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HIV activists have denounced Thailand's plan to construct the world's first "AIDS colony." The Thai Agricultural and Cooperatives Ministry and a Buddhist temple are reportedly attempting to construct such
a facility 75 miles north of Bangkok. The "community rehabilitation center"-- as it is referred to by the abbot of Lop Buri's Bat Namphu temple-- will shelter approximately 10,000 AIDS patients. The colony will help
to provide a secure environment for patients and will help to contain the disease, according to the abbot, Phra Alongkot Tikapanyo. Critics contend that the plan will serve to ostracize AIDS patients and that it will project
the image that AIDS patients are difficult to care for.
Editor's Note: from United Press International
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