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+ IT PROVIDES A VERY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO DESIGN, PLAN AND IMPLEMENT VARIOUS ANT1-NARCOTICS ACTIVITIES THEMSELVES,+ HE SAID.
+BY DOING SO, YOUNG PEOPLE NOT ONLY ENHANCE THE IR AWARENESS OF THE DRUG PROBLEM. BUT ALSO PROVIDE A SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY BY BRINGING THE MESSAGE TO THEIR OWN PEERS,+ HE ADDED.
ALSO SPEAKING AT THE SEMINAR WAS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR S.L. CHAN, WHO EXPLAINED THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF DRUGS.
SENIOR INSPECTOR OF THE POLICE NARCOTICS BUREAU, MR JACKSON CHIK, SPOKE ON HOW THE POLICE COULD ASSIST IF A PROBLEM OF DRUG ABUSE SHOULD DEVELOP IN SCHOOLS.
AIR POLLUTION IN KWUN TONG IMPROVING
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KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS THIS (THURSDAY) MORNING LEARNED THAT THE AIR QUALITY IN THE DISTRICT HAD BEEN IMPROVING.
DURING THE IR VISIT TO THE INDUSTRIAL AREA, THE ASSISTANT KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR STANLEY YING, TOLD BOARD MEMBERS: +IN 1983, THERE WERE 21 OCCASIONS WHERE SULPHUR DIOXIDE CONTENT IN THE AIR EXCEEDED THE U.S. STANDARD, WHILE THIS YEAR THERE WERE ONLY EIGHT CASES SO FAR.
+ IN 1983, THE PEAK DAILY AVERAGE OF SULPHUR DIOXIDE CONTENT IN THE KWUN TONG INDUSTRIAL AREA WAS AS HIGH AS 977 MICROGRAMS PER CUBIC METRE, BUT IN 1985, IT WAS 533.+
APART FROM LEARNING ABOUT THE AIR POLLUTION PROBLEM, MEMBERS ALSO NOTED THE SHORTAGE OF LOADING AND UNLOADING FACILITIES, AND TRAFFIC PROBLEMS IN THE BACKLANES OF THE INDUSTRIAL AREA.
THEY WERE TOLD THAT TO TACKLE THESE PROBLEMS, A WORK ING PARTY WAS SET UP UNDER THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE TO EXAMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF A PILOT SCHEME IN WHICH THE GOVERNMENT WOULD RESUME AND MANAGE ONE OF THE BACKLANES.
FROM THE ROOF OF A FLATTED FACTORY IN KOWLOON BAY, MEMBERS HAD A COMMANDING VIEW OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS THERE.
THE NUMBER OF WORKERS IN THE KWUN TONG INDUSTRIAL AREA WOULD INCREASE TO ABOUT 200 000 WHEN KOWLOON BAY IS FULLY DEVELOPED. BOARD MEMBERS WERE TOLD THAT ABOUT 60 PER CENT OF THE 140 000 WORKERS IN THE AREA ALSO LIVED IN THE DISTRICT.
TODAY'S PROGRAMME ALSO INCLUDED VISITS TO THE RECENTLY-OPEN KWUN TONG PIER COOKED FOOD BAZAAR. THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY KOWLOON BAY TRAINING CENTRE, AND THE KAI FUK TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA.
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