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Health official reports on HIV/Aids

Dr Wong Ka-hing (left), of the Department of Health's Centre for Health Protection, conducts a briefing at the Red Ribbon Centre in Wong Tai Sin on the prevalence of HIV/Aids in the city last year. The centre opened in the Wang Tau Hom Jockey Club Clinic in 1996 and serves as an information and resource centre. In a briefing for World Aids Day on December 1 last year, Wong said the 113 new HIV cases in the city in the July-September quarter was the highest number since the same period in 2009, when there were 123 cases. Wong said he expected last year's new cases to exceed 2010's figure of 389.

British PM starts two-day visit to Washington

Britain's famed 'special relationship' with the United States is on display as Prime Minister David Cameron starts a two-day visit to Washington. Today, he and President Barack Obama will watch a men's college basketball game and tomorrow Obama will host a state dinner for Cameron at the White House. Topics up for discussion, according to British press reports, include Afghanistan, the Middle East and Iran, as well as the coming Nato and G8 summits, and global economic stability and growth.

Museum showcases 160 years of Hong Kong money

The Museum of History in Tsim Sha Tsui hosts a briefing on its exhibition 'Hong Kong Currency', which opens tomorrow and runs until mid-June. It includes about 700 exhibits featuring the city's coinage and notes from the past 160 years. 'While intricately related to Hong Kong people's everyday lives, the exhibits also reflect how the purchasing power of the local currency has changed over the years,' according to the museum.

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