THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25. 1979
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TOPICS FOR THE TRAINING COURSE WILL INCLUDE THE MEDICAL, BEHAVIOURAL AND SOCIAL TREATMENT OF DRUG DEPENDENCE, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY INTERVENTIONS, PREVENTIVE EDUCATION, LEGISLATION AND TRAINING SKILLS.
MR. LEE SAID PARTICIPANTS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A FIRST-HAND LOOK AT THE ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT OF HONG KONG'S MULTI-MODALITY TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION PROGRAMMES AND TO DISCUSS THEM WITH THE HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS AND STAFF OF THE
INSTITUTIONS CONCERNED.
+THE TRAINING COURSE WILL BE OUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORLD- WIDE CAMPAIGN AGAINST DRUG ABUSE AND WE HOPE IT WILL LEAD TO A STIMULATING EXCHANGE OF VIEWS AND IDEAS BETWEEN HONG KONG EXPERTS AND THOSE OF THE COUNTRIES PARTICIPATING IN THE COURSE
MR. LEE REITERATED THAT ALL THE INDICATIONS ARE THAT HONG KONG IS CONTAINING ITS DRUG ABUSE PROBLEM AND HAS MADE STEADY INROADS IN PREVENTING YOUNG PEOPLE FROM EXPERIMENTATION WITH DRUGS.
+SUCCESSES IN ANTI-NARCOTICS LAW ENFORCEMENT BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE AND THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE HAVE KEPT THE STREET PRICES OF DRUG AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH AND IT NOW COSTS AN ADDICT $150-250 A DAY TO SATISFY HIS ADDICTION. THIS EFFECTIVELY PRICES MOST ADDICTS OUT OF THE MARKET, AND IS A POWERFUL INDUCEMENT TO THEM TO SEEK TREATMENT.
+THE NUMBER OF ADDICTS ATTENDING TREATMENT FACILITIES AND ON AFTERCARE DAILY HAS NEVER BEEN GREATER AND SUSTAINED PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY PROGRAMMES HAVE HELPED TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF NEW RECRUITS TO DRUG ABUSE,+ MR. LEE SAID.
HONG KONG HAS AN ESTIMATED 35 000 TO 50 000 DRUG ADDICTS OF WHOM LESS THAN FOUR PER CENT ARE UNDER 20 YEARS OF AGE.
TALKS WITH EEC ON SUSPENDED TEXTILE ITEMS
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FOLLOWING THREE DAYS OF DISCUSSIONS, TALKS ON THE EEC'S REQUEST FOR RESTRAINT BY HONG KONG ON THE EXPORT OF TEXTILE CATEGORIES 68 (BABIES' KNITTED UNDERGARMENT) AND 82 (KNITTED UNDERGARMENTS OF WOOL AND REGENERATED FIBRES) WERE INCONCLUSIVE, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
+HOWEVER, A SUBSTANTIAL DEGREE OF AGREEMENT WAS REACHED IN RESPECT OF CATEGORY 109 (SAILS),+ HE SAID,
BOTH SIDES ARE NOW REPORTING TO THEIR RESPECTIVE AUTHORITIES, WITH A VIEW TO RESUMING TALKS IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
THE HONG KONG DELEGATION WAS LED BY THE DEPARTMENT'S ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (COMMERCIAL RELATIONS) EEC, MR. P.K. KIANG, AND THE EEC COMMISSION WAS REPRESENTED BY MR. G. BOISNON.
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