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WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1992

SWEAT,

TEARS, URINE,

IT IS NOT TRANSMITTED THROUGH SALIVA, SWIMMING POOL WATER, COMMUNAL BATH WATER, TOILETS, FOOD OR DRINKING WATER.

HE SAID: "IN THEORY, THERE IS A POSSIBLE RISK OF TRANSMISSION WHEN ONE INFECTED ATHELETE WITH A BLEEDING WOUND OR A SKIN LESION OR EXPOSED MUCUOUS MEMBRANE THAT COULD SERVE AS A POSSIBLE PORTAL FOR ENTRY OF THE HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS.

"IN PRACTICE, THE RISK IS VERY LOW. FURTHERMORE, THERE IS NO RISK IF ONE PARTY DOES NOT SUFFER BLEEDING WOUNDS OR OTHER SKIN LESIONS.'

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SIGNAGE OUTSIDE AIRPORT DEPARTURE HALL WILL BE IMPROVED

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ACTION CAN AND WILL BE TAKEN TO IMPROVE SIGNAGE OUTSIDE THE DEPARTURE HALL AT KAI TAK.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MRS ELIZABETH BOSHER, TODAY (WEDNESDAY} IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON HOWARD YOUNG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

"THIS IS A PROBLEM WHICH HAS BEEN GIVEN MUCH THOUGHT OVER THE YEARS, BUT THE PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS OF THE DEPARTURE HALL FRONTAGE, COMBINED WITH THE LARGE NUMBER OF AIRLINES WHICH WILL REQUIRE TO BE IDENTIFIED AT EACH DROPPING OFF POINT HAVE MADE IT DIFFICULT TO DESIGN A WORKABLE SOLUTION," MRS BOSHER SAID.

THE APPROACH WHICH IS NOW BEING PURSUED IS ΤΟ INDICATE THE LOCATION OF CHECK-IN ISLANDS BY MEANS OF REFERENCE LETTERS DISPLAYED ALONG THE FRONTAGE OF THE DEPARTURE HALL.

DEPARTING PASSENGERS

WILL BE GUIDED AS TO WHICH AIRLINES OPERATE FROM WHICH CHECK-IN ISLANDS BY MEANS OF PROMINENT SIGNS THE APPROACH ROADS TO THE AIRPORT.

HALL

MRS BOSHER SAID THE HAD INVOLVED SOME

CHECK-IN ISLANDS.

ALONG

CURRENT REFURBISHMENT OF THE DEPARTURE RE-ALLOCATION OF AIRLINES TO DIFFERENT

"IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SIGNAGE OUTSIDE THE DEPARTURE HALL WILL THEREFORE BE IMPLEMENTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THIS REFURBISHMENT EXERCISE," SHE ADDED.

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