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SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 1984
THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, STARTED THE WALK AT 9 AM, ACCOMPANIED BY THE DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR ALBERT LAM, WHO IS ALSO THE CHAIRMAN OF THIS YEAR'S KOWLOON WALK.
THE WALK COVERED A 15-KILOMETRE ROUTE VIA LEI YUE MUN ROAD, RENNIE'S MILL, PO LAM ROAD AND JUNK BAY ROAD, PASSING THROUGH SCENIC SPOTS AND AREAS UNDER DEVELOPMENT.
+APART FROM RAISING FUNDS FOR THE COMMUNITY CHEST, THE WALKERS THUS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE DEVELOPMENTS UNDERWAY IN JUNK BAY AND ITS VICINITY, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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KWUN TONG LAUNCHES ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN
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PARTICIPATION OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY IS ESSENTIAL IN BUILDING UP A CARING AND DRUG-FREE COMMUNITY, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM SAID THIS (SUNDAY) EVENING.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY CUM DISCO NIGHT OF THE KWUN TONG ANTI-NARCOITCS CAMPAIGN, MR WIGGHAM SAID PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS IN THE DISTRICT HAD COME TOGETHER TO FORM AN ORGANISING COMMITTEE FOR THE CAMPAIGN.
HE SAID: THEY HAVE DEVOTED MUCH TIME AND EFFORT TO PLANNING AND ORGANISING ACTIVITIES WHICH ARE MOST APPROPRIATE AND EFFECTIVE IN SPREADING THE ANTI-NARCOTICS MESSAGE, TAKING FULL ACCOUNT OF THE SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS AND NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT.+
MR WIGGHAM SAID KWUN TONG HAS A POPULATION OF 650 000, WITH A HIGHER THAN AVERAGE PROPORTION OF YOUNG PEOPLE.
HE CITED THE DISCO NIGHT AS AN EXAMPLE THAT THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE HAD CONSIDERED THE LOCAL CHARACTERISTICS WHEN ORGANISING THE CAMPAIGN PROGRAMME FOR ITS TARGET GROUP.
ALSO ADDRESSING THE 700 YOUTHS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE DISCO NIGHT AT THE KAI YIP ESTATE INDOOR SPORTS CENTRE WAS THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR GORDON MORTIMER.
MR MORTIMER POINTED OUT THAT ONE MAJOR OBJECTIVE OF THE ANTI-DRUG STRATEGY WAS TO PREVENT DRUG ABUSE AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE MOST EXPOSED TO THE RISK OF BECOMING DRUG ADDICTS.
+MOST OF THEM NEED TO FEEL A SENSE OF BELONGING TO A GROUP, TO FEEL A SENSE OF PURPOSE AND ACCOMPLISHMENT AND TO FEEL A SENSE OF PRESTIGE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, HE SAID.
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