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FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1994
200TH BATCH OF VMS RETURNS HOME
**
PROGRAMME
A GROUP OF 322 VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS TODAY (FRIDAY)
VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION VIETNAM UNDER THE NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES.
RETURNED ΤΟ UNITED
OF THE
COMPRISING 104 MEN, 88 WOMEN, 67 BOYS AND 63 GIRLS, THE 200TH BATCH TO GO BACK UNDER THE PROGRAMME.
THEY WERE
VIETNAMESE
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF THIS GROUP BROUGHT TO 1,963
AND TO 40,576 THE MIGRANTS WHO HAD RETURNED VOLUNTARILY THIS YEAR, TOTAL NUMBER OF RETURNEES SINCE THE PROGRAMME STARTED IN MARCH 1989.
AIDS TRUST FUND SPONSORS ATTENDANCE AT JAPAN CONFERENCE
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TO FIVE ON AIDS IN
THE COUNCIL FOR THE AIDS TRUST FUND WILL SPONSOR UP PERSONS ΤΟ
THE ATTEND
10TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE YOKOHAMA, JAPAN, LATER THIS YEAR.
HONG KONG
THE FIVE SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS WILL JOIN A STRONG CONTINGENT TO THE CONFERENCE WHICH WILL RUN FROM AUGUST 7 TO 12.
GREAT
"WE
IMPORTANCE TO THE CONFERENCE ATTACH ENSURE A STRONG AND REPRESENTATIVE HONG KONG PRESENCE", FOR THE COUNCIL SAID.
"THE OFFER OF SPONSORSHIP IS IN KEEPING WITH OUR INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY IN THE FIGHT AGAINST AIDS."
EACH
AND WISH
A SPOKESMAN
TO
EFFORTS
то
IS FEE,
APPLICANT SUCCESSFUL
WILL RECEIVE
WHICH $20,000, THE COST OF THE CONFERENCE REGISTRATION CALCULATED TO COVER RETURN ECONOMY AIRFARE TO JAPAN AND HOTEL ACCOMMODATION.
APPLICANTS SHOULD HAVE EXPERIENCE IN RELATED RESEARCH PROVISION OF SERVICES TO THOSE WITH HIV/AIDS.
OR THE
THEY WILL BE EXPECTED TO MAKE A PRESENTATION AT THE IN AT LEAST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING AREAS:
CONFERENCE
*BASIC SCIENCE;
*CLINICAL SCIENCE AND CARE;
*EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PREVENTION; AND
*IMPACT, SOCIETAL RESPONSE AND EDUCATION.
**IN
THIS CONNECTION, THEY SHOULD APPLY TO THE COUNCIL WITH ABSTRACT OF THEIR PRESENTATION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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