SUNDAY, MAY 1, 1983
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ANTI-NARCOTICS MESSAGE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
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THE NUMBER OF YOUNG ADDICTS AGED BETWEEN 15 AND 24 HAS BEEN INCREASING IN THE PAST TWO OR THREE YEARS, ACCORDING TO THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR ALBERT LAM.
OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN AT THE CHATER ROAD PEDESTRIAN PRECINCT THIS (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON, MR LAM POINTED OUT THAT IN 1980, 20 PER CENT OF THE ADDICTS WERE YOUNG PEOPLE. +AND UP TO THE FIRST HALF YEAR OF 1982, THE FIGURE HAS GONE UP TO 22 PER CENT, HE SAID.
+THIS TREND IS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE CONCERN. WE THEREFORE NEED MORE TERRITORY-WIDE PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNS TO EDUCATE AND WARN THE YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT THE DANGER OF TAKING DRUGS.+
THE OPENING OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN ALSO HERALDS THE LAUNCHING OF A SERIES OF SIMILAR ACTIVITIES, TO BE JOINTLY ORGANISED BY DISTRICT OFFICES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND URBAN AREAS, AND THE NARCOTICS DIVISION IN THE COMING MONTHS.
+THROUGH THESE ACTIVITIES, WE HOPE TO DRIVE HOME THE ANTI-NARCOTICS MESSAGE, MR LAM ADDED.
ALSO OFFICIATING AT TODAY'S CEREMONY WERE THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR TONY COOPER: THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PREVENTIVE, EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE NARCOTICS DIVISION, MR KARL STUMPF; CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR LEUNG SIK-WAH; CENTRAL POLICE DISTRICT COMMANDER, MR R.C. LIDSTER; THE WESTERN POLICE DISTRICT COMMANDER, MR B.J. DEEGAN, AND DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS.
SAFETY SEMINAR FOR PLASTICS INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES
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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TODAY (SUNDAY) URGED EMPLOYERS OF THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY TO ARRANGE FOR THEIR STAFF TO ATTEND A ONE-DAY SAFETY SEMINAR.
ORGANISED BY THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY SAFETY SUB-COMMITTEE UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND ACCIDENT PREVENTION OF THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD, THE SEMINAR IS AIMED AT MAKING EMPLOYEES IN THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY MORE AWARE OF SAFETY AT WORK.
THE SEMINAR WILL BE HELD AT THE CHINESE Y.M.C.A., WATERLO0 ROAD CENTRE, ON MAY 20, 1983. MR WONG PO-YAN, AN UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY.
/SAFETY PROFESSIONALS
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