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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1980
ANTI-DRUG EXHIBITION OPENS IN YUEN LONG
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AN ANTI-DRUG EXHIBITION WAS OPENED TODAY AT YUEN LONG
TOWN HALL.
THE EXHIBITION FORMS PART OF THE ONE-MONTH YUEN LONG DISTRICT ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN WHICH WAS LAUNCHED LAST SUNDAY.
ON DISPLAY ARE PHOTOGRAPHS AND CAPTIONS SHOWING HOW DRUGS AFFECT SOCIETY AND HOW THE GOVERNMENT AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES TACKLE THE PROBLEM.
THEY HAVE BEEN PUT UP BY THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS (ACAN) AND THE SOCIETY FOR THE AID AND REHABILITATION OF DRUG ABUSERS (SARDA).
EXAMPLES OF METHODS USED BY DRUG TRAFFICKERS TO EVADE CUSTOMS ARE ALSO ON DISPLAY. THEY INCLUDE A HOLLOWED OUT BIBLE, SHOES WITH THICK HOLLOW SOLES AND SPECIALLY TAILORED VESTS.
MORE THAN 160 ENTRIES IN AN ANTI-DRUG POSTER COMPETITION HELD EARLIER THIS MONTH AS ANOTHER PART OF THE CAMPAIGN ARE ALSO ON DISPLAY.
ALMOST 60 SCHOOLS TOOK PART. THE OVERALL WINNER WAS A FORM FOUR STUDENT, TONG CHI-CHEUNG, OF YUEN LONG SECONDARY SCHOOL. THE RUNNERS-UP WERE TSE CHOR-LIN (HEUNG YEE KUK SECONDARY SCHOOL), TO PO-YUK (LUTHERAN SECONDARY SCHOOL) AND WONG YING-MAY (ALSO YUEN LONG SECONDARY SCHOOL).
OFFICIATING AT THE RIBBON-CUTTING AND PRIZE-PRESENTATION CEREMONY WERE THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR PETER LEE THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER YUEN LONG, MR QUINTEN LEWIS- SARDA'S SOCIAL WELFARE SUPERINTENDENT MR JAMES CHIEN- AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EXHIBITION ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR CHOI CHONG-YIP.
THE EXHIBITION OPENS TO THE PUBLIC TOMORROW (FRIDAY) FROM 2 PM TO 9 PM, AND ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM.
NEARLY 30 OTHER ACTIVITIES ARE BEING HELD DURING THE CAMPAIGN, INCLUDING AN ATHLETICS DEMONSTRATION, A CONCERT, CANTONESE OPERAS, VARIETY SHOWS, FILM SHOWS, A FUNFAIR, AND TALKS AND SEMINARS IN SCHOOLS.
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