WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1982
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DRUG OFFENCES INVOLVING PERSONS UNDER 21
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SIX-HUNDRED-AND-NINETY-THREE PERSONS UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE
WERE PROSECUTED FOR DRUG OFFENCES, MAKING UP NINE PER CENT OF THE TOTAL DRUG CASES LAST YEAR, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON LEWIS DAVIES, SAID AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
IN 1980, THE FIGURES WERE 304 YOUNG PEOPLE OUT OF 5 609 CASES, SHOWING AN INCREASE OF 389 CASES BETWEEN THE TWO YEARS, HE SAID.
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON HO KAM-FAI, MR DAVIES SAID ALSO THAT THE ANTI-NARCOTICS EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY ACTIVITIES ARE CO-ORDINATED AT THE POLICY LEVEL BY A SUB-COMMITTEE FOR PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY OF THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS', OR ACAN FOR SHORT.
THE PUBLICITY PROGRAMME EMBRACES A WIDE RANGE OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PROJECTS AND PUBLICITY, THROUGH THE MASS MEDIA, AS WELL AS DISTRICT CAMPAIGNS, YOUTH PROGRAMMES, DISCUSSION GROUPS, SCHOOL COMPETITIONS, AND CONCERTS, HE SAID.
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GREATER PARTICIPATION SEEN
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THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY APPROVED THE CORRUPT AND ILLEGAL PRACTICES (AMENDMENT) BILL AND THE URBAN COUNCIL AND DISTRICT BOARDS (ELECTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS OF MEMBERS) (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) BILL.
SPEAKING AT THE SECOND READING DEBATE OF THE BILLS MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG BELIEVED THEY WOULD ENCOURAGE GREATER PARTICIPATION IN DISTRICT BOARDS ELECTIONS BY NEW TERRITORIES RESIDENTS.
HOWEVER, HE EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT THE ELECTION EXPENSES LIMIT OF $10 ̊000 WAS NOT ENOUGH FOR A CANDIDATE TO MEET THE EXPENSES FOR TRANSPORTING VOTERS TO AND FROM A POLLING STATION AND ORGANISE HIS CAMPAIGN WITH ADEQUATE PUBLICITY.
+1 AM AFRAID THAT THE ENTHUSIASM OF THE VOTERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN WILL BE AFFECTED AS A RESULT, + HE SAID.
MR CHEUNG WELCOMED THE PROVISION WHICH ENABLED URBAN RESIDENTS TO BE ELECTED OR APPOINTED TO THE NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICT FOARDS.
HE SAID ABOUT ONE IN FIVE OF THE 1.3 NEW TERRITORIES POPULATION WERE INDIGENOUS RESIDENTS AND THE MAJORITY OF NEW RESIDENTS WERE FORMERLY URBAN RESIDENTS.
HE BLIEVED THAT THE URBAN LIVING EXPERIENCE WOULD BENEFIT THE NEW TERRITORIES IN THE LONG RUN.
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