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SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1992

SHE WAS DELIGHTED TO LEARN

SCHEME,

THAT MANY YOUNG PEOPLE. THROUGH

FROM SUBSIDIES

THE

HAD PARTICIPATION IN THE PROJECTS WITH

DISEASE AND BECOME ACTIVELY ENHANCED THEIR AWARENESS OF THE KILLER INVOLVED IN DISSEMINATING HEALTH MESSAGES ON AIDS.

AT TODAY'S CEREMONY, THE FOUR YOUTH GROUPS HAD

TO BRIEFLY INTRODUCE THEIR PROJECTS.

THEY ARE THE MEI LAM YOUTH CENTRE OF THE HONG OF YOUTH GROUPS AND THE TAK TIN, SHEK TONG TSUI AND OF THE CARITAS CHILDREN AND YOUTH CENTRE.

AN OPPORTUNITY

KONG FEDERATION SHA TIN CENTRES

ORGANISED INCLUDED YOUTH THE ACTIVITIES THEY HAD PLANNED AND FORUM, SEMINAR, TALK, EXHIBITIONS, VIDEO SHOWS, GAME STALLS AND QUIZ.

DEIGNAN; AND

PRIZES ΤΟ THE YOUTH

THE CONVENOR OF THE WORKING GROUP, REV ALFRED J. THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, DR S.H. LEE, PRESENTED GROUPS.

FOUR MORE HIV CARRIERS FOUND

* * *

THE

HIV ANTIBODY

IN

FOUR MORE MEN WERE FOUND TO BE POSITIVE FOR TEST LAST MONTH, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HIV INFECTED PERSONS HONG KONG TO 276.

REVIEWING THE

LATEST AIDS SITUATION, A SPOKESMAN FOR WAS REPORTED DURING DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAID NO NEW AIDS CASE PERIOD AND THE NUMBER OF CONFIRMED AIDS CASES REMAINED AT 61.

THE

THE

21 OTHERS ARE EITHER

SO FAR, 40 AIDS PATIENTS HAVE DIED AND UNDER COUNSELLING AND TREATMENT OR HAVE LEFT THE TERRITORY,

HAEMOPHILIACS, 183

ACQUIRED

OF THE 276 HIV-INFECTED, 60 WERE THE INFECTION SEXUALLY, FIVE WERE DRUG ABUSERS AND THREE ACQUIRED THE INFECTION THROUGH BLOOD TRANSFUSION.

FOR THE REMAINING 25, THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE WAS FOR CLASSIFICATION, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

INADEQUATE

A TOTAL

UNDER THE HIV SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME STARTED IN 1985, OF 229,771 BLOOD SPECIMENS HAVE BEEN TESTED FOR THE HIV ANTIBODY.

THE HONG KONG RED CROSS

BLOOD TRANSFUSION

SCREENED ALL DONORS FOR AIDS.

SERVICE HAS ALSO

UP TO LAST MONTH, 1,055,296 UNITS OF BLOOD HAD BEEN TESTED 18 DONORS WERE FOUND POSITIVE.

AND

/AIDS VIRUS