TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1982
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AT THE END OF 1980, THE WHOLESALE PRICE OF RAW OPIUM IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE AREA WAS $2 240 A KILOGRAM COMPARED TO $500 AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, A DECREASE OF 78 PER CENT, THE PRICE OF NO. 3 HEROIN IN CHING-MAI DECLINED BY 40 PER CENT DURING 1981.
IN HONG KONG THE WHOLESALE PRICE OF RAW OPIUM DECLINED BY 12 PER CENT FROM $19 800 A KILOGRAM IN AUGUST 1980 TO $17 500 IN DECEMBER 1981, AND THE WHOLESALE PRICE OF NO. 3 HEROIN DROPPED BY 54 PER CENT FROM $137 780 A KILOGRAM IN AUGUST 1980 TO $63 800 IN DECEMBER 1981, HE SAID.
MR TONG ALSO DETAILED VARIOUS METHODS TRAFFICKERS EMPLOYED AND HOW THE OCEAN-GOING VESSELS WERE BEING USED TO SMUGGLE HUGE QUANTITIES OF NARCOTICS.
A VERY CLOSE WATCH WOULD BE KEPT BY THE CUSTOMS SERVICE AGAINST ALL SMUGGLING ATTEMPTS, HE SAID,
CENTRAL AND WESTERN CDC WINDS UP
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THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN CITY DISTRICT COMMITTEE WHICH HAS REPRESENTED THE VIEWS OF THE DISTRICT FOR THE PAST YEARS IS WINDING UP TO MAKE WAY FOR THE DISTRICT BOARD NEXT MONTH,
AT ITS FINAL MEETING TODAY (TUESDAY), THE CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, MR TONY CLARK, THANKED ALL THE MEMBERS FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION OVER THE YEARS AND PRESENTED THEM WITH LETTERS OF APPRECIATION.
CITY DISTRICT COMMITTEES (CDC'S) WERE SET UP IN ALL URBAN DISTRICTS IN THE LATE 1960'S TO BRING TOGETHER NOMINATED REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PEOPLE LIVING AND WORKING IN THE DISTRICTS WITH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE AREAS.
+ THE SYSTEM HAS BEEN AN UNDOUBTED SUCCESS, SAID MR CLARK, +PARTICULARLY SO IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN WHERE CDC MEETINGS HAVÉ SEEN SOME FORTHRIGHT AND VERY ENCOURAGING DEBATE ACROSS THE TABLE,+
HE WAS GRATIFIED THAT THE SYSTEM WAS NOT BEING SCRAPPED BUT BEING STRENGTHENED WITH THE FORMATION OF DISTRICT BOARDS WHICH WILL PROVIDE A STRONGER SYSTEM OF RESPONSE ON THE GOVERNMENT SIDE AND AN ELEMENT OF ELECTED REPRESENTATION ON THE UNOFFICIAL SIDE.
MR CLARK NOTED THAT CENTRAL AND WESTERN HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE HEART OF HONG KONG.
+IT IS THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT, THE CENTRE OF THE BUSINESS AND TRADING COMMUNITY AND PLAYS A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE IMPORTATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD FOR THE TERRITORY.
+WHAT GOES ON HERE AFFECTS EVERYBODY, SO THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN CDC HAS HAD AN EXTREMELY USEFUL RÔLE TO PLAY.
+IF THE DISTRICT BOARD IS HALF AS EFFECTIVE AS THE CITY DISTRICT COMMITTEE, HE ADDED, IT WILL BE A RESOUNDING SUCCESS.+
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