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Copies of the draft map are available for inspection by the public free of charge at the Agriculture and Fisheries Department (AFD), Land Registry, Lands Department's Survey and Mapping Office as well as public enquiry service centres of district offices.
Uncoloured copies of the draft map are also available for sale at $35 each from AFD on 14th floor of Canton Road Government Offices, 393 Canton Road, Kowloon.
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Mrs Patten opens "10 years of AIDS in Pictures" exhibition
Mrs Patten today (Friday) urges the public to take preventive measures against AIDS and points out that everyone has the responsibility to protect himself or herself, their families and others from infection.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of the "10 Years of AIDS in Pictures" exhibition at the Plaza of the Headquarters of Hongkong Bank in Central, Mrs Patten said despite advances in medical science, AIDS still remained as an incurable disease and continued to grow around the world and in Hong Kong.
She said the disease not only threatened the life and health of millions of people world-wide, but also had a devastating effect on families and communities.
"In the absence of any effective cure, prevention plays a very important part in containing the disease. Educating the public in order to increase their knowledge of the disease is vital," she said.
Mrs Patten pointed out that under the Chairmanship of Ms Carlye Tsui, the Committee on Education and Publicity on AIDS had launched many useful campaigns.
The theme of the 1995 World AIDS Day is "Shared Rights, Shared Responsibilities".
Mrs Patten said "everyone with HIV or AIDS has the rights to be treated with human dignity without discrimination and the rights to proper health care".