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SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1975.
ANTI-NARCOTICS CHINESE PLAYWRITING COMPETITION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
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A CHINESE PLAYWRITING COMPETITION STRESSING THE EVILS OF DRUG-TAKING IN DRAMATIC FORM, WITH VALUABLE PRIZES, WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY BY THE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY COMMITTEE OF. THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS (ACAN).
AN ESSENTIAL FOR CONSIDERATION WHEN JUDGING ENTRIES WILL DE THEIR SUITABILITY FOR CONVERTION INTO AN EDUCATIONAL FILM, LASTING DETWEEN 15 AND 30 MINUTES, FOR PUBLIC SCREENING.
+THE OBJECT OF THE COMPETITION AND THE FILM IS TO PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING OF THE HARM OF DRUG ADDICTION BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY AMONG THE YOUNG,+ EXPLAINED DR. MARY BOARD, A COMMITTEE MEMBER.
THE COMPETITION IS OPEN TO STUDENTS OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND ALL YOUNG PEOPLE IN HONG KONG.
THERE WILL BE FOUR SECTIONS:
* PLAYS SUBMITTED BY STUDENTS OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT.
* PLAYS SUBMITTED BY STUDENTS OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS AS GROUPS.
* PLAYS SUBMITTED BY YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE+OPEN+ NEED NO LONGER BE STUDYING - IN THEIR OWN RIGHT,
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* PLAYS SUBMITTED BY YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE +OPEN+ AS GROUPS.
COMPETITORS FOR THE FIRST TWO SECTIONS MUST BE AGED BELOW 20 BEFORE OCTOBER 31 THIS YEAR, AND FOR THE LAST TWO SECTIONS BELOW 28.
DR. BOARD SAID STUDENTS OF ALL LOCAL SCHOOLS, INCLUDING EVENING SCHOOLS, WERE QUALIFIED FOR SUBMISSION OF ENTRIES FOR THE SECONDARY SECTIONS.
THERE WILL BE 12 CASH PRIZES IN ALL TOTALLING $8,000, AND EACH OF THE FOUR SECTIONS WILL HAVE THREE PRIZES: SECONDARY $500, $300, AND $200- OPEN $1,500, $1,000 AND $500.
DR. BOARD EMPHASISED THERE WAS A LIMIT OF 7,000 CHARACTERS FOR ALL PLAYS SUBMTTED, AND THE PANEL OF ADJUDICATORS WOULD COMPRISE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY COMMITTEE OF ACAN, A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTHENT, AND MR. LIU CHIU SHENG, A WELL-KNOWN DRAMATIST.
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