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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1994

AS FOR THE REMAINING 40, THE

INADEQUATE FOR CLASSIFICATION.

INFORMATION AVAILABLE WAS

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UNDER THE HIV SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME WHICH STARTED IN 1985, TOTAL OF 339,869 BLOOD SPECIMENS HAVE BEEN TESTED FOR THE HIV ANTIBODY.

THE HONG KONG RED CROSS BLOOD TRANSFUSION SCREENED ALL BLOOD DONORS FOR AIDS.

SERVICE HAS ALSO

UP TO LAST MONTH, 1,475,334 UNITS OF BLOOD HAD BEEN TESTED AND 34 DONORS WERE FOUND POSITIVE.

CHIEF SECRETARY OPENS HONG KONG #USA '94

THE CHIEF SECRETARY, MRS ANSON CHAN, HAS LAUNCHED HONGKONG #USA '94, A WEEK-LONG, HIGH-LEVEL BUSINESS AND CULTURAL SHOWCASE PROMOTING HONG KONG IN AMERICA.

THE THREE-CITY FESTIVAL, WHICH FEATURES BUSINESS SEMINARS AND CULTURAL PROGRAMMES, IS THE BIGGEST PROMOTION THAT HONG KONG HAS EVER HELD IN THE UNITED STATES. IT BEGAN IN NEW YORK THIS MORNING (HONG KONG TIME) AND MOVES ON TO CHICAGO AND ATLANTA DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.

SPEAKING AT A GALA DINNER, MRS CHAN STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE LINKS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND THE UNITED STATES.

"WE DRAW GREAT STRENGTH FROM THE SUPPORT OF OUR FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF YOU HERE IN NEW YORK WHERE OUR PERSONAL AND BUSINESS TIES GO BACK SO MANY YEARS, MRS CHAN SAID.

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SHE SAID THE FACT THAT SO MANY U.S. CORPORATIONS HAD THEIR REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS IN HONG KONG WAS TESTIMONY TO THE ROLE THE TERRITORY PLAYED AS A LEADING REGIONAL, TRADING AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS CENTRE WHICH INTERLOCKED WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD COMMERCIAL COMMUNITY.

THE CHIEF SECRETARY PAID SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO PRESIDENT CLINTON, VICE-PRESIDENT GORE (WHOM SHE MET IN WASHINGTON IN APRIL) AND SECRETARY OF STATE CHRISTOPHER FOR THEIR PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO THE SUCCESS OF HONG KONG.

"HONG KONG HAS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN HELPING TO MAINTAIN THE BALANCE OF STABILITY IN EAST ASIA, THAT'S ANOTHER SHARED INTEREST WITH THE U.S. A PROSPEROUS CHINA IS VITAL TO REGIONAL STABILITY. HONG KONG'S INVESTMENTS IN CHINA AND OTHER PARTS OF THE REGION PLAY ITS PART TO HELP BUILD A PROSPEROUS AND STABLE REGION," SHE SAID.

HONG KONG ALSO HAD A GREAT CONTRIBUTION TO MAKE ΤΟ CHINA'S EMERGENCE AS AN ECONOMIC POWERHOUSE THROUGH INVESTMENT IN THE COUNTRY AND AS THE SERVICES AND MARKETING CENTRE FOR THE BOOM IN SOUTHERN CHINA.

/THE CHIRF

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