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The total number of confirmed AIDS cases is 142.
Of the 544 HIV-infected, 193 acquired the infection through homosexual or bisexual sex and 231 through heterosexual sex; 12 were injecting drug users; one was a mother-to-child transmission around the time of birth; and 66 acquired the infection through contaminated blood or blood products before 1985 when HIV Antibody Test and safe heat treated clotting concentrates were not available.
As for the remaining 41, the information available was inadequate for classification.
The Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service has screened all blood donors for the antibody.
During this quarter, a total of 44,477 units of blood had been tested and no donor was found positive.
End/Tuesday, May 2, 1995
Public hearings on Commercial Radio's licence
The Broadcasting Authority will hold two public hearings for the mid-term review of Commercial Radio's sound broadcasting licence this month.
The hearings will take place at the lecture hall of the Hong Kong Science Museum, Tsim Sha Tsui, from 6.30 pm to 9.30 pm on May 9 and 18, respectively.
A spokesman for the Broadcasting Authority said today (Tuesday) that the licence of Hong Kong Commercial Radio Broadcasting Co Ltd was renewed in August 1989 for a term of 12 years, expiring in August 2001.
"The licence carries a condition stating that it is subject to renewal by the Governor-in-Council not before August 26, 1995," he said.
"As the statutory body that regulates the commercial broadcasters in Hong Kong, the Authority will evaluate the licensee's performance against the various statutory requirements and licence conditions and consider whether to recommend any changes to these conditions."
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