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WEDNEDAY, JANUARY 3, 1990

APART FROM SHOWING THE WORLDWIDE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE, IT ALSO ILLUSTRATES HOW AIDS THREATENS THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND THE WAYS IN WHICH THIS CAN BE COUNTERED.

MEDICAL STAFF WILL BE PRESENT AT THE EXHIBITION TO GIVE ADVICE AND ANSWER PUBLIC ENQUIRIES.

EDUCATION AND INFORMATION LEAFLETS ON AIDS WILL BE TO VISITORS, WHO WILL ALSO HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN HANDSOME ANSWERING A QUIZ DESIGNED TO TEST THEIR KNOWLEDGE ON AIDS.

THE EXHIBITION WILL RUN UNTIL SUNDAY (JANUARY 7). ONE WILL BE HELD FROM JANUARY 12 то 14 ON THE FOURTH CITYPLAZA 1, TAIKOO SHING.

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EARLY WELFARE PAYMENT

ALLOWANCE

RECIPIENTS OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND SPECIAL NEEDS HOLDING CASH ORDER BOOKS MAY RECEIVE EARLIER WELFARE PAYMENT IF THEIR PAY DAY FALLS ON THE PUBLIC HOLIDAYS BETWEEN JANUARY 26 AND 29.

A SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT THESE RECIPIENTS MAY CASH THEIR COUPONS FROM JANUARY 22 ΤΟ 25, OR AFTER THE HOLIDAYS AT THEIR DESIGNATED POST OFFICES, THE DEPARTMENT'S NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICT OFFICES AND TREASURY SUB-OFFICES.

BLANKETS FOR STREET SLEEPERS

SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT BLANKETS TO STREET

A TOTAL OF 160 FIELD STAFF OF THE MOUNTED A TERRITORY-WIDE OPERATION TO DISTRIBUTE SLEEPERS LAST (TUESDAY) NIGHT.

A TOTAL OF 534 BLANKETS AND SLEEPING BAGS WERE DISTRIBUTED TO 509 STREET SLEEPERS. THEY INCLUDED 172 STREET SLEEPERS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 57 IN EAST KOWLOON, 246 IN WEST KOWLOON, 28 IN NEW TERRITORIES EAST AND SIX IN NEW TERRITORIES WEST.

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