SUNDAY, JANUARY 11, 1981
YOUTHS URGED TO HELP FIGHT DRUGS
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THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS, MR KARL STUMPF TODAY (SUNDAY) CALLED ON THE YOUTHS OF HONG KONG TO COME UP WITH NEW AND CONSTRUCTIVE IDEAS THAT MAY BRING ABOUT A CHANGE IN THE METHOD OF TACKLING DRUG ABUSE.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE CLOSING OF THE STUDY CAMP ON DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION ORGANISED BY THE ACAN IN THE SAI KUNG OUTDOOR RECREATION CENTRE.
ALTHOUGH THERE WERE NO SINGLE OR SIMPLE SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM OF DRUG ABUSE IN HONG KONG OR ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, HE HOPED THE INTENSIVE STUDY CAMP PARTICIPATED BY 200 YOUTHS WOULD PROVIDE SOME INSIGHTS AND NEW APPROACHES THAT MIGHT BRING ABOUT CHANGE.
MR STUMPF ALSO PRAISED THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF HONG KONG FOR PLAYING A GROWING AND IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUG ABUSE AND SAID THAT THE STUDY CAMP HIGHLIGHTED THE INVOLVEMENT OF YOUTHS IN COMBATTING THE DRUG PROBLEM.
+ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE GROWING AND WILLING PARTICIPATION OF OUR COMMUNITY IS THE DISTRICT CAMPAIGNS WHICH THE ACAN
IS CARRYING OUT EACH YEAR. THESE CAMPAIGNS ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE THE CAMPAIGNS OF THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA WHERE THESE ARE HELD.
+THIS IS INDEED A VERY IMPORTANT AND ENCOURAGING STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, HE TOLD THE MEMBERS OF THE CAMP WHICH WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED BY MR PETER LEE, COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS YESTERDAY (SATURDAY).
THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE CAMP, COME FROM VARIOUS VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND IT WAS HELD TO ENHANCE THE INTEREST OF YOUTH LEADERS IN DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE TRAINING AND KNOWLEDGE IN ANTI-NARCOTICS WORK.
THE OTHER SPEAKERS IN THE CAMP WERE MR GEORGE YUEN, CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER OF GIS- MR JAMES MAK, SUPERVISOR OF CARITAS LOK HEEP CLUB AND MR EDDIE SO, PRINCIPAL INFORMATION OFFICER OF ICAC.
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