SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1979
* TO DEVELOP A MORE SYMPATHETIC AND UNDERSTANDING
ATTITUDE AMONG THE RESIDENTS TOWARDS THOSE WHO HAVE, UNFORTUNATELY, BECOME DRUG ABUSERS AND
* TO ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO REPORT ANY ILLEGAL DRUG
TRAFFICKING ACTIVITIES.
IN ADDITION, THE WAN CHAI CAMPAIGN WILL ALSO EMPHASISE BOTH THE PREVENTION OF FEMALE DRUG ADDICTION AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO WOMEN DRUG ADDICTS TO SEEK TREATMENT.
+FOR ALTHOUGH DRUG ADDICTION AMONG WOMEN IS NOT CURRENTLY VERY SERIOUS, WE ARE AWARE THAT IT HAS BEEN INCREASING, HE SAID.
HONG KONG'S ANTI-NARCOTICS EFFORTS ARE SUCCEEDING. +DRUG PRICES ON THE STREETS ARE AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH, ATTENDANCES AT OUR OUT-PATIENT TREATMENT CLINICS HAVE NEVER BEEN GREATER, THE NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER 21 IN DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTRES AND IN THE SOCIETY FOR THE AID AND REHABILITATION OF DRUG ABUSERS (SARDA) HAS BEEN DECLINING FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS. THERE HAS BEEN A MAJOR DROP IN THOSE CONVICTED FOR MINOR DRUG OFFENCES OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
+IN ADDITION, PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR OUR ANTI-NARCOTICS BATTLE HAS BEEN GROWING AS SHOWN BY THE LARGE NUMBERS OF PARTICIPANTS AND VOLUNTEER WORKERS AT OUR VARIOUS CAMPAIGNS AND OTHER ANTI-DRUG ACTIVITIES, HE SAID.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR. CHAM SIU-LUEN TOLD THE GATHERING THAT MORE THAN 400 LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, INCLUDING AREA COMMITTEES, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND SCHOOLS, HAD SPENT MORE THAN THREE MONTHS IN PREPARING A TOTAL OF 80 ANTI-DRUG PROGRAMMES FOR ABOUT 230 000 RESIDENTS IN THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT, WHICH ALSO COVERS HAPPY VALLEY, TAI HANG AND CAUSEWAY BAY.
MR. CHAM SAID: +1 AM MOST CONFIDENT THAT THE WAN CHAI CAMPAIGN WILL BE A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS.+
SIR ALBERT WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR. PETER LEE AT THE OPENING OF THE WAN CHAI CAMPAIGN, WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY A TWO-HOUR VARIETY SHOW.
THE WAN CHAI CAMPAIGN IS THE FIRST OF THREE INTENSIVE DISTRICT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT CAMPAIGNS TO BE ORGANISED THIS YEAR BY THE ACAN. THE OTHER TWO MONTH-LONG CAMPAIGNS WILL BE HELD IN MONG KOK AND TSUEN WAN.
THIS YEAR'S CAMPAIGN ARE TARGETED AT MORE THAN ONE MILLION RESIDENTS LIVING IN THE THREE DISTRICTS.
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