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Figures on sale and purchase agreements received for the past 12 months and the year-on-year rate of change were also released,
The statistics generally relate to land transactions executed up to four weeks prior to their submission for registration, as there is usually a time lag between the execution of deeds and their lodgement for registration.
End/Wednesday, September 13, 1995
Give HIV-affected community a helping hand
The public should help people living with AIDS or HIV lead a normal social life within the community as a whole, Mrs Patten said this (Wednesday) evening.
"It is very important for us all to do something practical to help people who are living with AIDS or HIV; to ease their fears and their sense of isolation, and to educate the general public into being more compassionate and understanding," she stressed.
Speaking at the opening of the HIV Information and Drop-In Centre, Mrs Patten said that the centre was an excellent example of such action.
With the help of the centre, people with AIDS or HIV did not have to hide themselves and suffer discrimination because of their condition, she said.
The centre also served as a place for the HIV-affected community and its families to meet and draw strength from one another as well as to acquire information that they might find helpful.
It also educated the public about HIV and AIDS so that they will accept people with AIDS and help these people to lead a normal social life, Mrs Patten added.
She hoped that the public could be encouraged to drop in to the centre to learn more about the HIV-affected community.
End/Wednesday, September 13, 1995