SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1981
YOUNG PEOPLE URGED TO HELP FIGHT DRUG ABUSE
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THE ACTING COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR LEUNG CHIN-MAN TODAY (SATURDAY) CALLED ON THE YOUNG PEOPLE TO JOIN HONG KONG'S BATTLE AGAINST NARCOTICS.
+YOUNG PEOPLE CAN OFTEN COME UP WITH INNOVATIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE IDEAS THAT MAY BRING ABOUT A CHANGE IN THE METHOD OF PREVENTING DRUG ABUSE, MR LEUNG SAID.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE TRAINING CAMP ON DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION ORGANISED BY THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS IN THE PAK TAM CHUNG CAMP OF PO LEUNG KUK.
HE TOLD CAMPERS THAT ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY PROGRAMME WAS TO RECRUIT AND TRAIN YOUNG PEOPLE TO PROMOTE A HEALTHY, DRUG-FREE SOCIETY IN HONG KONG THROUGH THEIR DIRECT PARTICIPATION IN ANTI-NARCOTICS WORK.
+THE TRAINING CAMP IS INDEED A VERY IMPORTANT AND ENCOURAGING STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, HE SAID.
+ IT IS HOPED THAT THE CAMP WILL ENABLE PARTICIPANTS TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THE PROBLEM OF DRUG ABUSE SO THAT THEY CAN HELP SPREAD THE ANTI-NARCOTICS MESSAGE TO THE OTHERS IN THEIR GENERATION, HE ADDED.
MR LEUNG SAID 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 TRAINING CAMP WOULD PROVIDE SOME INSIGHTS AND NEW APPROACHES THAT MIGHT BRING ABOUT CHANGE.
THE PROGRAMME OF THE TRAINING CAMP INCLUDE TALKS, GROUP DISCUSSIONS AND EXERCISE, FILM SHOWS AND RECREATIONAL AND SPORT ACTIVITIES.
THE TRAINING CAMP, WHICH ENDS ON MONDAY, BRINGS TOGETHER SOME 100 YOUNG PEOPLE FROM VARIOUS SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO RECENTLY JOINED THE ACAN VOLUNTEER GROUP.
THE OTHER SPEAKERS IN THE CAMP INCLUDE TWO SENIOR OFFICERS FROM THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICESI MR GEORGE YUEN, CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER AND MRS BETTY SHUM, PRINCIPAL INFORMATION OFFICER.
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