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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1987

'AND I THINK IT'S RIGHT TOO TO SAY THAT THERE IS A GOOD DEAL OF HUMANITARIAN FEELING ON THE SUBJECT. AND I'M ALSO IMPRESSED BY WHAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE HAD MADE FOR THE REFUGEES.

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MR DAVIES SAID WHEN HE VISITED THE VIETNAMESE REFUGEE CAMP IN TUEN MUN, HE FOUND THAT THE REFUGEES WERE LOOKED AFTER IN A VERY IMPRESSIVE MANNER AND THAT THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE EXTRAORDINARILY FRIENDLY AND RELAXED.

ASKED IF THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT COULD BE PERSUADED ITS PEOPLE FROM FLEEING THE COUNTRY, MR DAVIES POINTED OUT HAD THEIR DIFFICULTIES.

CAMP WAS

ΤΟ STOP THAT THEY

COASTLINE.

"IT IS A DIFFICULT COASTLINE FOR THEM. IT IS A LONG IF YOU LOOKED AT THE MAP OF VIETNAM, MOST OF VIETNAM IS VERY NEAR THE SEA SO THAT MOST PEOPLE CAN FAIRLY EASILY GET ACCESS ΤΟ THE COASTAL AREA. I THINK IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM WITHOUT IMPOSING A SORT OF DRACONIAN REGIME WHICH PERHAPS WE ARE GOING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT, HE SAID.

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NEW STATISTICS ON AIDS RELEASED

THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT ANOTHER NINE PERSONS IN HONG KONG WERE FOUND TO BE INFECTED BY THE AIDS (ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME) VIRUS IN JULY AND AUGUST.

THE LAST ANNOUNCEMENT ON AIDS FIGURES COVERING THE QUARTER ENDING JUNE 30, 1987 WAS MADE BY THE DEPARTMENT IN AUGUST.

IN VIEW OF PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AIDS SITUATION IN HONG KONG, THE DEPARTMENT HAS RECENTLY DECIDED TO ANNOUNCE THE AIDS STATISTICS ON A MONTHLY BASIS IN FUTURE.

UP TO THE PRESENT, THERE IS A TOTAL OF SIX CONFIRMED AIDS CASES IN HONG KONG.

IN RELEASING THE LATEST SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME STATISTICS ON AIDS, A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE NEW FIGURE BRINGS TO 100 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS FOUND TO BE POSITIVE FOR HIV ANTIBODY. THIS FIGURE INCLUDES THE SIX CONFIRMED CASES OF AIDS WHO HAD ALL DIED.

DURING THE PAST TWO MONTHS, 6,857 PERSONS WERE TESTED FOR THE AIDS INFECTION BY THE VIRUS UNIT OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

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