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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1
HE ADDED: THE COMMITTEE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CARRY OUT SUCH AN IMPORTANT TASK WITHOUT THE SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE OF THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS AND VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED WITH ANTI-DRUG EFFORTS.
+I AM CONFIDENT THAT THE CAMPAIGN WILL BE A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS.+
CITY DISTRICT OFFICER (CENTRAL AND WESTERN), MR EDDY CHAN SAID THAT THE OBJECTIVES OF THE CAMPAIGN WERE TO APPEAL FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND SUPPORT IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE DRUG ABUSE PROBLEM, TO DISSUADE YOUNG PEOPLE FROM EVER EXPERIMENTING WITH DRUGS AND TO URGE DRUG ADDICTS TO COME FORWARD FOR TREATMENT.
DURING THE CAMPAIGN PERIOD, INTENSIVE PUBLICITY WILL BE MOUNTED ON TELEVISION, RADIO AND IN THE PRESS TO GIVE WIDER COVERAGE TO THE ANTI-DRUG MESSAGE.
ALSO SPEAKING AT THE CONFERENCE WAS MR BOWEN LEUNG. HE SAID THAT THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST OF THREE INTENSIVE DISTRICT ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGNS TO BE INITIATED BY THE ACAN THIS YEAR AND ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE.
+ THE SECOND ANTI-DRUG DISTRICT CAMPAIGN WILL BE HELD IN YUEN LONG BETWEEN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER AND THE THIRD IN YAU MA TEI BETWEEN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER,+
MR KARL STUMPF PRAISED THE COMMITTEE FOR ITS HARD WORK AND SAID THAT THE EXCITING PROGRAMME PLANNED FOR THE NEXT FOUR WEEKS WOULD HELP STIMULATE AND SOLICIT THE ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT AND PARTICIPATION OF THE COMMUNITY IN COMBATING HONG KONG'S DRUG PROBLEM.
SUBSIDIARY FERRY SERVICE FARES REVISION
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FARES FOR FERRY SERVICES BETWEEN SHAU KE WAN, RENNIE'S MILL AND HANG HAU WILL BE INCREASED FROM MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 8).
THE NEW PASSENGER FARES FOR AN ADULT OR CHILD WILL BE $1 FROM SHAU KEI WAN TO RENNIE'S MILL AND 70 CENTS FROM RENNIE'S MILL TO HANG HAU. THE OLD FARES ARE 80 CENTS AND 50 CENTS RESPECTIVELY.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE FREIGHT CHARGE FOR GOODS PER PICUL OR FOUR CUBIC FEET WILL BE INCREASED TO $1 FROM 50 CENTS A PIECE.
A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATION FOR FARE INCREASES BY THE HOP SHING KUNG FERRY COMPANY WAS GIVEN AFTER A DETAILED SURVEY INTO THE OPERATING COSTS OF THE SERVICES.
THE REVISION, HE SAID, WAS LARGELY DUE TO RISING OPERATING COSTS RESULTING FROM HIGHER FUEL PRICES.
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