MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1983
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THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY TWO OTHER LARGE-SCALE EVENTS:
AN ANTI-NARCOTICS EXHIBITION WITH AN ICE-SKATING SHOW
+THE DANCE OF NEW LIFE+ →→ IN CITY PLAZA, TAI KOO
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SHING ON MARCH 13, AND
* A CARNIVAL AT VICTORIA PARK ON MARCH 20, FEATURING VARIOUS
SPORTS EVENTS AND TELEMATCH GAMES.
THE CAMPAIGN WILL END WITH A POP CONCERT ON MARCH 28.
OTHER EVENTS WILL BE ORGANISED IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE DISTRICT. THEY WILL INCLUDE TALKS TO ALL SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT, SEMINARS AND ACTIVITIES IN YOUTH CENTRES, FREE MOVIE SHOWS, AND VISITS TO SHEK KWU CHAU TREATMENT CENTRE AND THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE TRAINING SCHOOL.
AN ESSAY-WRITING COMPETITION AND A QUIZ CONTEST WILL ALSO BE ORGANISED FOR ALL SECONDARY STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT, TOGETHER WITH A DRAWING COMPETITION FOR CHILDREN.
INTENSIVE BACK-UP PUBLICITY WILL BE STAGED BEFORE AND DURING THE CAMPAIGN THROUGH THE MASS MEDIA AND BY MEANS OF PUBLICITY VAN, POSTERS, BANNERS, STICKERS AND LEAFLETS TO SPREAD THE ANTI-DRUG MESSAGES.
THE CAMPAIGN WILL COST ABOUT $400 000, WHICH WILL BE COVERED BY THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS, THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD, RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG AND THE LIONS CLUB OF HONG KONG NORTH.
ALSO SPEAKING AT TODAY'S CONFERENCE WAS MR KARL STUMPF CHAIRMAN OF THE PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY SUB-COMMITTEE OF ACAN.
HE POINTED OUT THAT HONG KONG HAD MADE A GREAT DEAL OF PROGRESS IN THE ANTI-NARCOTICS WORK BUT THE SUCCESS IN ONE YEAR COULD BE WIPED OUT BY THE BUMPER HARVEST OF OPIUM CROP IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE IN THE SUBSEQUENT YEAR.
MR STUMPF SAID IT IS NOW UNIVERSALLY RECOGNISED THAT THE ONLY WAY TO COMBAT THE PROBLEM OF DRUG ABUSE IS TO ENGAGE IN EXTENSIVE DRUG EDUCATION AND PREVENTION PROGRAMMES, DIRECTED TOWARDS THE TOTAL COMMUNITY BUT WITH THE MAIN THRUST TOWARDS YOUNG PEOPLE.
ALSO ATTENDING TODAY'S CONFERENCE WERE MR C.M. LEUNG, ACTING COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS: MR H.T. LUI, DISTRICT OFFICER (EASTERN); MR MATTHEW CHEUNG, ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER (EASTERN); AND MR PETER MOK, CHAIRMAN, REHABILITATION OF REFORMED DRUG ADDICTS COMMITTEE, LIONS CLUB OF HONG KONG NORTH.
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