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HIV/AIDS situation in third quarter

A total of 29 persons were found to be positive for the HIV Antibody Test in the third quarter of 1995, the Department of Health announced today (Friday).

This brings the number of HIV infected persons in Hong Kong to 602.

Thirteen new AIDS cases were reported during the same period.

The total number of confirmed AIDS cases is 161.

Of the 602 HIV-infected, 267 acquired the infection through heterosexual sex and 208 through homosexual or bisexual sex; 12 were injecting drug users; two were mother-to-child transmissions 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 47, the information available was inadequate for classification.

End/Friday, October 20, 1995

Value of manufacturers' orders-on-hand in August

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The value of manufacturers' orders-on-hand for local production in August 1995 increased by 6% over a year earlier, according to the provisional results of a monthly survey released today (Friday) by the Census and Statistics Department.

Comparing August 1995 with August 1994, significant increases in the value of outstanding orders were recorded in the electronic products industry (+18%), the printing and publishing industry (+15%) and the electrical products industry (+13%), A moderate increase in the value of orders was also recorded in the fabricated metal products industry (+7%).

On the other hand, decreases in the value of orders were textiles industry (-11%) and the plastic products industry (-10%).

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