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Under the HIV surveillance programme which started in 1985, a total of 349,573 blood specimens have been tested for the HIV Antibody.
The Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service has also screened all blood donors for the antibody.
Up to last month, 1,507,439 units of blood had been tested and 35 donors were found positive.
End/Thursday, December 29, 1994
News media urged to support election work
The following is issued on behalf of the Boundary and Election Commission:
The Chairman of the Boundary and Election Commission, Mr Justice Woo Kwok-hing, today urged the news media to continue their support for the work of the commission in the forthcoming year.
Speaking at a year-end tea-reception, Mr Justice Woo said: "I hope that you would report election news under the fair and equal principle, to ensure that future election activities can be conducted fairly, openly and honestly."
The Chairman also took the opportunity to introduce the new commission member Mr Chan Wing- tai to the media. A distinguished academic in sociology and social research and head of the Department of Applied Social Studies in the City University of Hong Kong, Mr Chan replaced Professor Leung Chi-keung who resigned from the commission from October
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1994 is an eventful year for the commission. It launched a massive voter registration drive from April to July I and conducted the District Board Elections in September.
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