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SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1992
TV TO SCREEN CONDOM API AFTER MIDNIGHT
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AN ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST (API) THAT ENCOURAGES ADULTS TO PRACTISE SAFE SEX BY USING CONDOMS WILL BE SCREENED ON TELEVISION FROM NEXT MONTH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
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THE API SHOWS A CONDOM REMOVED FROM A PACKAGE AND A WOMAN IS TAKING THE INITIATIVE TO ENCOURAGE HER PARTNER TO USE IT. THIS ADVERTISEMENT IS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN AGAINST AIDS THIS YEAR.
THE API HAS ALREADY BEEN SHOWN IN 14 LOCAL CINEMAS AND WILL BE SCREENED ON THE FOUR TELEVISION CHANNELS ONCE EVERY NIGHT BETWEEN 1 AM TO 5 AM FROM JUNE.
THE FIRST SCREENINGS ON THE TWO CHINESE TELEVISION CHANNELS WILL BE AT ABOUT 1 AM ON JUNE 2 (TUESDAY) AND AT ABOUT 2 AM ON JUNE 3 (WEDNESDAY) WHILE THE FIRST SHOWS ON THE ENGLISH CHANNELS WILL BE AT ABOUT 2 AM ON JUNE 2 AND 3.
COMMENTING ON THE SCHEDULING ARRANGEMENT, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY ON AIDS EXPLAINED THAT BECAUSE THE API WAS TARGETED AT ADULT AUDIENCE, IT WOULD ONLY APPEAR ON TELEVISION AFTER MIDNIGHT.
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT THE TREATMENT OF THE API WAS VERY EXPLICIT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO INTENTION OF AVOIDING THE ISSUE OF SEX WHILE EMPHASISING THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFE SEX AND THE NEED ΤΟ USE CONDOMS.
THE API ALSO CARRIES THE MESSAGE THAT CONDOMS CAN PROVIDE PROTECTION AGAINST AIDS AND OTHER SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES WITHOUT DETRACTING FROM THE SEXUAL EXPERIENCE.
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THREE-WAY COMMUNICATION CHANNEL NEEDED TO HELP STUDENTS
THE GOVERNMENT HAS CONSISTENTLY BEEN MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES IN RECENT YEARS AND A VARIETY OF THESE SERVICES ARE NOW EASILY AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE IN NEED, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (DESIGNATE), MR DOMINIC WONG, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
SPEAKING AT A GRADUATION CEREMONY OF THE GOOD HOPE SCHOOL, MR WONG SAID THERE EXISTED, MORE SPECIFICALLY ON BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS, A NETWORK OF GUIDANCE AND PROFESSIONAL COUNSELLING SERVICES STUDENTS INCLUDING THOSE SUFFERING FROM EMOTIONAL STRESS.
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