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GOOD RESPONSE TO ANTI-DRUG EFFORT
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THE STUDENTS AGAINST DRUGS MOVEMENT+ HAS RECEIVED ENCOURAGING RESPONSE FROM SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS.
SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (WEDNESDAY), THE CHAIRMAN OF THE STUDENTS AGAINST DRUGS MOVEMENT ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR KARL STUMPF, SAID THAT THERE WERE 143 TEAMS FROM 84 SECONDARY SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY PARTICIPATING IN THE MOVEMENT.
THE MOVEMENT, LAUNCHED IN OCTOBER 1984, IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS (ÁCAN), EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES AND COMMERCIAL RADIO, AS THE MAJOR PUBLICITY EVENT FOR 1984/85.
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+THE MOVEMENT HAS LASTED SIX MONTHS DURING WHICH PERIOD ANTI- NARCOTICS MESSAGES HAVE BEEN SPREAD AMONG STUDENTS THROUGH THEIR PARTICIPATION, GENERAL PUBLICITY AND MANY OTHER OCCASIONS CONNECTED WITH THIS IMPORTANT PROJECT, SAID MR STUMPF,
+ I HOPE THAT ALL STUDENTS OF HONG KONG ARE NOT ONLY AWARE OF THE DANGERS OF DRUG ABUSE BUT WILL CONTINUE TO BE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN SPREADING THE ANTI-DRUG MESSAGES AMONG THEIR FRIENDS, HE ADDED.
PARTICIPANTS IN THE MOVEMENT ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE PART IN A SERIES OF COMPETITIONS WITH THE ANTI-NARCOTICS THEME,
MARKS SCORED IN THE VARIOUS COMPETITIONS WILL BE ACCUMULATED AND THE TEAMS WITH THE OVERALL HIGHEST SCORES IN SENIOR AND JUNIOR DIVISIONS WILL BE CHAMPIONS.
EACH MEMBER OF THE CHAMPION TEAMS OF BOTH DIVISIONS WILL BE AWARDED A FULL SET OF LASER 3000 COMPUTER WORTH ABOUT $6 000.
THE RESULTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT A PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY AND CONCERT ON SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1985 AT ACADEMIC COMMUNITY HALL. LADY YOUDE WILL OFFICIATE AT THE CEREMONY.
THE PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY WILL BE FOLLOWED BY AN ANTI-NARCOTICS CONCERT, PRODUCED BY COMMERCIAL RADIO, AND WILL BE BROADCAST LIVE BY COMMERCIAL RADIO ONE.
LADY YOUDE TO VISIT SCHOOLS ****
LADY YOUDE WIFE OF THE GOVERNOR, WILL VISIT TWO PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN THE EASTERN DISTRICT ON FRIDAY (MARCH 8) MORNING.
SHE WILL FIRST TOUR THE KIANGSU AND CHEKIANG PRIMARY SCHOOL IN NORTH POINT AT 9.30 AM AND THEN THE VICTORIA PARK SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF IN CAUSEWAY BAY AT 10.30 AM,
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE TWO EVENTS.
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