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SUNDAY, AUGUST 7, 1994

HK DELEGATION ON AIDS WELCOMED IN JAPAN

THE HONG

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KONG DELEGATION ΤΟ THE 10TH

INTERNATIONAL

AIDS

CONFERENCE, LED BY THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, WAS WARMLY WELCOMED AT ITS OPENING CEREMONY IN YOKOHAMA TODAY (SUNDAY).

THE CEREMONY WAS ATTENDED BY THE CROWN PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF JAPAN, AS WELL AS BY MORE THAN 12,000 DELEGATES OVER THE WORLD.

THE CROWN FROM ALL

MINISTER,

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE JAPANESE PRIME MR TOMIICHI MURAYAMA, SAID AIDS WAS GOING TO BE A SERIOUS PROBLEM

IN ASIA.

"WE CANNOT EXPECT MIRACLES TO HAPPEN SO THE IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO ARE TO SEEK A RESOLUTION THROUGH HOPE AND UNDERSTANDING, TO ADOPT A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH AND TO REMOVE FEAR AND DISCRIMINATION,

MR MURAYAMA SAID.

MRS ELIZABETH WONG DIRECTOR GENERAL OF

AT THE RECEPTION OF THE OPENING CEREMONY, EXCHANGED VIEWS ON WAYS TO COMBAT AIDS WITH THE THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION, DR HIROSHI NAKAJIMA.

MRS WONG ALSO SPOKE ΤΟ THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE FOR THE CONFERENCE, MR YUICHI SHIOKAWA AND CONGRATULATED HIM ON THE EXCELLENT ARRANGEMENTS.

OF THE AIDS UNIT LATER SHE DISCUSSED WITH THE HEAD

AT THE

WORLD BANK, DR MICHAEL

ON THE ECONOMIC PORTER, THE

IMPACT OF AIDS

SHE SOCIETY.

WILL HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION

ON WITH DR PORTER POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO THE THREAT OF AIDS IN THE REGION.

HEALTH AT THE HAS ALREADY

MEANWHILE, A BOOTH SET UP BY THE DEPARTMENT OF

HONG KONG EFFORTS CONFERENCE ON

AIDS IN COMBATTING RECEIVED WIDE ACCLAIM, ALTHOUGH THE EXHIBITION IS YET TO BE OFFICIALLY OPENED TOMORROW (MONDAY).

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MORE SUPPORT FOR YOUTH CALLED

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PARENTS, TEACHERS AND SOCIAL WORKERS SHOULD WORK HAND IN HAND TO HELP STUDENTS FACE THEIR STRESSES AND ANXIETIES WHEN THE RESULTS OF THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION ARE RELEASED ON TUESDAY (AUGUST 9).

THIS REMARK WAS MADE BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMISSION ON YOUTH, MR ERIC LI, THIS (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON.

SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TO INTRODUCE A REPORT OF A STUDY ON THE SUPPORTIVE SYSTEM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, MR LI SAID APPRECIATION SHOULD BE GIVEN FOR THE EFFORTS MADE BY THE YOUNGSTERS EVEN THOUGH THE RESULTS MIGHT NOT BE AS SATISFACTORY AS ONE HOPES OR EXPECTS.

/HE URGED