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Up to the end of September, the total number of confirmed AIDS cases is 228.
Of the 738 HIV-infected, 364 acquired the infection through heterosexual sex and 234 through homosexual or bisexual sex; 14 were injecting drug users; three were mother-to-child transmissions around the time of birth; and 66 acquired the infection through contaminated blood or blood products before 1985 when HIV Antibody Test and safe heat treated clotting concentrates were not available.
As for the remaining 57, the information available was inadequate for classification.
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Request to refrain from sounding whistles or sirens
The Marine Department requests shipowners, shipmasters, officers and persons in charge of vessels, as far as possible, to refrain from sounding whistles or sirens within Victoria Harbour during the Remembrance Day service from 10.30 to 11.30 am on Sunday (November 10).
A spokesman for the Marine Department said today (Friday): "In particular, this should be observed during the two-minute silence period from 11 to 11.02 am.
"The beginning and ending of this period of silence will be indicated by the firing of a gun in Central."
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BFBS marks Remembrance Day with two-minute silence
The British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS), based at the Prince of Wales Barracks in Central, will observe two minutes of silence at 11 am on Sunday (November 10) in honour of those men and women who gave their lives on active service.
The silence will be followed by the sounding of the Last Post.
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