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Miami Herald - April 25, 2005
Chan, 51, visited a communal health center as well as a support group session for family members caring for loved ones with HIV/AIDS in northern Quang Ninh province, which has some of Vietnam's highest infection rates.
As Chan strolled down the street in the small town of Ha Long City last week wearing a blue UNICEF shirt with a red AIDS pin, children on bikes chased after him, calling out his name in Vietnamese and greeting him with "Chao Bac," or "Hello Uncle."
"Wear a helmet. You have to keep safe," he told them, according to reports from The Associated Press.
He stressed the importance of eliminating discrimination and social stigma attached to AIDS.
"Twenty years ago, I'm the one who was scared about HIV . . . but from the education I learned that's wrong," he said. "Otherwise, [victims] cannot go to work, they cannot go to school, and they would be hiding in their houses."
The Hong Kong native and martial arts expert, known for his Hollywood hits Rush Hour, Rumble in the Bronx and Shanghai Noon, arrived from Cambodia where he helped to raise awareness on land mines.
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