SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1984
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LADY HADDON-CAVE VISITS HOUSING DISPLAY
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LADY HADDON-CAVE, WIFE OF THE CHIEF SECRETARY, VISITED THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S +BETTER HOMES IN ESTATES+ EXHIBITION AT THE NEW WORLD CENTRE, TSIM SHA TSUI, TODAY.
SHE ALSO CUT A BIRTHDAY CAKE IN THE SHAPE OF THE AUTHORITY'S LOGO TO CELEBRATE THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF PUBLIC HOUSING IN HONG KONG'S AT A PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY HELD TO COINCIDE WITH THE RE-STAGING OF THE EXHIBITION IN KOWLOON.
THE EXHIBITION OPENS TO THE PUBLIC FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM DAILY UNTIL DECEMBER 16.
SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, THE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, MP DAVID FORD, SAID THE HOUSING FESTIVAL 84+ WAS NOT ONLY A SUCCESS IN THE EYES OF THE PUBLIC BUT HAD ALSO SUCCEEDED IN HELPING TO FOSTER THE COMMUNITY SPIRIT AMONG INDIVIDUAL ESTATE RESIDENTS.
+WE ARE DELIGHTED IN THE WAY IN WHICH THE WHOLE FESTIVAL HAS BEEN RECEIVED BOTH WITHIN HOUSING ESTATES AND BY THE PUBLIC AT LARGE, HE ADDED.
SPEAKING OF THE EXHIBITION, MR FORD SAID THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT HAD NOT IMAGINED THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE CENTRE PIECE OF THE FESTIVAL.
ANTI-DRUGS FIGHT GETS RESULTS
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THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR G.L. MORTIMER, THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING APPEALED TO THE COMMUNITY TO KEEP UP THEIR FIGHT AGAINST NARCOTICS.
THE APPEAL WAS MADE AT THE OPENING OF THE 1984 SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT ANTI-NARCOTICS CONCERT HELD AT THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY HALL.
HE SAID THE COMBINED EFFORTS MADE BY THE GOVERNMENT AND THE COMMUNITY IN THE ANTI-NARCOTICS FIGHT WERE ACHIEVING RESULTS.
+THERE WAS A 17 PER CENT REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF PERSONS OF ALL AGES AND A 24 PER CENT REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF YOUNG PERSONS UNDER 21 NEWLY REPORTED TO THE CENTRAL REGISTRY OF DRUG ABUSE IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 1984, COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD IN 1983, + MR MORTIMER SAID.
+THIS EVENING'S CONCERT SIGNIFIES THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT ALONE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS,+ HE SAID, +MANY PEOPLE IN THE SHAM SHUI PO COMMUNITY HAVE CONTRIBUTED A GREAT DEAL OF TIME AND EFFORT IN ORGANISING THIS CAMPAIGN IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS (ACAN).+
/FOLLOWING THE