WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1980
GOVERNOR TO VISIT MANILA
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, WILL VISIT MANILA NEXT WEEK TO ADDRESS THE INTERTANKO SHIPPING ORGANISATION GENERAL MEETING.
SIR MURRAY WILL LEAVE ON APRIL 17 AND RETURN TO HONG KONG ON APRIL 19. DURING HIS STAY THE GOVERNOR WILL BE THE GUEST OF THE PHILIPPINES GOVERNMENT.
SIR MURRAY'S PROGRAMME WILL INCLUDE A CALL ON PRESIDENT MARCOS, A DINNER HOSTED BY HIM FOR MEMBERS OF ENTERTANKO, AND A VISIT TO THE REFUGEE PROCESSING CENTRE AT BATAAN.
SIR MURRAY WILL ALSO CALL ON THE PHILIPPINES FOREIGN MINISTER, GENERAL CARLOS ROMULO AND WILL ATTEND AN OFFICIAL DINNER HOSTED BY HIM.
THE GOVERNOR WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE POLITICAL ADVISER, DR DAVID WILSON.
ROLE OF EDUCATION IN PREVENTING DRUG ABUSE
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THE DRUG PROBLEM CAN ONLY BE ULTIMATELY CONTAINED THROUGH EFFECTIVE EDUCATION AND PREVENTIVE EFFORTS, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR KENNETH TOPLEY, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR TOPLEY WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE WEEK-LONG UNESCO MEETING ON THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN THE SOCIAL REINTEGRATION OF FORMER DRUG USERS+ IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL CHAMBER.
HE SAID THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN THIS FIELD MUST BE BROADLY BASED, AND COMMUNITY-WIDE, AND MUST EMBRACE THE FAMILIES, FRIENDS, EMPLOYERS AND FELLOW-WORKERS OF THOSE WHO HAD BEEN ADDICTED AND THOSE WHO WERE AT RISK OF BECOMING ADDICTED, AS WELL AS THE LEADERS OF SOCIETY,
EDUCATION OF THE CHILD ON THE DANGERS OF DRUGS CANNOT BE ACHIEVED SOLELY THROUGH THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, MR TOPLEY SAID.
+IT MUST START IN THE HOME, WITH THE PARENTS,+ HE ADDED.
IT WAS ALSO HIS FIRM CONVICTION THAT REINTEGRATING FORMER AND EXISTING DRUG DEPENDENT PERSONS INTO THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE BENEFICIAL BOTH TO SOCIETY AND THE INDIVIDUALS CONCERNED.
HOWEVER, IN DEVISING EFFECTIVE WAYS OF RE-ENTRY INTO THE COMMUNITY FOR AN ADDICT CURRENTLY UNDER OUT-PATIENT TREATMENT, OR WHO HAS COMPLETED AN IN-PATIENT COURSE, IT IS NECESSARY TO APPRECIATE NOT ONLY THE COMMUNITY'S ATTITUDE TO HIM, BUT HIS ATTITUDE TO THE COMMUNITY.
/SINCE 1976,