SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1980
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+ IF YOU ARE AN EMPLOYER, OFFER JOB OPPORTUNITIES TO TREATED ADDICTS -- FOR EMPLOYMENT AND RECOGNITION OF THEIR PLIGHT ARE GOOD THERAPIES TO REHABILITATE DRUG DEPENDENTS.
+SECOND, SHOW NO SYMPATHY TO DRUG TRAFFICKERS BY REPORTING TO THE POLICE OR CUSTOMS SERVICE.+
EXPOSE THEM
SIR ALBERT SAID: +YOUR HELP IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE OUR DRUG PROBLEM CAN ONLY BE ELIMINATED THROUGH UNITED ACTION OF THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.+
THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN IS THE FIRST OF THREE DISTRICT-LEVEL PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNS BEING SUPPORTED AND FINANCED THIS YEAR BY THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS IN CONJUNCTION WITH LOCAL ORGANISATIONS. TWO OTHER CAMPAIGNS WILL BE HELD IN YUEN LONG AND YAU MA TEI DISTRICTS BETWEEN OCTOBER AND DECEMBER.
DURING THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICTS' MONTH-LONG CAMPAIGN, THERE WILL BE MORE THAN 50 EVENTS, INCLUDING MASS WALKATHON, EXHIBITIONS, VARIETY SHOWS, MOBILE THEATRE PERFORMANCES, FILM SHOWS, RECREATIONAL AND ATHLETIC EVENTS FOR OVER 200 000 RESIDENTS IN THE AREA.
COLOURFUL ANTI-DRUG BANNERS AND POSTERS WILL ALSO BE DISPLAYED THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT TO BRING HOME THE MESSAGE TO THE RESIDENTS.
TODAY'S OPENING CEREMONY WAS FOLLOWED BY A TWO-HOUR VARIETY SHOW FEATURING TOP TELEVISION ARTISTS.
MANY ORGANISATIONS INCLUDING A NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT CIVIC LEADER MR CHAN LING-FUNG, AND THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE (CENTRAL AND WESTERN), HAVE SPENT THREE MONTHS IN ORGANISING THE CAMPAIGN.
TWO LOTS SOLD FOR $2 132.5 MILLION
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THE CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (SATURDAY) THE RESULTS OF SALE, BY TENDER, OF TWO VALUABLE SITES.
THE FIRST SITE, AT THE JUNCTION OF CANTON ROAD AND HAIPHONG ROAD, TSIM SHA TSUI, WAS SOLD FOR $1 314.3 MILLION,
THE 6 600 SQUARE METRE SITE WAS BOUGHT BY SILVERCORD LIMITED WHICH OFFERED THE HIGHEST TENDER PRICE. FIVE TENDERS WERE RECEIVED.
THE SITE IS FOR NON-INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES AND HOTEL DEVELOPMENT WILL BE PERMITTED.
THE OTHER VALUABLE SITE SOLD WAS AT AP LEI CHAU. THE SITE, PART OF WHICH IS TO BE RECLAIMED, HAS AN AREA OF 24 900 SQUARE METRES AND IS FOR INDUSTRIAL AND/OR GODOWN PURPOSES.
IT WAS SOLD FOR $818.2 MILLION TO ZETA ESTATES LIMITED. THERE WERE EIGHT TENDERS.
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