGH THE AIDS PROBLEM IN HONG
TAKEN NOT SERIOUS," FATHER DEIGNAN SAID, "PREVENTIVE MEASURES MUST BE
DETERIORATING TO' WHAT AND TAKEN EARLY TO PREVENT THE SITUATION FROM CAN BE SEEN IN OTHER CONTINENTS."
IN THE HE CALLED ON THOSE WHO TOOK PART IN VARIOUS ACTIVITIES
THE HEALTH MESSAGE ON CAMP, TO TAKE THE INITIATIVES TO DISSEMINATE
THE THEME OF THE WHAT THEY HAD LEARNT IN THE PAST TWO DAYS TO ECHO CAMP "HEALTHY LIFE, HEALTHY LIVING".
AND
AND SIGNIFICANCE OF A FATHER DEIGNAN ALSO STRESSED THE NEED
THE GOVERNMENT IN THE BATTLE- JOINT EFFORT FROM THE COMMUNITY AGAINST AIDS, THE SUCCESS OF WHICH COULD NOT RELY ON PUBLICITY ALONE.
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE TWO-DAY EDUCATION
CAMP WERE TO AROUSE GENERATION ABOUT THE RISK OF HIV THE AWARENESS AMONG THE YOUNGER
THE IMPORTANCE OF INFECTION AND ITS PREVENTION; TO EDUCATE THEM ON
A ADOPTING RESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOUR AND SEXUAL PRACTICES; AND TO FOSTER
TOWARDS AIDS SYMPATHETIC AND SUPPORTIVE ATTITUDE AMONG THE COMMUNITY PATIENTS AND CARRIERS.
FATHER
DEIGNAN
ALSO THANKED
THOSE YOUNG ORGANISATIONS TAKING PART FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND COMMENDED FOR THE REMARKABLE PERFORMANCES AND TEAM SPIRIT WHICH MADE A SUCCESS.
PEOPLE AND THE YOUTHS THE EVENT
IN THE
ABOUT 170 YOUTHS, AGED BETWEEN 17 AND 35, PARTICIPATED
COUNSELLING AND HEALTH CAMP WHICH WAS ORGANISED JOINTLY BY THE AIDS
KONG AND EDUCATION SERVICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, CARITAS HONG THE HONG KONG FEDERATION OF YOUTH GROUPS.
MUN PARK
ACTIVITIES OF THE CAMP, HELD AT THE CHAI WAN LEI YUE AND HOLIDAY VILLAGE, INCLUDED TALKS ON AIDS, GAMES AND COMPETITIONS.
THE DIRECTOR OF WINNERS OF THE COMPETITIONS.
DR HEALTH,
S.H. LEE,
PRESENTED
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