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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9. 1987

THE FIRST EPISODE HAD ALREADY APPEARED ON TELEVISION, BUT THE OTHER TWO WERE BEING SCREENED FOR THE FIRST TIME.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, ISD CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER, MR GEORGE YUEN, SAID, "THE PURPOSE OF FILMING THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES IS TO STIMULATE CONCERN AND AWARENESS ABOUT THE DISEASE.

BE HERE AIDS HAD EMERGED AS A WORLD-WIDE MENACE, AND IT WOULD TO STAY UNTIL A MEDICALLY PROVEN VACCINE COULD BE FOUND. MR YUEN

THE PROBLEM WOULD COMMENTED THAT TO DATE THE BEST WAY TO COMBAT

BE

THROUGH THE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION.

UNDERSTANDING

**

"THOUGH HONG KONG HAS BEEN FORTUNATE SO FAR IN THAT THE NUMBER

INSIGNIFICANT OF INFECTED PERSONS IS STILL

WHEN COMPARED TO OTHER COUNTRIES. THERE IS, NEVERTHELESS, AN URGENT NEED TO SPREAD

BETTER EDUCATIONAL MESSAGES, SO THAT PEOPLE CAN HAVE A OF THE DISEASE AND BE LESS VULNERABLE. IGNORANCE CAN KILL, HE SAID.

ON THE PUBLICITY FRONT, THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT

MATERIALS, SUCH HAS ALSO PRODUCED VARIOUS KINDS OF SUPPLEMENTARY

AND POSTERS, INFORMATION LEAFLETS, CINEMA

NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENTS, AND TV ANNOUNCEMENTS

INTEREST, AS PART OF AN ALL-OUT EFFORT TO COMBAT AIDS.

IN PUBLIC

OPEN-AIR SCREENINGS WILL BE HELD AT SHATIN CITY PLAZA AT EDINBURGH PLACE ON OCTOBER 10 AND 12 RESPECTIVELY.

INCLUDED GUESTS ATTENDING THE OPENING CEREMONY

HEALTH

ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE

AND WELFARE

AS

AND

THE PRINCIPAL

MR BRANCH,

WILFRED

TSUI SENIOR MEDICAL OFFICER OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, DR PATRICK LI; AND SENIOR MEDICAL OFFICER, DR NGAN CHUNG MING.

TRADE ORDER ON MOBILE RADIO PHONES

A TRADE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED THAT THE IMPORT AND EXPORT (STRATEGIC COMMODITIES) REGULATIONS

OF (AMENDMENT

SCHEDULE) WHICH ORDER 1987,

WAS GAZETTED TODAY (FRIDAY), WOULD COME INTO OPERATION ON OCTOBER 19, 1987.

THE EFFECT OF THE ORDER IS TO REMOVE MOBILE RADIO TELEPHONES WITH SPECIFIED TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS FROM IMPORT AND EXPORT LICENSING REQUIREMENT UNDER THE IMPORT AND EXPORT (STRATEGIC COMMODITIES) REGULATIONS, CHAPTER 60, OF THE LAWS OF HONG KONG.

THE DEPARTMENT IS INFORMING THE TRADE, BY CIRCULAR LETTER, OF DETAILS OF THE ORDER. ENQUIRIES

TRADE CAN BE MADE TO THE LICENSING (NON-TEXTILES)

TRADE DEPARTMENT, OCEAN CENTRE, 13TH FLOOR, CANTON ROAD, KOWLOON (TELEPHONE NUMBERS 3-7222437,

3-7222520 OR 3-7222521).

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