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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1992

LOOKING AT AIDS IN ITS PROPER PERSPECTIVE, DR LEE SAID HIV/AIDS AFFECTED THE SOCIETY IN GENERAL, NOT JUST PEOPLE WHO WERE AT RISK OF INFECTION.

"I AM REFERRING TO THE ECONOMIC LOSS WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE BECOME SICK; ΤΟ THE STRESS ON THE FAMILY WHEN SOMEONE SUFFERS FROM A STIGMATISED DISEASE; TO THE ANXIETY FELT BY THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF MISCONCEPTION ABOUT AIDS; AND TO THE GENERAL RESISTANCE OF THE SOCIETY IN RESPONDING TO A DISEASE LINKED TO BEHAVIOUR," DR LEE SAID.

HE SAID THE EXHIBITION WAS ORGANISED WITH THOSE THOUGHTS IN MIND, ADDING THAT THE EXHIBITION WAS NOT JUST MEANT FOR THOSE WHO WERE WORRIED ABOUT INFECTION BUT PRACTICALLY EVERYONE IN HONG KONG.

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WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION HAS TIMELY ANNOUNCED THAT THE THEME OF THE 1992 WORLD AIDS DAY AS 'AIDS A COMMUNITY COMMITMENT*

"TODAY IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHAT COMMUNITY COMMITMENT MEANS AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THE FIGHT AGAINST AIDS, HE SAID.

ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WERE FILM STAR MISS DODO CHENG; CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY ON AIDS, MR HO SAI-CHU; CONVENOR OF THE PUBLICITY WORKING GROUP ON AIDS, MISS CARLYE TSUI; AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES, MR PETER MOSS.

MISS CHENG HAS BEEN CAST IN A PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT PRODUCED BY THE GOVERNMENT ADVISING WOMEN TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST AIDS.

"WOMEN CAN ALSO BE AFFECTED BY THE AIDS VIRUS, THAT IS WHY I AM TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAL TO ALL WOMEN IN HONG KONG. WE SHOULD UNDERSTAND THE THREATS OF THE DISEASE, AND SHOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER MEASURES TO GUARD OURSELVES AGAINST AIDS, MISS CHENG SAID AT THE CEREMONY.

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PRIZES WERE ALSO PRESENTED TO WINNERS OF THE AIDS CALENDAR CARD DESIGN COMPETITION AND AIDS PHOTOGRAPH AND SLOGAN COMPETITION.

THE EXHIBITION, ORGANISED BY THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY ON AIDS (CEPAIDS), WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL DECEMBER THE EXHIBITION WILL BE MOUNTED IN MACAU IN MID-DECEMBER AND SOME THE EXHIBITS WILL BE ON DISPLAY IN EIGHT TERTIARY INSTITUTES IN HONG KONG EARLY NEXT YEAR.

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EXHIBITION FEATURES COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION ON AIDS AND OTHER COUNTRIES ARE RESPONDING TO THE THREAT OF AIDS.

ALSO ON DISPLAY ARE THE WINNING ENTRIES OF THE CALENDAR CARD DESIGN COMPETITION FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AND THE PHOTOGRAPH AND SLOGAN COMPETITION FOR TERTIARY STUDENTS.

'DIAL & ASK' AND 'AIDS QUESTION TIME' ARE THE UNIQUE PROGRAMMES OF THE EXHIBITION OVER THE WEEKEND.

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