SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1985
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ANT1-NARCOTICS YOUTH CAMP OPENS *****
YOUNG PEOPLE WERE TODAY (SATURDAY) URGED TO STAY AWAY FROM DRUGS BY PARTICIPATING IN HEALTHY ACTIVITIES.
THE APPEAL WAS MADE BY THE PRINCIPAL INFORMATION OFFICER OF THE NARCOTICS DIVISION, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, MR HANDRICK NG, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF AN ANTI-NARCOTICS YOUTH CAMP.
MR NG SAID THAT THE NUMBER OF PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 21 NEWLY REPORTED FOR INVOLVEMENT IN DRUGS IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1985 DROPPED WHEN COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDENT PERIOD OF 1984.
A DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PERSONS PROSECUTED FOR MAJOR AND MINOR DRUG OFFENCES WAS ALSO RECORDED DURING THIS PERIOD.
+THESE ARE ENCOURAGING SIGNS WHICH SHOW THAT OUR PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY STRATEGY IS ON THE RIGHT TRACK,+ SAID MR NG.
+DESPITE THESE POSITIVE RESULTS, CONTINUING EFFORTS WILL BE MADE TO REACH OUT TO YOUNG PEOPLE, WHO ARE MOST EXPOSED TO THE RISK OF DRUG ABUSE, TO PREVENT THEM FROM GETTING INVOLVED IN DRUGS, HE ADDED.
THE TWO-DAY CAMP, ORGANISED BY THE NARCOTICS DIVISION AS ONE OF ITS PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY PROGRAMMES FOR 1985-86, AIMED AT AROUSING PARTICIPANTS AWARENESS OF THE DRUG PROBLEM, ENHANCING THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE DANGERS OF DRUG ABUSE AND SHOWING HOW THEY COULD HELP IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE DRUG MENACE.
THE CAMP OFFERED A RICH EDUCATIONAL AND ENTERTAINING PROGRAMME INCLUDING DRUG EDUCATION TALKS, GROUP DISCUSSIONS, SLIDE AND FILM SHOWS, EXHIBITIONS AND GAMES WITH THE ANTI-NARCOTICS THEME.
IT WAS HOPED THAT THE ANTI-NARCOTICS MESSAGE WOULD REACH NOT ONLY THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE CAMP, BUT WOULD ALSO BE FURTHER PROMULGATED BY THEM TO THEIR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES.
THE CAMP, WHICH IS BEING HELD AT THE SAI KUNG OUTDOOR RECREATION CENTRE OF THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, ATTRACTED SOME 100 YOUNG PEOPLE FROM YOUTH CENTRES IN KOWLOON DISTRICTS.
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