WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1983
YOUTHS WARNED NOT TO TAKE DRUGS
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THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF HONG KONG MUST TREASURE THEIR YOUTH AND HEALTH AND NEVER BE TEMPTED INTO DRUG ABUSE, THE CIVIL AID SERVICES COMMISSIONER, MR ROGER LOBO, WARNED TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 1983 ANTI-NARCOTICS YOUTH CAMP, MR LOBO, SAID, IN THE YEARS AHEAD WHEN THE TIME COMES FOR YOU TO TAKE YOUR PLACES IN THE ADULT WORLD, YOU WILL MEET DIFFERENT PROBLEMS, AMONG WHICH MAY BE DRUGS.
+ IN THE ANTI-NARCOTICS YOUTH CAMP YOU WILL LEARN A LOT ABOUT THE EVILS OF DRUGS. ARMED WITH THIS KNOWLEDGE YOU WILL NO DOUBT BE ABLE TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM AND BE READY TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY WELL,+ HE SAID.
THE 1983 ANTI-NARCOTICS YOUTH CAMP, SPONSORED BY THE LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 303, WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS (ACAN) AND THE CIVIL AID SERVICES AS PART OF THE ACAN'S TERRİTORY-WIDE PREVENTIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMME THIS YEAR.
THE FOUR-DAY CAMP BEGAN YESTERDAY (TUESDAY) AT THE YMCA WU KAI SHA YOUTH VILLAGE. IT HAS ATTRACTED ABOUT 820 YOUTH LEADERS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 14 AND 18 FROM 11 UNIFORMED YOUTH GROUPS.
THEY WERE CIVIL AID SERVICES CADET CORPS, HONG KONG RED CROSS, ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE CADET SCHOOL, RÖYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT (JUNIOR LEADERS), ROAD SAFETY ASSOCIATION, GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION, ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE, BOYS BRIGADE OF HONG KONG, AIR CADET CORPS, SEA CADET CORPS AND SCOUT ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG.
THE ORGANISERS HOPE THAT THROUGH THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF YOUNG CAMPERS IN HEALTHY AND CONSTRUCTIVE PURSUITS, AND THROUGH THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES ORGANISED BY THE NARCOTICS DIVISION DURING THE CAMP, THE ANTI-NARCOTICS MESSAGE WILL REACH NOT ONLY THE CAMPERS BUT WILL BE DISSEMINATED BY THEM AMONG THEIR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES, PARTICULARLY THOSE OF THEIR OWN AGE GROUPS WHO ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO THE RISK OF DRUG ABUSE.
APART FROM THE ANTI-NARCOTICS SEMINAR AND EXHIBITION, THE ACTIVITIES ALSO INCLUDED TELE-GAMES, SPORTS, FILM SHOWS, A CAMP FIRE AND A VARIETY SHOW IN WHICH MISS FRIENDSHIP 1983, SYLVIA CHUNG SANG.
ATTENDING THE OPENING CEREMONY TODAY WERE THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HONOURABLE D.G, JEAFFRESON: THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY COMMITTEE OF ACAN, MR K.L. STUMPF; THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR G.L. MORTIMER: MRY.C. PI, DISTRICT GOVERNOR LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 303, AND THE CIVIL AID SERVICES CADET CORPS COMMANDANT, MR HOWARD YOUNG.
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