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MONDAY, MAY 30, 1994
TOTAL
A
UNDER THE HIV SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME WHICH STARTED IN 1985, OF 321,
321,841 BLOOD SPECIMENS HAVE BEEN TESTED FOR THE HIV
ANTIBODY.
THE HONG KONG RED CROSS BLOOD TRANSFUSION SCREENED ALL BLOOD DONORS FOR AIDS.
SERVICE HAS ALSO
UP TO LAST MONTH, 1,406,129 UNITS OF BLOOD HAD BEEN TESTED AND 30 DONORS WERE FOUND POSITIVE.
SLIP ROAD WIDENED TO EASE TRAFFIC
THE SLIP ROAD LEADING FROM THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD KWU TUNG SECTION EASTBOUND TO PO SHEK WU ROAD IN SHEUNG SHUI HAS BEEN WIDENED TO EASE TRAFFIC AT THE FAN KAM ROAD INTERCHANGE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID BEFORE THE WIDENING WORK, THE SLIP ROAD WAS A SINGLE-LANE ROAD. LOCAL TRAFFIC WAS ALWAYS HELD UP BY CHINA-BOUND TRAFFIC.
IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION, THE SLIP ROAD WAS WIDENED TO TWO LANES. WORK WAS COMPLETED AT THE END OF LAST MONTH.
GOODS
WITH THE OPENING OF THE ADDITIONAL LANE, CHINA-BOUND VEHICLES FOR MAN KAM TO ARE RESTRICTED TO USE THE INSIDE LANE. SO THAT TRAFFIC FOR SHEUNG SHUI AND OTHER AREAS ARE NOT AFFECTED.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID OBSERVATIONS SHOW THAT THE ADDITIONAL LANE EFFECTIVELY IMPROVED THE TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE AREA.
THE ROAD WIDENING
PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES IMPROVEMENTS TO THE
DIRECTIONAL SIGNS.
0
3,676 VMS REFUSE FOOD
A TOTAL от 3,676 VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS (VMS) IN WHITEHEAD DETENTION CENTRE (WHDC) REFUSED ΤΟ TAKE THE FOOD ISSUED BY THE MANAGEMENT TODAY (MONDAY) AS A PROTEST AGAINST THE POLICY ΤΟ REPATRIATE ALL NON-REFUGEES TO VIETNAM.
A SPOKESMAN FOR CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT SATO SINCE THE LAST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE HELD IN GENEVA IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR, VMS OF WHDC HAD STAGED DEMONSTRATIONS AND REFUSED FOOD ISSUED BY THE MANAGEMENT.
A TECHNICAL MRRTING ON RRSETTLEMENT OF REFUGEES TS DUR TO BEGIN IN BANGKOK ON WEDNESDAY.
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