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A PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY WILL BE HELD ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. OFFICIATING GUESTS WILL INCLUDE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT

MR OFFICER, DUNCAN PESCOD; AN URBAN COUNCILOR, MR PAO PING-WING; KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER, MR CHEUNG HON-LEUNG; CHAIRMAN OF LOK SIN TONG, KOWLOON, MR CHEUNG NIM-PING; KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS, MR CHAN NEI-YUE AND MR LAM MING; CHAIRMAN OF

CARPENTER CHURCH SOCIAL SERVICE COMMITTEE, REV LO KWAN-HO AND CHAIRMAN OF KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE AND RECREATION OF THE ELDERLY, MR LAU TAK.

ATTENTION NEWS EDITORS:

MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE INVITED ΤΟ COVER THE PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE HONG KONG DANCE FESTIVAL FOR THE TOMORROW (SUNDAY) AT THE KO

ELDERLY SHAN THEATRE, HUNG HOM, BEGINNING 4.30 PM.

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AIDS WORKSHOP FOR WOMEN

A WOMEN'S WORKSHOP ON AIDS, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN HONG KONG, AIMED AT ENLISTING SUPPORT AND ACTIVE PARTICIPATION THE AIDS PREVENTION PROGRAMMES, WAS HELD THIS (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON.

FROM WOMEN IN

MISSION" THE

AIDS THE

ENTITLED "PREVENTION OF AIDS

A WOMEN'S WORKSHOP ENABLED PARTICIPANTS TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING

OF WHICH WILL, IN TURN, HELP THEM IN THEIR WORK TÓ HELP PREVENT SPREAD OF THE DISEASE AND IN CARING FOR HIV CARRIERS.

EDUCATION AND FORMED PART

THE WORKSHOP WAS ORGANISED BY THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLICITY ON AIDS UNDER THE ADVISORY COUNCIL ON AIDS. IT OF THE ACTIVITIES BEING HELD IN SUPPORT OF THIS YEAR'S WORLD AIDS DAY, THE THEME OF WHICH IS "AIDS AND WOMEN".

AMONG THOSE WHO TOOK PART WERE REPRESENTATIVES GOVERNMENT, COMMERCIAL AND SOCIAL ORGANISATIONS.

FROM THE

OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING OF THE WORKSHOP, THE CHAIRMAN THE COMMITTEE, MRS PEGGY LAM, CALLED UPON WOMEN TO HELP COMBAT AIDS.

WOMEN

OF

AMONG

A BETTER INFORMATION ON

"ALTHOUGH HIV INFECTION IS STILL RELATIVELY UNCOMMON IN HONG KONG, " SHE SAID, "WOMEN SHOULD HAVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE ISSUE AND HELP ΤΟ DISSEMINATE AIDS TO THEIR FAMILIES, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES.

MRS LAM ALSO STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALTH EDUCATION PUBLICITY ON THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF AIDS, NOTING THAT THERE NO EFFECTIVE VACCINES OR CURE OF THE DISEASE.

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