Press Releases 1996
First AIDS Conference in Hong Kong
Hong Kong's first AIDS Conference would focus on "Building New Hope Together", Chairman of the Organising Committee, Ms Carlye Tsui said at a press conference today (Friday).
The Hong Kong AIDS Conference, first of its kind in the territory, would be hosted by the Advisory Council on AIDS from November 8 to 9 at the Lam Woo International Conference Centre of the Hong Kong Baptist University.
Ms Tsui pointed out that the objectives of the AIDS conference are to promote education and research for improving the prevention, care and public health control programmes on HIV infection in Hong Kong,
It also aims to share experience in research on AIDS and to co-ordinate local efforts on planning and evaluation of programme on AIDS.
Sponsored by the Department of Health, the AIDS Conference would be participated by healthcare providers, social workers, teachers, students, researchers, government officials, policy makers, voluntary workers, community leaders, people living with HIV/AIDS, and the media.
The programme of the two-day Conference would comprise plenary, symposia, fora, workshops, exhibitions and cultural events.
The Organising Committee had invited Professor Zhang Kong Lai of CHINA AIDS NITWORK, Dr Emile Fox, of UNAIDS China and Ms Anna Wu to speak at the plenary session.
This would be followed by six symposia on clinical management, public health aspects of HIV/AIDS, prevention and education, social impacts, HIV care and role of non-government organisations.
In addition, there would be two workshops during the conference, one for teachers and one for trainers in developing training programmes on AIDS in workplace setting.
Members of the public are also welcome to take part in a public forum on AIDS run by the Hong Kong Council of Social Service at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre on November 8.
Ms Tsui said that responses to the first Hong Kong AIDS Conference had been good.
She noted that more than three hundred participants from Hong Kong, China and Macau had registered for the conference and about 80 abstracts had been received.
She hoped that with the joint endeavour, Hong Kong could create new hope in the fight against HIV/AIDS.