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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1984

AN EVENING PROGRAMME FOR WINNERS' PERFORMANCE AND PRIZE PRESENTATION WILL BE HELD ON MARCH 19 AT 7.30 PM IN TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL.

THE WINNING ENTRIES WILL BE BROADCAST ON TELEVISION AND RADIO.

SCHOOLS WISHING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COMPETITION SHOULD SEND THE IR ENTRY FORMS TO THE COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB SECTION, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, ROOM 437, LEE GARDENS, 4/F, HYSAN AVENUE, ́HONG KONG, BEFORE NOVEMBER 30.

ANTI-DRUG PUBLICITY GOES ON ****

THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS (ACAN) IS CONTINUING ITS EFFORTS IN ANTI-NARCOTICS PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY, DESPITE A DROP IN THE NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE INVOLVED IN DRUGS IN THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR.

THIS WAS SAID THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING BY THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SECURITY OF THE NARCOTICS DIVISION, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, MISS ELIZABETH TSE.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE ANTI-NARCOTICS VARIETY SHOW HELD AT SOUTHORN PLAYGROUND, WAN CHAI, MISS TSE SAID IT WAS HOPED THAT, THROUGH THE INVOLVEMENT OF LOCAL COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS, SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANISATIONS, FAMILIES, SCHOOLS,

SCHOOLS, UNIFORMED YOUTH GROUPS AND THE MASS MEDIA, THE ANTI-NARCOTICS MESSAGE COULD BE SPREAD TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE MOST AT RISK OF BEING LURED INTO TAKING DRUGS OR TRAFFICKING IN DRUGS.

+ IN HONG KONG, THE OVERALL STRATEGY IN COMBATING DRUG ABUSE HAS FOUR MAIN ELEMENTS - LAW ENFORCEMENT, TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION, PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY, AND INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION, SAID MISS TSE.

SHE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE GOAL OF DRUG ERADICATION COULD ONLY BE REACHED THROUGH THE COMBINED EFFORTS OF THE GOVERNMENT AND THE COMMUNITY.

THE VARIETY SHOW WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE COUNCIL OF HONG KONG AND KOWLOON KAIFONG ASSOCIATION LTD., THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF SOCIETY FOR THE AID AND REHABILITATION OF DRUG ABUSERS (SARDA) AND THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES, AND SPONSORED BY THE ACAN.

THE SINGING, MAGIC AND ACROBATIC DISPLAYS AND A DRAMA WITH AN ANTI-NARCOTICS THEME, ATTRACTED MORE THAN 800 WAN CHAI RESIDENTS.

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