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VEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1974
MR. DAVIES ALSO OUTLINED ACTIONS TAKEN BY VARIOUS QUARTERS BOTH IN AND OUTSIDE OF HONG KONG IN THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUG ABUSE.
POINTING OUT THAT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND EDUCATION ABOUT DRUG ABUSE IS A CONTINUING PROCESS WHICH AFFECTS THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, HE SAID THE PRIME CONCERN MUST DE TO PROTECT THE YOUNG.
+ IT IS ENCOURAGING THAT THERE IS INCREASING AWARENESS OF THE NEED TO ENSURE, WITHOUT EXCITING TOO MUCH CURIOSITY, THAT YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY, ARE INFORMED OF THE DAIKENS OF DRUG ABUSE.+
THE ACAN HAS A SUB-COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CO-ORDINATING THE VARIOUS PROGRAMTES. SIMILAR EFFORTS ARE ALSO UNDERTAKEN BY THE CDUCATION DEPARTMENT, THE NARCOTICS BUREAU OF THE POLICE, THE PRISONS DEPARTIENT AND SARDA.
ON THE GOVERNMENT'S REVERTING TO PUELIC BURNING OF DRUGS AS SUGGESTED BY THE HON. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, HE SAID THIS WOULD CERTAINLY BE CONSIDERED. +WE PERFORMED THESE RITES IN 1957 AND 1969 AND ACAN WILL DECIDE WHETHER FURTHER CEREMONIES VILL HAVE A BENEFICIAL EFFECT ON PUBLIC OPINION.+
TOUCHING ON HONG KONG'S PARTICIPATION IN THE WORK OF THE VARIOUS INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES RESPONSIBLE FOR NARCOTICS CONTROL, HE SAID 1973 SAU A GREAT INCREASE IN ANTI-NARCOTICS ACTION IN BURMA AND THAILAND WHICH WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE RESULTED IN A SUBSTANTIAL DROP IN THE AMOUNT OF DRUGS PORTED INTO HONG KONG.
HE STRESSED THAT INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION HAD HELPED CONSIDERABLY TO REDUCE IMPORTS OF OPIUM INTO HONG KONG. AND, TO THIS END, THE NARCOTICS BUREAU AND THE PREVENTIVE SERVICE MAINTAINED THE CLOSEST LIAISON WITH OVERSEAS AUTHORITIES, ESPECIALLY IN THE PRODUCING COUNTRIES.
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+WE ARE ALSO ALIVE TO OUR OWN RESPONSIBILITIES TO STAMP OUT ANY POSSIBLE USE OF HONG KONG AS A BASE FOR HEROIN IMPORTS.+
HE ADDED THAT TWO EXPERIENCED NARCOTICS CUREAU OFFICERS HAD, ON THE DAY BEFORE THE PRESENT DEBATE BEGAN, LEFT FOR EUROPE TO INVESTIGATE REPORTS OF ARRESTS OF CHINESE IN POSSESSION OF HEROIN ALLEGEDLY PROCURED IN HONG KONG, AND TO ESTABLISH CLOSER CONTACT WITH ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THERE.
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