The Malaysian AIDS Council uses the data supplied quarterly by the Ministry of Health as a basis to advocate for sex education for the young. Facts and figures are also necessary tools in education. They range from awareness seminars, workshops, lectures, exhibitions, to television programmes. Some are straight information giving talks while others are designed with consideration to the need of adolescents to be interactive, and to be free to express themselves. Still others exploit the need for adolescents to spend their energy in the latest information technology.
Seminars are probably the easiest to organise, yet the least effective.
They are highly dependent on the ability of the speakers to retain the attention of their audience. Furthermore, it is also difficult to find trained speakers who are comfortable to handle emotional and sexuality issues. Most may be conversant only in Tamil, Mandarin or in a Chinese dialect. In East Malaysia, there are even other ethnic group dialects to consider. Unfortunately, there are not enough speakers or trainers volunteering to be trained in these languages.