SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1994
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HK DELEGATION OFF TO YOKOHAMA FOR AIDS CONFERENCE
HONG KONG DELEGATION, LED BY THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, HAS LEFT FOR YOKOHAMA TODAY (SATURDAY) TO ATTEND THE 10TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AIDS.
OTHER MEMBERS INCLUDE THE SECRETARY FOR HEATH AND WELFARE (DESIGNATE), MRS KATHERINE FOK, THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, DR MARGARET CHAN, AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM VARIOUS NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS ON AIDS.
THE CONFERENCE, WHICH WILL BE HELD BETWEEN AUGUST 7 AND 12, IS THE MOST IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AIDS. IT IS BEING HELD IN ASIA FOR THE FIRST TIME. ·
CO-SPONSORED BY THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION AND THE INTERNATIONAL AIDS SOCIETY, THE EVENT WILL BE ATTENDED BY ABOUT 10,000 POLICY MAKERS, MEDICAL AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, SOCIAL WORKERS, EDUCATIONALISTS AND SCHOLARS FROM COUNTRIES ALL OVER THE WORLD.
"HONG KONG HAS ASSEMBLED THE LARGEST DELEGATION EVER TO THE THE CONFERENCE, WITH MORE THAN 30 MEMBERS COMING FROM MANY SECTORS OF COMMUNITY, MRS WONG SAID.
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"THE SIZE OF THE DELEGATION REFLECTS THE EVER INCREASING CONCERN AND IMPORTANCE THE COMMUNITY ATTACHES TO THE FIGHT AGAINST AIDS," SHE ADDED.
MRS WONG BELIEVED THAT THE TERRITORY WOULD BENEFIT FROM THE CONFERENCE AS THE DELEGATION COMPRISED PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT PROFESSIONAL
PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND VIEWPOINTS, AND FROM BOTH THE PRIVATE SECTORS IN PARTNERSHIP TO COMBAT THE SPREAD OF AIDS.
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HONG KONG DELEGATES WILL MAKE A TOTAL OF 14 PRESENTATIONS DURING THE CONFERENCE AND MRS WONG WILL ADDRESS THE CONFERENCE ON AUGUST 10 (WEDNESDAY).
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE HONG KONG AIDS FOUNDATION WILL EACH SET UP AN EXHIBITION BOOTH IN YOKOHAMA, WHILE THE HONG KONG AIDS MEMORIAL QUILT PROJECT WILL STAGE A QUILT DISPLAY.
THE DELEGATION IS EXPECTED TO RETURN TO HONG KONG ON AUGUST (SATURDAY).
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WATER TO BE DISCHARGED FROM SHENZHEN RESERVOIR
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AUTHORITY
THAT FROM ABOUT
HONG KONG HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE SHENZHEN WOULD BE
RESERVOIR DISCHARGED FROM THE SHENZHEN 7.50 PM TODAY (SATURDAY).
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