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ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO REPORT DRUG PEDDLING
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BE TARGETED AT PARENTS, PUTTING ACROSS THE MESSAGE THAT YOUR SON OR DAUGHTER COULD BE THE NEXT VICTIM. REPORT DRUG ACTIVITIES'.
EFFORTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE MADE TO REACH OUT TO YOUNG PEOPLE, WHO ARE MOST EXPOSED TO THE DANGERS OF DRUG ABUSE, AND TO PREVENT THEM FROM GETTING INVOLVED IN DRUGS.
WITH THIS OBJECTIVE IN MIND, THE HELP OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND COMMUNITY SOCIAL WORKERS HAS BEEN ENLISTED AND DRUG EDUCATION TALKS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS ARE BEING GIVEN BY THE SCHOOL TALKS TEAM OF THE NARCOTICS DIVISION OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT.
TO DATE. 408 TALKS HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO SOME 120 000 SECONDARY STUDENTS IN 221 SCHOOLS.
DISTRICT CAMPAIGNS WITH COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT CONTINUE THIS YEAR. FOLLOWING THE OPENING OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN WITH A BEACH CONCERT HELD ON JULY 14 AT REPULSE BAY. DISTRICT CAMPAIGNS WILL BE MOUNTED IN KWAI CHUNG, SHA TIN AND KOWLOON CITY LATER THIS YEAR.
PROVISIONAL RC MEMBERS VISIT TAI PO DB
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THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL, MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG, CALLED ON THE TAI PO DISTRICT BOARD TO SUPPORT THE COUNCIL IN IMPROVING THE MUNICIPAL FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR THE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING INDUSTRIAL CENTRE.
THE CALL WAS MADE THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON WHEN MR CHEUNG AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL PAID A VISIT TO THE BOARD.
TAI PO HAS BECOME A MAJOR INDUSTRIAL CENTRE AND MANY RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS WERE BUILT IN THE NEW TOWN IN RECENT YEARS, MR CHEUNG SAID.
HE ADDED THAT THE TOWN WOULD BE BETTER LINKED WITH THE URBAN AREAS WHEN THE TAI PO-SHA TIN COASTAL ROAD WAS COMPLETED LATER THIS YEAR.
AT A MEETING HELD DURING THE VISIT, SOME MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SUGGESTED THAT THE RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL PROGRAMMES FOR THE RESIDENTS IN TAI PO SHOULD BE FAMILY ORIENTATED. THEY ADDED THAT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE 0-12 AGE GROUP IN THE DISTRICT ARE COMPARATIVELY HIGHER THAN THOSE IN OTHER DISTRICTS.
THE BOARD MEMBERS ALSO ASKED THAT MORE CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL PROGRAMMES SHOULD BE PROVIDED FOR THE RESIDENTS IN THE RURAL AREAS.
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