XN000022-1995-05-02 — Page 2

- 1 -

Governor's summit meeting with transport operators

The Governor's third summit meeting with transport operators and representatives of persons with a disability will be held at the New Annexe Conference Hall, Central Government Offices, tomorrow (Wednesday).

The Governor; the Secretary for Transport, Mr Haider Barma; the Secretary for Health and Welfare, Mrs Katherine Fok; transport operators and representatives of persons with a disability will speak at the meeting.

After the meeting, the Governor will tour an exhibition of buses with passenger-friendly features at the visitors' carpark of CGO. A private passenger car and a motor tricycle specially modified for use by disabled drivers will also be displayed.

Attention News Editor:

A photo call for the media will be arranged before the meeting starts. Media representatives wishing to cover the photo call are requested to assemble outside the New Annexe Conference Hall, CGO, first floor, at 9.15 am.

Cameramen are advised to bring tele-photo lenses.

Please note that the parking spaces at the visitors' carpark of CGO will be suspended tomorrow morning to make way for the exhibition.

End/Tuesday, May 2, 1995

HIV/AIDS situation in first quarter

A total of 24 persons were found to be positive for the HIV Antibody Test in the first quarter of 1995, the Department of Health announced today (Tuesday).

This brings the number of HIV infected persons in Hong Kong to 544.

Twelve new AIDS cases were reported during the same period.