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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1991
AIDS MAY CAUSE SOCIAL PROBLEMS TO HK
AIDS CAN BRING ABOUT SERIOUS SOCIAL PROBLEMS TO HONG THE LOCAL SITUATION RUNS OUT OF CONTROL.
KONG, IF
THE WORKING
THIS WAS STATED TODAY (SUNDAY) BY THE CONVENOR OF GROUP ON YOUTH UNDER THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY ON AIDS, REV ALFRED J. DEIGNAN.
HE WAS OFFICIATING AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE TWO-DAY EDUCATION CAMP ON YOUTH IN SAI KUNG.
REV
DEIGNAN
STRESSED
THAT
IN
AIDS
THE ABSENCE OF A CURE OF THE ISSUE EFFECTIVE VACCINE FOR THE DISEASE, EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON STILL REMAINED THE ONLY EFFECTIVE MEASURE TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM.
TO THIS END, HE ADDED, JOINT EFFORTS
FROM THE COMMUNITY
AND
THE GOVERNMENT ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
YEAR SHOWED THAT THE HE SAID THAT A SURVEY CARRIED OUT LAST
HAS BEEN HEALTH MESSAGE ON AIDS (ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME) SUCCESSFULLY CONVEYED TO PARTICIPANTS IN EDUCATION CAMP.
ESPECIALLY THOSE WITHOUT RELIGION.
"THE AIDS MESSAGE IS
"THROUGH EDUCATIONAL
PARTICULARLY
ΤΟ BENEFICIAL
YOUNG
MEN,
ACTIVITIES
IN THE
CAMP, THEY HÅVE A
HELPS
BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE RISK OF HIV (HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS) INFECTION AND ITS RELATION TO SEXUAL PRACTICES,
"THE
ALSO CAMP SUPPORTIVE ATTITUDE AMONG THE CARRIERS.
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HE CONTINUED.
THEM COMMUNITY
TO FOSTER
TOWARDS
A
SYMPATHETIC
REVIEWING THE WORLDWIDE AIDS SITUATION, REV
IT IS
ESTIMATED
AND
AIDS PATIENTS AND
DRIGNAN CAUTIONED THERE WILL BE
THAT BY THE END OF THE DECADE, MILLION AIDS PATIENTS AND AN ADDITIONAL 40 MILLION INFECTED WITH HIV.
THE TWO-DAY AIDS EDUCATION CAMP FOR YOUTH HAS
AND EDUCATION
PUBLICITY ON COMMITTEE ON BY THE CONSECUTIVE YEARS.
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BEEN ORGANISED AIDS FOR THREE
THIS YEAR, THE CAMP BEARING THE THEME "SHARING DREW MORE THAN 200 YOUTHS, AGED BETWEEN 16 AND 30.
THE CHALLENGE"
REV
ACTIVITIES
OF
THE
CAMP,
CALLED ON
TOOK WHO DEIGNAN
PART IN ACTIVITIES IN THE CAMP, TO DISSEMINATE THE KNOWLEDGE THEY IN THE PAST TWO DAYS.
AT HELD RECREATION CENTRE, INCLUDED TALKS ON AIDS, COMPETITIONS.
DEPARTMENT OF
THE PRINCIPAL MEDICAL AND HEALTH OFFICER OF THE HEALTH, DR P.Y. LAM, PRESENTED PRIZES TO WINNERS OF THE COMPETITIONS.
THOSE
VARIOUS HAD LEARNT
KUNG THE SAI
OUTDOOR DRAMA, SLOGAN AND LYRIC
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