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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1993
RIGHT MORE HIV-INFECTED CASES CONFIRMED
TEST
EIGHT MEN WERE FOUND TO BE POSITIVE FOR THE HIV ANTIBODY IN JULY THIS YEAR, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ANNOUNCED TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE FIGURE BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HIV-INFECTED PERSONS IN HONG KONG TO 389.
THREE ALDS CASES WERE REPORTED DURING THE MONTH.
DEATHS.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CONFIRMED AIDS CASES IS 89 WITH 57 THE 32 OTHERS ARE EITHER UNDER COUNSELLING OR HAVE LEFT THE TERRITORY.
EIGHT
OF THE 389 PERSONS INFECTED, 283 GOT THE INFECTION SEXUALLY,
WERE INTRAVENOUS DRUG-USERS, AND 65 GOT THE INFECTION THROUGH CONTAMINATED BLOOD OR BLOOD PRODUCTS BEFORE 1985 WHEN HIV ANTIBODY TEST AND SAFE HEAT-TREATED CLOTTING CONCENTRATES WERE NOT AVAILABLE.
FOR THE REMAINING 33, THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE WAS INADEQUATE FOR CLASSIFICATION.
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UNDER THE HIV SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME WHICH STARTED IN 1985, TOTAL OF 278,843 BLOOD SPECIMENS HAVE BEEN TESTED FOR THE HIV ANTIBODY.
THE HONG KONG RED CROSS BLOOD TRANSFUSION SCREENED ALL BLOOD DONORS FOR HIV INFECTION.
SERVICE HAS ALSO
UP TO JULY THIS YEAR, 1,279,423 UNITS OF BLOOD HAVE BEEN TESTED AND 27 DONORS WERE FOUND POSITIVE.
ATTENTION NEWS EDITORS:
BY
FROM THIS MONTH ONWARDS, THE MEDIA BRIEFING ON AIDS SITUATION THE CONSULTANT (SPECIAL PREVENTIVE PROGRAMME), DR SS LEE WILL CONDUCTED FROM MONTHLY TO QUARTERLY. DR LEE WILL BRIEF THE MEDIA
THE AIDS SITUATION FOR THE THIRD QUARTER THIS YEAR NEXT MONTH.
BE ON
TRADER PUNISHED FOR EXPORTING FRAUDULENTLY DESCRIBED GARMENTS
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A TRADER WAS FINED $840,000 AND GIVEN SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT SUSPENDED FOR TWO YEARS FOR EXPORTING $10 MILLION WORTH OF FRAUDULENTLY DESCRIBED GARMENTS AT THE SOUTH KOWLOON MAGISTRACY TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE GARMENTS WERE DESCRIBED AS METAL EXPORTED FROM HONG KONG TO THE U.S.
OFFICE FURNITURE WHEN
/CHAN PUI-MUI,
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