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5.

SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 1993

A

SERIES OF ACTIVITIES, TARGETING AT GROUPS, WILL BE CONDUCTED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

DIFFERENT

COMMUNITY

BEFORE THE CONCERT, THE AUDIENCE LEARNT MORE ABOUT AIDS THROUGH AN EXHIBITION HELD ON LEVEL 2 OF THE PLAZA.

THEY WERE GIVEN RED RIBBONS AS SOUVENIRS AT THE EXHIBITION.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAID: COUNTRIES, WE ALSO USE RED RIBBONS AS THE SYMBOL OF BECAUSE THEY SIGNIFY CONCERN FOR PEOPLE WITH AIDS AND TO FIGHT THE DISEASE."

OTHER

"LIKE OUR CAMPAIGN DETERMINATION

CONCERT IS TO HELP

"ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES IN ORGANISING THE THE PUBLIC FOSTER A SUPPORTIVE ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE INFECTED PERSONS.

"IT SHOULD BE REMEMBERED THAT WE ARE FIGHTING THE DISEASE, NOT THE PEOPLE WITH THE DISEASE, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

A QUIZ ON AIDS WAS

CONDUCTED DURING THE CONCERT. AUDIENCE GIVING CORRECT ANSWERS WERE AWARDED PLAYING CARDS PURPOSE-MADE TO SPREAD THE MESSAGE.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF YAN CHAI HOSPITAL, TELEVISION BROADCASTING LIMITED (TVB) AND WARNER MUSIC HONG KONG LIMITED GAVE ACTIVE SUPPORT TO THE CONCERT.

OFFICIATING GUESTS INCLUDED DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, DR 9 H LEE; DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MRS SHELLEY LAU; DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, DR MARGARET CHAN; CHAIRMAN OF YAN CHAI HOSPITAL BOARD, MR WONG CHI-MUK; DIRECTOR OF YAN CHAI HOSPITAL BOARD; MR STAR CHAN IU-SENG; ASSISTANT CONTROLLER, EXTERNAL AFFAIRS DIVISION OF MS LILY CHAN AND MISS HONG KONG 1992, MISS EMILY LO.

TVB,

TIME-SETTING SEMINAR

METROLOGY EXPERTS FROM SIX OVERSEAS COUNTRIES VIEWS AND EXPERIENCE ON INTERNATIONAL TIME-SETTING ORGANISED BY THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT NEXT MONTH.

WILL

EXCHANGE

AT A SEMINAR

HOSTED BY THE DELEGATES COME

T'HE SEMINAR, TO BE HELD FROM MAY 5 TO 7, IS DEPARTMENT'S STANDARDS AND CALIBRATION LABORATORY. FROM AUSTRALIA, CHINA, INDONESIA, MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE AND THAILAND.

AN

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE SEMINAR WOULD PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE DELEGATES TO LEARN THE TECHNIQUES OF TIME AND FREQUENCY MAINTENANCE USING THE GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS).

AND THE

THEY MAY ALSO EXCHANGE VIEWS AND EXPERIENCE ON GPS RECEPTION, ESTABLISH A SCHEDULE FOR GPS COMMON VIEW INTERCOMPARISON SO THAT UNIT OF TIME AND FREQUENCY COULD BE UNIFIED IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC

REGION.

/THE STANDARD