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MONDAY, MAY 30, 1994

QUESTION: MR PATTEN, REGARDING THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S REFUSAL ΤΟ ISSUE VISAS TO SOME OF THE DISSIDENTS TO COME TO HONG KONG, AND REGARDING THE DEMONSTRATION OUTSIDE NCNA HEADQUARTERS LAST NIGHT, DO YOU THINK THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAS SOFTENED ITS STANCE IN ORDER TO PLEASE THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT?

GOVERNOR: NO, I'VE ALREADY ANSWERED THAT QUESTION.

QUESTION: MR PATTEN, ARE YOU GOING TO PICK UP WHISKY?

GOVERNOR: I'VE GOT EXCO TOMORROW MORNING BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT THE SECOND MOST FAMOUS DOG IN THE UNIVERSE IS GOING ΤΟ BE PICKED UP TOMORROW MORNING PROVIDED THE VET IS HAPPY WITH HIS CONDITION. I'D LIKE TO SAY ONCE AGAIN THAT I AM SORRY THAT ONE OF OUR WORKMEN WHO DO SUCH A SPLENDID JOB AROUND GOVERNMENT HOUSE WAS BITTEN. I THINK IT WAS ONLY A PRETTY SMALL BITE, BUT NEVERTHELESS, ANY BITE CAN BE A BIT OF A SHOCK. AND I HOPE THAT WHISKY HAS LEARNED HIS LESSON.

QUESTION: WILL YOU PUNISH WHISKY OR TIE HIM UP, TIE HIM UP AT HOME?

GOVERNOR: CERTAINLY NOT. HE HAS TO LIVE, BOTH OF THE DOGS DOING SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT CONDITIONS FROM MOST OTHERS WITH PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT OF THE HOUSE QUITE PROPERLY AND OCCASIONALLY SURPRISING THEM. BUT THEY ARE BOTH CHEERFUL LITTLE TERRIERS, AND I THINK THEY ADD TO THE ENJOYMENT OF GOVERNMENT HOUSE. THEY ARE VERY POPULAR AROUND THE HOUSE. AND I HOPE THAT AFTER A WEEK INSIDE AS IT WERE, HE'LL HAVE LEARNED HIS LESSON. AND I'LL BE INTERESTED TO HEAR FROM HIM HIS VIEWS ON THE GOVERNMENT'S KENNELS AND THE QUARANTINE ARRANGEMENTS TO BE MADE IN HONG KONG. I AM SURE HE'LL BE VERY ELOQUENT ON THE SUBJECT.

SEVEN MORE HIV INFECTED CASES CONFIRMED

SIX MEN AND A WOMAN WERE FOUND TO BR POSITIVE FOR THE HIV ANTIBODY TEST LAST MONTH (APRIL), THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ANNOUNCED TODAY (MONDAY).

442.

THIS BRINGS THE NUMBER OF HIV INFECTED PERSONS IN HONG KONG

ΤΟ

THREE NEW AIDS CASES WERE REPORTED DURING THE MONTH.

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CONFIRMED AIDS CASES IS 103 WITH 66 DEATHS

REPORTED.

OF THE 442 HIV INFECTED, 166 ACQUIRED THE INFECTION THROUGH 11 WERE HOMOSEXUAL OR BISEXUAL SEX AND 163 THROUGH HETEROSEXUAL SEX, INJECTING DRUG USERS, AND 65 ACQUIRED THE INFECTION

THROUGH ANTIBODY

BLOOD CONTAMINATED

HIV OR BLOOD PRODUCTS BEFORE 1985 WHEN TEST AND SAFE HEAT TREATED CLOTTING CONCENTRATES WERE NOT AVAILABLE.

FOR THE REMAINING 37, THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE WAS FOR CLASSIFICATION.

INADEQUATE

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