THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1979
+BETWEEN OCTOBER 1 AND MIDNIGHT LAST (WEDNESDAY) NIGHT, FIREMEN TACKLED A TOTAL OF 603 HILL FIRES COMPARED WITH 308 IN THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, HE SAID.
MORE THAN HALF OF THE FIRES OCCURRED IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, HE NOTED.
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT THE FIRE SERVICES HAVE SO FAR THIS MONTH RESPONDED TO 1 558 FIRE CALLS WHICH WERE 676 MORE THAN THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ORGANISES WHO TRAINING COURSE ON TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION OF DRUG DEPENDENTS
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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAS ORGANISED THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION'S (WHO) FIRST INTER-REGIONAL TRAINING COURSE FOR PHYSICIANS ON THE TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION OF DRUG DEPENDENT PERSONS TO BEGIN ON OCTOBER 30, 1979.
THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR. PETER LEE, TODAY (THURSDAY) SAID: +THIS MONTH-LONG TRAINING COURSE IS ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AS PART OF ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FIGHT AGAINST DRUG ABUSE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF INTENSIVE TRAINING PROGRAMMES IN TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION FOR OVERSEAS PERSONNEL, ESPECIALLY THOSE FROM THE ASIAN REGION.
+TWENTY PHYSICIANS FROM EGYPT, AFGHANISTAN, BURMA, THAILAND, MALAYSIA, HONG KONG, INDONESIA AND THE PHILIPPINES WILL PARTICIPATE IN THIS INTENSIVE TRAINING COURSE.
+THE HEAD OF THE WHO DRUG DEPENDENCE PROGRAMME, DR, AWNI ARIF AND THE WHO CONSULTANT FOR THE COURSE, PROFESSOR JOSEPH WESTERMEYER WILL ATTEND SOME OF THE SESSIONS.+
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS (ACAN), SIR ALBERT RODRIGUES, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING OF THIS TRAINING COURSE AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL CHAMBER ON OCTOBER 30 AND THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR. K.L. THONG, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE CLOSING ON NOVEMBER 28.
MR. LEE SAID THE FACT THAT HONG KONG WAS THE ORGANISER OF THIS TRAINING COURSE. INDICATED THAT THE WHO RECOGNISED THE EFFORTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS MADE HERE IN ADDICT TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION PROGRAMMES BY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT, AND LOCAL VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.
THE TRAINING COURSE AIMS AT PROVIDING AN IN-DEPTH STUDY INTO THE LATEST ANTI-NARCOTICS TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION POLICIES AND METHODS.
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