SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1980
SINCE 1973, THEREFORE, THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS (ACAN) HAD BEEN SPONSORING DISTRICT CAMPAIGNS, WHICH INVOLVED DISTRICT LEADERS AND RESIDENTS IN ORGANISING EVENTS AND PROGRAMMES FOR THEIR OWN CHILDREN, NEIGHBOURS AND COLLEAGUES.
IN SO DOING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY ACQUIRED A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF THE DRUG ABUSE PROBLEM AND WHAT WAS NEEDED TO MITIGATE AND ULTIMATELY TO RESOLVE IT.
HE SAID YUEN LONG WAS FORTUNATE TO HAVE SO MANY PUBLIC-SPIRITED COMMUNITY LEADERS AND CITIZENS WITH THE CONCERN, INTEREST AND COMPASSION TO DEVOTE THE IR INTEREST, THEIR TIME AND THEIR RESOURCES TO THE ANTI-NARCOTICS CAUSE. HE THANKED THE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF MR WONG KAM-YIP, FOR THEIR EFFORTS.
THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN IS THE TOWN'S FIRST. ACAN HAS PROVIDED $100 000 TOWARDS CAMPAIGN EXPENSES.
NEARLY 30 ACTIVITIES WILL BE HELD DURING THE ONE-MONTH CAMPAIGN PERIOD.
TODAY'S OPENING CEREMONY AT YUEN LONG STADIUM WAS FOLLOWED BY A ONE-AND-A-HALF-HOUR VARIETY SHOW FEATURING PERFORMANCES BY THE JOINT SERVICES PARACHUTE CLUB AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS.
THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR PETER LEE, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF ACAN'S PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY SUB-COMMITTEE, MR KARL STUMPF, WERE ALSO PRESENT.
SPECIAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE EXPANDED
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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT IS EXPANDING ITS EMPLOYMENT SERVICE WHICH CATERS TO UNIVERSITY GRADUATES AND PERSONS WITH POST- SECONDARY EDUCATION, AND TO EMPLOYERS LOOKING FOR PROFESSIONAL, ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL STAFF.
THE SERVICE · KNOWN AS SPECIAL REGISTER RODNEY BLOCK, QUEENSWAY,
IS LOCATED AT NEW
OWING TO INCREASED DEMAND FOR THE SERVICE A NEW BRANCH OFFICE WILL BE OPENED AT CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 4TH FLOOR, YAU MA TEI, TOMORROW (MONDAY) FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC LIVING IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES. THE TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR ENQUIRIES IS 3-695528.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THE SPECIAL REGISTER WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1973 AS AN EXTENSION OF THE LOCAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE TO PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE TO UNIVERSITY GRADUATES AND PEOPLE WITH POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION.
THE ASSISTANCE INCLUDED INTRODUCING JOB-SEEKERS TO EMPLOYERS, ADVISING JOB-SEEKERS ON SUITABLE JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND THE LABOUR MARKET SITUATION, AS WELL AS HELPING HONG KONG STUDENTS STUDYING OVERSEAS TO APPLY FOR JOBS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE.
THE SPECIAL