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The Club has two types of membership: ordinary members who are former addicts and associate members comprising persons interested in the problem and seeking to help. There is a small monthly subscription. Two

club houses are maintained one in Wanchai, on Hong Kong Island, and the

other in Tung Tau Resettlement Estate Kowloon where former addicts and their families can meet together in modest though comfortable premises and enjoy recreational and social programmes away from the pressure of urban society. The clubs are administered by an advisory committee elected

at an annual general meeting. The advisory committee is assisted by house

management committees, one for each club house made up of ordinary and

associate members.

CONCLUSION

Since the Drug Addiction Treatment Centres Ordinance became law

on the 17th January, 1969 a total of

admitted to the centres. To date a total of

have been discharged. Of these,

males and

males and

males and

females have completed

females have been

females

the mandatary supervisory period of 12 months following discharge.

Enquiries should be addressed to:

Commissioner of Prisons

Prisons Department H.Q.,

Arbuthnot Road,

HONG KONG.

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