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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1994
THE
DID NOT GOVERNMENT BUSINESS, COMMERCIAL THE GOVERNMENT PROVIDED THE RIGHT INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUSINESS-FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT.
HOWEVER, HE STRESSED THAT THE HONG KONG
OF DECISION-MAKING PROCESS INTERFERE IN DECISIONS WERE LEFT FOR BUSINESS TO TAKE,
ALTHOUGH
INVESTMENT
HONG KONG IS ALREADY THE BIGGEST SOURCE OF FOREIGN IN VIETNAM WITH MORE THAN 200 PROJECTS AND A TOTAL APPROVED INVESTMENT OF SOME US$1.75 BILLION.
KONG'S SERIOUS DURING HIS MEETINGS, MR CHAU REITERATED HONG CONCERN OVER THE PROBLEM INVOLVING 125 VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS AND HOPED A SOLUTION COULD BE FOUND QUICKLY.
20,000
STILL WOULD
REPATRIATE AS HE ALSO STRESSED IN GENERAL TERMS THE NEED TO SOON
POSSIBLE
VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS AS
THE MORE THAN
VIETNAM'S IMAGE IN HONG KONG IN HONG KONG, SO THAT REMAINING IMPROVE, THEREBY RESULTING IN MORE HONG KONG INVESTMENT IN VIETNAM AND MORE HONG KONG TOURISTS GOING TO VIETNAM,
12 MORE HIV-INFECTED CASES CONFIRMED
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TWELVE MEN WERE FOUND TO BE POSITIVE FOR THE HIV ANTIBODY LAST MONTH, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY).
TEST
THIS BRINGS THE NUMBER OF HIV INFECTED PERSONS IN HONG KONG
TO
505.
FOUR NEW AIDS CASES WERE REPORTED DURING THE MONTH.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CONFIRMED AIDS CASES IS 122 WITH 71
DEATHS
REPORTED.
THROUGH
WERE AROUND
SAFE
INFECTION OF THE 505 HIV-INFECTED, 188 ACQUIRED THE HOMOSEXUAL OR BISEXUAL SEX AND 199 THROUGH HETEROSEXUAL SEX; 11
TRANSMISSION INJECTING DRUG USERS; ONE WAS A MOTHER-TO-CHILD THE TIME OF BIRTH; AND 66 ACQUIRED THE INFECTION THROUGH BLOOD OR BLOOD PRODUCTS BEFORE 1985 WHEN HIV ANTIBODY TEST AND HEAT TREATED CLOTTING CONCENTRATES WERE NOT AVAILABLE.
AS FOR THE REMAINING
INADEQUATE FOR CLASSIFICATION.
CONTAMINATED
40, THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE
WAS
UNDER THE HIV SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME WHICH STARTED IN 1985,
TESTED FOR THE SPECIMENS HAVE OF
BEEN 343,226
BLOOD
A
HIV
TOTAL ANTIBODY.
THE HONG KONG RED CROSS BLOOD TRANSFUSION SCREENED ALL BLOOD DONORS FOR THE ANTIBODY.
SERVICE HAS ALSO
UP TO LAST MONTH, 1,490,094 UNITS OF BLOOD HAD BEEN TESTED 35 DONORS WERE FOUND POSITIVE.
AND
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