S'pore launches film on AIDS

Tue, 11 Sep 2001, 00:00 WIB | Source: DPA

SINGAPORE (DPA): Open-air films have been launched in
Singapore to educate Indian workers on AIDS and the dangers of
unprotected sex, it was reported on Monday.

The films are part of an educational campaign in the Bengali
and Tamil languages targeting mainly foreign construction
workers.

Civil engineer Ravi Rai, who is organizing the showings, said
many of the workers came from small villages where there was
little awareness about the deadly virus.

While the Ministry of Health told The Straits Times that AIDS
education was ongoing at workplaces and foreign workers do have
access to information about the disease, Rai said that printed
advisories were lost on those who were illiterate.

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