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GOVERNOR RETURNING

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 190%

THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, WILL BE RETURNING TO HONG KONG TOMORROW (SATURDAY) FROM LEAVE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

HE WILL BE TRAVELLING ON FLIGHT CX200, ETA 9 AM.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

THERE WILL BE PHOTOGRAPHIC FACILITY FOR COVERAGE OF THE GOVERNOR'S RETURN. THOSE COVERING THE EVENT SHOULD ASSEMBLE AT THE AIRPORT PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM BY 8.10 AM TOMORROW (SATURDAY).

GIS OFFICERS WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST.

AIDS TESTS AVAILABLE FOR PRIVATE PATIENTS

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LABORATORY TESTS FOR ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS) WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL PRIVATE PRACTITIONERS IN HONG KONG, THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY.

BEGINNING ON MONDAY (AUGUST 19), PRIVATE DOCTORS AND SUBVENTED AND PRIVATE HOSPITALS CAN SUBMIT BLOOD SPECIMENS OF PATIENTS TO GOVERNMENT LABORATORIES FOR INVESTIGATION OR DIAGNOSIS OF AIDS.

THE LABORATORY TESTS, INCLUDING THE HTLV-III SEROLOGICAL TESTS AND TESTS FOR T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS, WOULD BE CARRIED OUT AT THE VIRUS UNIT OF QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL AND THE PATHOLOGY UNIT, YAN OF POLYCLINIC IN TUEN MUN.

THE CHARGE FOR THE HTLV-1 TEST WILL BE $220 AND THAT FOR THE T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS $250.

+WE ARE HAPPY THAT THIS AIDS TEST PROGRAMME FOR MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS IS PROCEEDING ACCORDING TO SCHEDULE AND THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO DELAY IN GETTING OUR TEST KITS SUPPLY FOR THIS PURPOSE,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAID.

/ALL DOCTORS