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Speaking at the ceremony, the Chairman of CEPAIDS, Ms Carlye Tsui said: "The AIDS awareness ambassadors would exercise their charms and appeals to convey AIDS awareness messages.
"They include encouraging women to take initiatives to protect themselves from being infected, to remind people to practice safe sex and avoid sexual promiscuity, and to treat AIDS patients and HIV carriers fairly," she said.
The five AIDS awareness ambassadors will appear in a series of television announcements of public interests (TVAPI), posters and postcards to promote the prevention of AIDS.
"They will also disseminate messages on AIDS to their supporters and people from all walks of life in their own radio programmes and newspaper columns," said Ms Tsui.
Apart from involving the five programme hosts and hostesses in a variety of publicity activities to promote AIDS prevention, CEPAIDS, formed by the Government to advise on and co-ordinate publicity and educational campaigns on AIDS, will also organise a large scale two-day conference on AIDS in November.
Professionals from different fields of work, including medical experts, social workers, researchers, government officials, educators and students will participate in the conference to give their expert opinions on AIDS prevention, one of the most pressing issues of mankind.
The "10 Years of AIDS in Posters Exhibition", which will be until April 7 at the Pao Siu Loong Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre, is a showcase of publicity posters produced by the Government and voluntary agencies in the past decade.
"The posters mark the continuous effort of the Government and voluntary agencies on promoting the prevention of AIDS in the past 10 years.
"They also show how publicity strategies on AIDS prevention in Hong Kong have evolved in the past 10 years," Ms Carlye Tsui said.
People attending the exhibition are welcome to participate in a contest to select the best posters.
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Admission is free.