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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1983
YOUTH GROUPS PRAISED FOR ANTI-NARCOTICS WORK
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MEMBERS OF THE YOUTH VOLUNTEER GROUP OF THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS (ACAN) WERE PRAISED FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS 'ANTI-NARCOTICS WORK.
THE TRIBUTE WAS PAID BY THE PRINCIPAL INFORMATION OFFICER OF THE NARCOTICS DIVISION, MR HANDRICK NG WHILE SPEAKING AT THE ANTI-NARCOTICS CREATIVE ACTIVITIES 1983 PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY-CUM-VARIETY SHOW HELD AT THE WO CHE COMMUNITY HALL IN SHA TIN THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING.
+THROUGH DIRECT PARTICIPATION IN ACAN ́S COMMUNITY
INVOLVEMENT WORK AND THEIR SELF-INITIATED PROJECTS OVER THE PAST YEARS, THE YOUTH VOLUNTEERS HAVE CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TOWARDS A WORTHY SOCIAL CAUSE,+ MR NG SAID.
THEY HELPED SPREAD THE ANTI-NARCOTICS MESSAGE TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE MOST AT RISK OF BEING LURED INTO TAKING DRUGS OR TRAFFICKING IN DRUGS, HE ADDED.
THE ANTI-NARCOTICS CREATIVE ACTIVITIES 1983, SPONSORED MAINLY BY THE LIONESS CLUB OF MT. PHOENIX, HONG KONG, WAS ORGANISED BY THE ACAN YOUTH VOLUNTEER GROUP AS ITS MAJOR PROJECT FOR THE YEAR.
THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT WAS TO SPREAD THE ANTI-NARCOTICS MESSAGES THROUGH PROMOTION OF HEALTHY ACTIVITIES AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE.
THE TWO-MONTH LONG PROJECT WAS LAUNCHED IN OCTOBER WITH A SERIES OF COMPETITIONS, INCLUDING BOOKMARK AND SLOGAN DESIGN, DRAMA SCRIPT WRITING, LYRIC WRITING AND ON-THE-SPOT DRAWING. THE THEME OF THE COMPETITIONS WAS 'STRIVE FOR A BRIGHT FUTURE, DONT'T TAKE DRUGS'.
THE COMPETITIONS WERE OPEN TO YOUTHS RESIDING IN SHA TIN, TAI PO, FANLING AND SHEUNG SHUI DISTRICTS, ABOUT 500 ENTRIES WERE RECEIVED.
+ IT IS HOPED THAT THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN THESE COMPETITIONS, YOUNG PEOPLE CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF ILLICIT DRUGS AND WILL STEER AWAY FROM THEM,+ MR NG SAID.
THE VARIETY SHOW, WHICH ATTRACTED MORE THAN 400 YOUTHS FEATURED LION DANCES, A PIANO SOLO, FOLK DANCING AND SINGING.
WINNERS OF THE DRAMA SCRIPT AND LYRIC WRITING COMPETITIONS ALSO STAGED PERFORMANCES AT THE SHOW.
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