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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27. 1988

IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT, MR TSAO SAID, HONG KONG'S TOTAL TRADE IN 1987 AMOUNTED TO US$35 BILLION AND HONG KONG WAS THE WORLD'S 14TH LARGEST TRADER.

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OUR WAGES NOW RANK AMONG THE HIGHEST IN EAST ASIA, AND OUR STANDARD OF LIVING IS SECOND ONLY TO THAT OF JAPAN.

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"OUR CONTAINER PORT HAS CONTAINER PORT IN TERMS OF THROUGHPUT.

ROTTERDAM AS THE LARGEST

"HONG KONG IS THE MAJOR COMMUNICATIONS CENTRE FOR THE FAR FAST AND RANKS IN THE TOP FOUR FINANCIAL CENTRES OF THE WORLD, HE SAID.

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NO AIDS CARRIER IN AUGUST

VIRUS IN

(ACQUIRED NO ONE IN HONG KONG WAS INFECTED BY THE AIDS DEFICIENCY SYNDROME)

AUGUST, ACCORDING

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BY THE MEDICAL STATISTICS PUBLISHED

AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT

(TUESDAY).

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IMMUNE LATEST TODAY

FROM REMAINING

AT THE SAME TIME NO PATIENT WAS CONFIRMED TO BE SUFFERING THE DEADLY DISEASE WITH THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CONFIRMED CASES AT 13 FOR THE PAST FIVE MONTHS.

THE LAST AIDS PATIENT WAS REPORTED IN MARCH THIS FAR ELEVEN OF THE PATIENTS HAD DIED.

YEAR AND 80

MONTHLY THE RELEASING

STATISTICS ON AIDS FOR AUGUST,

TESTED SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT 3,213 PERSONS WERE THE HIV ANTIBODY LAST MONTH AND NONE WAS FOUND TO BE POSITIVE.

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FOR

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SINCE THE DEPARTMENT STARTED ITS SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME ON

TESTED FOR THE DISEASE IN 1985, A TOTAL OF 102,012 PERSONS HAD BEEN

INCLUDING THE AIDS ANTIBODY. OF THESE, 125 SHOWED POSITIVE RESULTS, 13 PATIENTS WHO DEVELOPED THE FULL-BLOWN SYMPTOMS.

BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE MEANWHILE, THE HONG KONG RED CROSS

BLOOD SINCE HAS ALSO CONDUCTED TESTS ON 451,092 SPECIMENS OF DONATED 1985. OF THESE, SEVEN UNITS WERE FOUND TO BE POSITIVE.

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AND HEALTH EDUCATION CENTRE HAD ALSO THE AIDS COUNSELLING RECEIVED 1,725 CALLS IN AUGUST, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CALLS 34,141 SINCE 1985.

PEOPLE WHO WISH TO MAKE USE CONTACT HEALTH STAFF AT TELEPHONE FRIDAY BETWEEN 8 AM AND 8 PM.

OF THE COUNSELLING SERVICE CAN NUMBER

FROM MONDAY TO

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