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MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1983
YOUTHS TO HEAR ABOUT SMOKING HAZARD
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ABOUT 1 200 LOCAL SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS WILL ATTEND TWO ANTI-SMOKING SEMINARS TOMORROW (TUESDAY) IN THE NORTH DISTRICT OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THERE WILL BE TALKS, SLIDE AND FILM SHOWS, ARRANGED BY THE ADVENTIST HOSPITAL, FOCUSING ON THE BAD EFFECTS OF SMOKING TO HEALTH.
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THE SEMINARS, AIMED AT DISCOURAGING YOUNG PEOPLE FROM TAKING UP THE SMOKING HABIT, ARE PART OF A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE ANTI-SMOKING WORKING GROUP OF THE NORTH DISTRICT BOARD. OTHER EVENTS, INCLUDING ESSAY AND SLOGAN COMPETITIONS, ARE NOW IN PROGRESS.
TOMORROW'S SEMINARS WILL BE HELD AT 11.30 AM AND 1.30 PM RESPECTIVELY AT TUNG WAH GROUPS OF HOSPITAL NUMBER 11 AND 12 SCHOOLS IN CHOI YUEN ESTATE, SHEUNG SHUI.
SRI LANKAN PRISON OFFICIAL VISITING ***
SRI LANKA'S DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS, MR C.T. JANSZ, TODAY VISITED SIX INSTITUTIONS OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
HE IS CURRENTLY ON A STUDY TOUR TO LOOK OVER VARIOUS HONG KONG CORRECTIONAL PROGRAMMES AND FACILITIES.
EARLIER TODAY, MR JANSZ TOURED THE LAI CHI KOK RECEPTION CENTRE, PIK UK CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, PIK UK PRISON, STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE, STANLEY PRISON AND TUNG TAU CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION. HE WAS BRIEFED BY THE SUPERINTENDENTS IN CHARGE OF THE INSTITUTIONS AND SHOWN THE VARIOUS FACILITIES.
HE SHOWED GREAT INTEREST IN THE MULTI-STOREY LAUNDRY OF PIK UK PRISON, WHICH IS MANNED BY PRISONERS. THE LAUNDRY CAN HANDLE 50 000 PIECES OF SOILED LINEN A DAY FOR GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS AND CLINICS.
TOMORROW, MR JANSZ WILL CALL AT THE HE! LING CHAU ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTRE, LAI SUN CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION AND LEI KWU CHAU ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTRE.
DURING HIS STAY, HE WILL ALSO BE HOLDING DISUCSSIONS WITH THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR GARTH HYDES.
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