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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1990

THE MOST OF AIDS SHOWED

IN

SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE AFTER THE MEETING, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ACA, DR S.H. LEE, SAID ALTHOUGH HONG KONG HAD ONE OF COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMMES FOR THE PREVENTION AND THIS PART OF THE WORLD, EXPERIENCE IN GOVERNMENT EFFORTS ALONE WERE NOT SUFFICIENT TO AN EFFECTIVE HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMME.

OTHER

CONTROL COUNTRIES SUSTAIN

THAT AND DEVELOP

FLEXIBLE HIGH-RISK

"IN THE FIELD OF AIDS, NON-GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ARE OFTEN IN A BETTER POSITION THAN THE GOVERNMENT TO ADOPT MORE PERSONAL,

INNOVATIVE AND

APPROACHES, ESPECIALLY IN GROUPS," HE SAID.

REACHING THE

THE ROLE OF THE FOUNDATION WILL INCLUDE RESEARCH, HEALTH COUNSELLING WORK RELATED то PROMOTION AND EDUCATION, PUBLICITY AND AIDS AND HIV INFECTION.

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"THE ACTIVITIES TO BE UNDERTAKEN BY THE FOUNDATION WILL NOT BE DR LEE SAID. DUPLICATING THOSE CURRENTLY PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT, "INSTEAD, THEY WILL PLAY A SUPPLEMENTARY AND COMPLEMENTARY ROLE."

FURTHERMORE, HE ADDED, THE ACTIVITIES OF THE

FOUNDATION WOULD BUT WOULD NOT ONLY SERVE TO MOTIVATE BETTER COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, ALSO PROMOTE GREATER COMMUNITY TOLERANCE TOWARDS AND LESSER DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THOSE

WERE INFECTED, THUS FOSTERING A SYMPATHETIC, SUPPORTIVE AND CARING COMMUNITY.

WHO

ORGANISED

DR

WESTERN

ON THE LEGAL AND ETHICAL ASPECTS ON AIDS AND HIV INFECTION,

SUBJECT WAS LEE SAID A WORKSHOP ON THIS

THE BY PACIFIC REGIONAL OFFICE OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION IN JULY,

THE WORKSHOP, AT WHICH GUIDELINES FOR REVIEWING AND PREVENTION AND CONTROL.

WHILE POINTING OUT THAT

HONG KONG WAS REPRESENTED, DREW UP ELABORATING LEGAL MEASURES IN AIDS

INAPPROPRIATE AND INEFFECTIVE LEGAL MEASURES MAY UNDERMINE THE EFFORTS IN AIDS PREVENTION AND CONTROL, THE GUIDELINES SUGGEST THAT LEGAL MEASURES MAY BE USEFUL IN OTHER AREAS.

KONG IN THIS RESPECT, DR LEE SAID HONG

HAD BEEN WELL. BUT HE ADDED THAT THERE MIGHT BE A NEED FOR THE ACA THE DEVELOPMENTS IN THESE AREAS AND ΤΟ SEE WHETHER MEASURES WERE ACHIEVING THE INTENDED OBJECTIVES ELSEWHERE.

DOING VERY TO MONITOR SUCH LEGAL

ALSO SPEAKING AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE

AND) COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

PUBLICITY ON AIDS, MRS PEGGY LAM, SUPPORT OF THE ANNOUNCED A SERIES OF HEALTH EDUCATION ACTIVITIES IN

THIRD WORLD AIDS DAY ON DECEMBER 1.

AT THE PROGRAMME WILL START WITH AN AIDS EXHIBITION

THE CITY

BE HALL ON NOVEMBER 30. LADY FORD WILL

THE OFFICIATING GUEST. THE EXHIBITION WILL BE MOVED TO THE CULTURAL CENTRE IN TSIM SHA TSUI ON DECEMBER 7 FOR A FOUR-DAY DISPLAY.

THERE WILL