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Mrs Rita Lau, currently Commissioner for Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority (TELA), will take over from Mr Fred Ting as Deputy Secretary for Recreation and Culture in early October.
Mrs Lau will be succeeded in TELA by Mr Peter Cheung, who was Deputy Representative in the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Geneva until recently.
Mr Ting will take over as Deputy Director of Regional Services (Operations) from Mr Benjamin Tang, who will take up the second deputy secretary post in Recreation and Culture Branch later in the year,
End/Thursday, August 24, 1995
More signatories join Community Charter on AIDS
Another 25 companies and organisations has joined the Hong Kong Community Charter on AIDS as new signatories today (Thursday), bringing the total number of signatories to 32 since the charter scheme was first launched last December.
The new signatories include the Urban Council, the Regional Council, the Hong Kong Medical Association, the Legislative Council Secretariat, the Consumer Council, the Hospital Authority, the Hong Kong Telecommunications Limited, and the Pharmaceutical Society of Hong Kong.
The Hong Kong Government was one of the seven founders of the scheme, which was jointly organised by the Department of Health and the Lions Club International, District 303 -- Hong Kong and Macau,
Speaking at the charter signing ceremony, the Assistant Director of Health, Dr Chan Wai-man said: "Any organisations and corporations in the territory could have employees infected by the AIDS virus as it is estimated that there are about 3,000 HIV carriers here or one per thousand in the focal workforce.
"Only when we come up with a policy now can we effectively minimise the negative impact the discase might bring," she said.