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SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1976
OF THE VIOLET PEEL METHADONE DETOXIFICATION CENTRE, THE DIRECTOR SAID SOME 140 HAD BEEN REGISTERED FOR TREATMENT UP TO JUNE 18, WITH AN ATTENDANCE RATE OF 70 PER CENT, WHICH IS CONSIDERED TO BE SATISFACTORY.
+ALTHOUGH THE NUMBER IS NOT SIGNIFICANTLY LARGE, THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT THE FACILITIES ARE AVAILABLE AT ALL TIMES TO THOSE WHO MAY REQUIRE TREATMENT IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER,+ HE SAID.
DR. CHOA SAID HE REGARDED THE THREE-YEAR METHADONE MAINTENANCE TRIAL SCHEME AS SUCCESSFUL.
SOME 7,100 HAVE NOW BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE DEPARTMENT'S FOUR METHADONE MAINTENANCE CENTRES. THE AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE AT THESE CENTRES IS 2,362, AN INCREASE OF 22 PER CENT OVER TWO MONTHS AGO AND 54 PER CENT AS COMPARED WITH DECEMBER LAST YEAR.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
A PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE GIS THEATRE ON MONDAY, JUNE 21, AT 3.30 P.M. WHEN DETAILS OF THE NEW METHADONE DETOXIFICATION CENTRES WILL BE GIVEN. DR. CHOA, TOGETHER WITH THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR. E.I. LEE, AND THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (NARCOTICS), DR. K.F. CHAN, WILL BE PRESENT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
ALSO PRESENT AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE SIR ALBERT RODRIGUES, CHAIRMAN OF ACAN, AND REV. K.L. STUMPF CHAIRMAN OF ACAN'S PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY SUB-COMMITTEE.
YOU ARE WELCOME TO SEND A REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE PRESS CONFERENCE.
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