THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1994
NINE MORE HIV-INFECTED CASES CONFIRMED
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SEVEN MEN AND TWO WOMEN WERE FOUND TO BE POSITIVE FOR THE HIV ANTIBODY TEST LAST MONTH (AUGUST), THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ANNOUNCED TODAY (THURSDAY).
THIS BRINGS THE NUMBER OF HIV-INFECTED
PERSONS IN HONG KONG
TO 480.
THREE NEW AIDS CASES WERE REPORTED DURING THE MONTH.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CONFIRMED AIDS CASES IS 115 WITH 70 DEATHS
REPORTED.
OF THE 480 HIV INFECTED, 181 ACQUIRED THE INFECTION THROUGH HOMOSEXUAL OR BISEXUAL SEX AND 182 THROUGH HETEROSEXUAL SEX, 11 WERE INJECTING DRUG USERS, ONE WAS A MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION AROUND THE TIME OF BIRTH, AND 66 ACQUIRED THE INFECTION THROUGH CONTAMINATED BLOOD OR BLOOD PRODUCTS BEFORE 1985 WHEN HIV ANTIBODY TEST AND SAFE HEAT TREATED CLOTTING CONCENTRATES WERE NOT AVAILABLE.
FOR THE REMAINING 39, THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE WAS INADEQUATE FOR CLASSIFICATION.
UNDER THE HIV SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME WHICH STARTRED IN 1985, A TOTAL OF 336,390 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, 1,460,895 UNITS OF BLOOD HAD BEEN TESTED 33 DONORS WERE FOUND POSITIVE.
AND
PROVISIONAL FIGURES OF EXTERNAL TRADE FOR AUGUST
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BOTH EXPORTS AND IMPORTS SHOWED SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN AUGUST 1994 COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1993.
THESE ARE SHOWN IN THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES OF EXTERNAL TRADE FOR AUGUST RELEASED TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS (COMPRISING RE-EXPORTS AND DOMESTIC EXPORTS) INCREASED BY $15.9 BILLION OR 17% TO $108.5 BILLION IN AUGUST 1994.
WITHIN TOTAL EXPORTS, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS, AT $87.4 BILLION IN AUGUST 1994, WAS $14.5 BILLION OR 20% HIGHER THAN A YEAR EARLIER.
THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS ALSO INCREASED, BY $1.5 BILLION OR 7.5% OVER A YEAR EARLIER TO $21,1 BILLION IN AUGUST. MEANWHILE, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS INCREASED BY $16.6 BILLION OR 18% то $109.7 BILLION.
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