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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE WASHINGTON
TELNO MISC 033
OF 12070OZ JANUARY 89
INFO IMMEDIATE FCO
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
PART ONE OF TWO
YOUR TELNO 96: STATEMENT ON HONG KONG'S ANTI-NARCOTICS EFFORTS
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CONFIRMATION IN PARAGRAPH 2 OF TUR NOTED.
TEXT OF STATEMENT IS AS FOLLOWS:-
BEGINS
POLICY STATEMENT BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ON ITS ANTI-DRUG EFFORTS
''THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT FULLY SUPPORTS THE US GOVERNMENT'S OBJECTIVES IN THE SUPPRESSION OF THE ILLEGAL TRADE IN NARCOTICS WORLDWIDE, AND IS COMMITTED TO EXERTING EVERY EFFORT IN THE PURSUIT OF THESE OBJECTIVES BOTH ON ITS OWN COUNT AND IN COOPERATION WITH US AND OTHER NARCOTICS ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE AND THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE AUTHORITIES HAVE A LONG TRADITION OF ACTIVE COOPERATION WITH US AUTHORITIES. CONSIDERABLE RESOURCES ARE DEVOTED TO THIS WORK, AND THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS AND HIS STAFF ARE CONTINUALLY WORKING TOWARDS AN IMPROVEMENT AND EXPANSION IN OUR CAPACITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL EFFORT.
THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S FIRM POLICY OBJECTIVES ARE TO STOP THE ILLICIT TRAFFIC OF DRUGS INTO AND THROUGH HONG KONG AND TO ERADICATE DRUG ABUSE FROM THE COMMUNITY. TO ACHIEVE THIS, A COMPREHENSIVE ANTI-DRUG PROGRAMME HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED, ADOPTS A FOUR-PRONGED APPROACH:
(A) LAW ENFORCEMENT:
(D)
TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION:
WHICH
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