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Friday, March 29, 1974
SENIOR HONG KONG OFFICERS ON WORLD DRUG STUDE TOUR
A three-man Hong Kong team will spend a month visiting drug
addiction treatment research centres in Europe, the United States, and
Canada for a first-hand study of conditions there to see how to help
improve Hong Kong's fight against drug addiction.
The team comprises Sir Albert Rodrigues, in his capacity as
Chairman of the newly-reconstituted Action Committee Against Narcotics
(ACAN); Dr. Gerald Choa, Director of Medical and Health Services; and
Dr. T.M. Teoh, Senior Medical Officer in-charge of the Government's Pilot
Methadone Maintenance Treatment Centre in Sai Ying Pun.
The team will depart from Hong Kong at 8.30 a.m. tomorrow (Saturday),
returning at about 10.30 p.m. on April 27.
They will meet the Press at Kai Tak immediately after their
arrival to answer questions on their trip and findings.
Their itinerary includes talks in Geneva with senior officials
of the World Health Organisation; a week in London; a week in New York
for visits, among others, to the New York Methadone Maintenance Programme,
the Morris Bernstein Institute, and the New York State Narcotic Addiction
Control Commission.
From New York, the team will proceed to Toronto for discussions,
among others, with officials of the Drug Research Foundation.
Their next stop will be in Chicago for visits to the Epidemiology
Research Unit of the Illinois Drug Abuse Programme, and the Department of
Psychology of the University of Chicago.
From Chicago, they will fly to San Francisco to visit the Department
of Pharmacology of the University of California's Medical Centre, and other centres,
In Dr. Choa's absence, Dr. K.L. Thong, Deputy Director (Health), will
act as Director.
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