SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1985
+AN UNCARING FAMILY ENVIRONMENT, WITHOUT PARENTAL LOVE, WARMTH, GUIDANCE AND A SENSE OF SECURITY, MAY CAUSE A CHILD TO RESORT TO DRUGS AS A MEANS OF ESCAPE,+ MR MORTIMER SAID.
+ THE GOVERNMENT IS DEVOTING A MAJOR EFFORT TOWARDS PREVENTING YOUNG PEOPLE FROM GETTING INVOLVED IN DRUGS, HE SAID. +IN THIS RESPECT, BOTH THE FAMILY AND THE SCHOOLS HAVE AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY.+
MR MORTIMER POINTED OUT THAT THE PREVENTIVE EDUCATION
AND PUBLICITY PROGRAMME OF THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS WAS AIMED AT CREATING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE DRUG MENACE AND WAS DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS.
+THESE OBJECTIVES ARE BEING ACHIEVED THROUGH THE
DISTRICT CAMPAIGNS WHICH ARE COMMUNITY ORIENTED, SELF-INITIATED AND TAILORED TO APPEAL ESPECIALLY TO THE PEOPLE OF THE DISTRICT,+ HE ADDED.
TODAY'S ANTI-NARCOTICS FAIR, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE NARCOTICS DIVISION OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT AND THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, MARKED THE HIGHLIGHT OF AN INTENSIVE MONTH-LONG ANTI-NARCOTICS PUBLICITY AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME IN THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT.
KOWLOON CITY IS THE FOURTH DISTRICT TO MOUNT AN ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN THIS YEAR FOLLOWING THE SOUTHERN, NORTH AND SHA TIN DISTRICTS. IT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY KWAI CHÚNG AND TSING YI DISTRICT LATER THIS YEAR.
DISTRICT CAMPAIGNS ARE HELD EVERY YEAR AS PART OF THE PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY PROGRAMMES OF THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS.
PUBLIC HAVE BIGGER ROLE ON ROAD SAFETY
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THE PUBLIC SHOULD PLAY A BIGGER ROLE IN HELPING TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND CASUALTIES BY EXERCISING MORE CARE ON THE ROADS, THE POLICE DISTRICT COMMANDER FOR EASTERN, MR G.W. ROPER, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
IN PARTICULAR, HE SAID, PEDESTRIANS SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE IR ACTION JUST AS MUCH AS DRIVERS WERE.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT ROAD SAFETY DAY IN VICTORIA PARK, MR ROPER SAID ALTHOUGH THE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN EASTERN DISTRICT IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR HAD DECREASED BY 8.5 PER CENT FROM 802 ACCIDENTS TO 732 COMPARED WITH LAST YEAR'S FIGURES. THERE WAS A RISE IN FATAL ACCIDENTS FROM EIGHT TO 12 OVER THE SAME PERIOD.
/HE POINTED