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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1982
ANTI-NARCOTICS CONCERT
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A PACKED GATHERING OF 2 000 DANCED TO THE TUNE OF AN ANTI- NARCOTICS POP CONCERT HELD THIS EVENING (WEDNESDAY) AT THE QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM, WAN CHAI.
THE CONCERT ENTITLED +TREASURE THE PRIME YEARS OF YOUR LIFE, EASTERN - 82 ANTI-NARCOTICS CONCERT+ WAS ORGANISED BY THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS AS PART OF ITS PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY PROGRAMME FOR THIS YEAR AND PRODUCED BY COMMERCIAL RADIO 11. IT WAS SPONSORED BY THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NARCOTICS DIVISION SAID THE OBJECTIVES OF THE CONCERT WERE TO PREVENT YOUNG PEOPLE FROM EXPERIMENTING WITH NARCOTIC DRUGS, AS WELL AS TO PROMOTE THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SCHEME.
POP CONCERTS HAD PROVED TO BE AMONG THE MOST EFFECTIVE VEHICLES FOR REACHING THE PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
PERFORMING AT THE TWO-HOUR CONCERT WERE SEVERAL OF HONG KONG'S YOUNG POP SINGERS, INCLUDING DANNY CHAN, LESLIE CHEUNG, RUTH CHEN, TERENCE CHOI AND FOUR POPULAR COMMERCIAL RADIO DISC-JOCKEYS. MISS WINNIE YU, SERVED AS COMPERE AT THE CONCERT.
THE CONCERT WAS BROADCAST LIVE ON COMMERCIAL RADIO 11.
AN ANTI-NARCOTICS EXHIBITION WAS HELD AT THE LOBBY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM BEFORE THE CONCERT BEGAN.
ADMISSION WAS BY FREE TICKETS, EARLIER DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE (EASTERN) AND THE TOM LEE PIANO CO., WHO SUPPLIED THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM.
MR CHARLES GATELY, CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER (EASTERN) PERFORMED A +SWITCH-ON+ CEREMONY TO MARK THE OPENING OF THE CONCERT.
THE ACTING COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR C.M. LEUNG, ALSO ATTENDED THE CONCERT AND PRESENTED SOUVENIRS TO PERFORMING ARTISTS AND SPONSORS.
QUESTS ATTENDING THE CONCERT INCLUDED THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE, MR DOUGLAS JORDAN, OFFICIAL AND UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD, REPRESENTATIVES OF VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND COMMUNITY LEADERS OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT.
MISS MARIA TAM AND MISS DEBRA CHOW, NEWLY-APPOINTED ACAN MEMBERS, ALSO ATTENDED.
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