MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1984
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THE AIM. HE SAID, IS TO REACH ALL JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS WITHIN A THREE-YEAR CYCLE.
ACAN HAS ALSO JOINED HANDS WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES AND COMMERCIAL RADIO TO LAUNCH A LARGE SCALE ANTI-NARCOTICS ACTIVITY NAMED +STUDENTS AGAINST DRUGS MOVEMENT+ AS ITS MAJOR PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY EVENT FOR 1984-85.
THIS WAS ANNOUNCED AT TODAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY SUB-COMMITTEE OF ACAN, MR KARL STUMPF.
+THE STUDENTS AGAINST DRUGS MOVEMENT IS NOW OPEN TO ALL SECONDARY DAY SCHOOL STUDENTS, SAID MR STUMPF.
HE URGED SECONDARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS TO ENCOURAGE THE IR STUDENTS TO TAKE PART IN THE MOVEMENT.
THE MOVEMENT IS AIMED AT GETTING SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN A SERIES OF SPECIALLY DESIGNED ANTI-NARCOTICS COMPETITIONS WITH THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES:
* TO ENHANCE STUDENTS' AWARENESS OF DRUG ABUSE AND TO GET THEM TO PARTICPATE IN ANTI-DRUG EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY ACTIVITIES:
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TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY VIGILANCE, AGAINST DRUG ABUSE;
* TO SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR 1985, WHICH HAS THE THEME +PARTICIPATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE+.
THE COMPETITIONS, WILL INCLUDE A QUIZ, POSTER AND SLOGAN DESIGN, ESSAY WRITING, LYRIC WRITING, SINGING, A TELEMATCH GAME AND AN EXHIBITION STALL DESIGN.
THERE WILL BE A JUNIOR DIVISION COMPRISING TEAMS FROM FORM 1 TO FORM 3, AND A SENIOR DIVISION COMPRISING TEAMS FROM FORM 4 TO FORM UPPER 6.
THE TOP PRIZE WILL BE A PERSONAL COMPUTER WORTH ABOUT $6 000 FOR EACH OF THE SIX MEMBERS OF THE CHAMPION TEAMS IN BOTH DIVISIONS.
EACH COMPUTER SET WILL CONSIST OF A LASER 3 000 COMPUTER, A DISK-DRIVE, A DISK-CONTROLLER, A GREEN MONITOR AND A FREE COMPUTER TRAINING COURSE.
THE PRIZES FOR THE RUNNERS-UP WILL BE CAMERAS AND SPORTSWEAR.
THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE MOVEMENT WILL BE A PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY AND CONCERT TO BE HELD AT THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY HALL ON MARCH 10, 1985. THE CONCERT WILL BE PRODUCED AND BROADCAST LIVE BY COMMERCIAL RADIO ONE.
/PARTICIPANTS SHOULD ...................