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Aids clinic gets clean bill of health

Ella Lee

An Aids centre in Kowloon Bay does not pose any environmental threat to nearby residents, studies to be announced today will reveal.

The community liaison group of the Kowloon Bay Health Centre and Nursing Home finished three studies which assessed a possible radiation hazard, the spread of infectious disease and noise levels at the clinic.

Nearby Richland Garden residents have been staging protests against the centre, saying it would bring sexually transmitted diseases, including Aids, to their community.

Liaison group chairman the Reverend Chu Yiu-ming said yesterday the radiation hazard study, conducted by the University of Hong Kong, showed there was no leak of radiative substances from the clinic.

Richland Garden residents also complained the clinic's air-conditioning system was too noisy.

But Mr Chu said according to the Environmental Protection Department the noise was comparable to background noise in the area.

'We also hope the Government will take these studies as a reference, so it will take more care of the environment when opening clinics in the future,' he said.

A specialist in infectious disease, Dr Lo Wing-lok, said the control of infectious diseases and handling of medical waste from the clinic was up to standard.

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