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The LAB is a tripartite consultative body which advises the Commissioner for Labour on labour matters including legislation and the application of International Labour Convention and Recommendations.

It comprises 12 members, six each on employees' and employers' sides, with the Commissioner for Labour or her deputy as the ex-officio chairman.

One employer and one employee members will be appointed directly by the Government.

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First AIDS conference in Hong Kong to open on Friday

A two-day AIDS conference, the first of its kind in Hong Kong, will be held on Friday (November 8) and Saturday (November 9) at the Lam Woo International Conference Centre of the Hong Kong Baptist University.

Hosted by the Advisory Council on AIDS (ACA) and sponsored by the Department of Health (DH), the conference will comprise a plenary session, symposiums, forums, workshops, exhibitions and cultural events.

Mrs Lavender Patten will officiate at the opening ceremony. Other officiating guests include ACA chairman, Dr Conrad Lam; the Chairman of the Organising Committee, Ms Carlye Tsui; the Secretary for Health and Welfare, Mrs Katherine Fok; and the acting Director of Health, Dr Paul Saw.

DH's HIV/AIDS surveillance statistics for the third quarter of this year will be released at the session of Symposium A at 2 pm on Friday.

Highlights of the two-day conference include plenary session on Friday (11 am to 12.30 pm). Professor Zhang Kong Lai of CHINA AIDS NETWORK, Dr Emile Fox of UNAIDS China and Ms Anna Wu will speak at the session.

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Themes of the six symposiums are: Symposium A - Public Health Aspects of HIV/AIDS (Friday, 2 3.30 pm); Symposium B Clinical Management of HIV Infection (Friday, 4 - 5.30 pm); Symposium C - Social Impacts and Responses (Friday, 12 4 - 6.30 pm); Symposium D - Prevention and Education (Saturday, 9.30 am - noon); Symposium E- Psychosocial Aspects of HIV Care (Saturday, 2 - 3.30 pm); and Symposium F - Role of NGO in HIV Prevention and Care (Saturday, 4 - 5.30 pm).

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