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MR CHOW SAID THAT IT WAS HOPED THAT, THROUGH THE BEACH CONCERT, ANTI-DRUG MESSAGES COULD BE DISSEMINATED TO THE PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY THOSE AGED BETWEEN 15 AND 24 WHO ARE MOST AT RISK OF BEING LURED INTO TAKING DRUGS OR TRAFFICKING IN DRUGS.
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FOLLOWING THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT, DISTRICT ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGNS WILL BE LAUNCHED IN KOWLOON CITY, SHA TIN AND KWAI CHUNG LATER THIS YEAR.
OBJECTIVES OF THE ANNUAL ANTI-DRUG DISTRICT CAMPAIGNS ARE NOT ONLY TO CREATE PUBLIC AWARENESS IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE DRUG MENACE, BUT ALSO TO HELP PREPARE, YOUNG PEOPLE TO LEAD MEANINGFUL LIVES FREE FROM THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS.
TODAY'S CONCERT, BROADCAST LIVE ON RTHK'S RADIO 2, ATTRACTED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF BEACH-GOERS.
ALSO PRESENT WERE MR LAM KWOK-KWONG, CHAIRMAN OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD, MR EDDY CHAN, DISTRICT OFFICER (SOUTHERN) AND MR CHU PUI-HING, HEAD OF CHINESE PROGRAMME SERVICE, RTHK.
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AREA GROUPS PRAISED FOR CIVIC WORK
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AREA COMMITTEES IN WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT WERE PRAISED TONIGHT (SUNDAY) FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS IN MEETING THE INTERESTS AND NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE WONG TAI SIN WEST SUB-DISTRICT FORTNIGHT, WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT OFFICER MR PHILIP CHOK, SAID THE AREA COMMITTEES, BEING AN EFFECTIVE CONSULTATION CHANNEL BETWEEN THE DISTRICT BOARD AND MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, HAVE MADE VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS ON MANY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMMES.
+A NUMBER OF DISTRICT POLICIES AND PLANS, SUCH AS THE PUBLIC HOUSING ALLOCATION POLICY AND THE KMB ROUTE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, WERE DRAWN UP AFTER CONSULTATION WITH RESIDENTS THROUGH THE AREA COMMITTEES,+ MR CHOK SAID.
THE WEST SUB-DISTRICT FORTNIGHT OPENING CEREMONY AND VARIETY SHOW HELD AT THE MORSE PARK OPEN-AIR THEATRE. ATTRACTED MORE THAN 4 000 PEOPLE THIS EVENING. THE THREE-HOUR SHOW PROVIDED SPECTATORS WITH AN EVENING OF ENTERTAINMENT WITH SINGING AND DANCING PERFORMANCES BY WELL KNOWN ARTISTES.
+WE HOPE TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND, AT THE SAME TIME, HELP THEM UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THE WORK OF AREA COMMITTEES,+ MR CHOK SAID.
THE FORTNIGHT IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE AREA COMMITTEES OF TUNG TAU, LOK FU AND WANG TAU HOM.
OTHER ACTIVITIES INCLUDE COMPETITIONS FOR CHILDREN AND EXHIBITIONS TO BE HELD IN LOK FU SHOPPING CENTRE ON JULY 27 AND 29, AND IN LOK SIN TONG WONG CHUNG MING SECONDARY SCHOOL ON JULY 29 AND 30.
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