SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1985
TO SPREAD THE MESSAGE, THERE ARE ARRANGEMENTS FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN TO VISIT VARIOUS POLICE INSTITUTIONS, SEMINARS WITH AREA COMMITTEES ON THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME, SCHOOL VISITS AND FORUMS BY POLICE OFFICERS, AND COMPETITIONS IN STORY WRITING AND CARTOON DRAWING ABOUT HOUSEHOLD SECURITY AND NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH.
+THESE ACTIVITIES WILL IMPROVE RESIDENTS' UNDERSTANDING ABOUT POLICE WORK, AND PROMPT THEM TO GIVE DEEPER THOUGHT TO CRIME PREVENTION, HE SAID.
TODAY'S OPENING CEREMONY WAS FOLLOWED BY A CARNIVAL SPONSORED ABOUT 2 000 RESIDENTS ARE TREATED BY THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD. TO FUN AND GAMES IN THE CARNIVAL FEATURING PERFORMANCES BY WELL-KNOWN ARTISTES AND SINGERS, ACROBATIC ACTS, KARATE DEMONSTRATION AND A LION DANCE.
ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY WERE DISTRICT COMMANDER WESTERN POLICE DISTRICT, MR D. DEPTFORD, AND SOUTHERN DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE MEMBERS, MR LAM KWOK-KWONG, MR KAN MAN-LEE, MR KWOK WAI-MING AND MISS YAU YUK-LAN.
ANTI-NARCOTICS CARNIVAL AT VICTORIA PARK
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PARENTS ARE URGED TO DEVOTE AS MUCH TIME AND ATTENTION TO THE IR CHILDREN AS POSSIBLE TO PREVENT THEM FROM WANDERING INTO THE HANDS OF DRUG PEDLARS.
THE APPEAL WAS MADE TODAY (SUNDAY) BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS' SUB-COMMITTEE ON PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY, MR KARL STUMPF, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE ANTI-NARCOTICS CARNIVAL.
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MR STUMPF STRESSED THAT AN UNCARING FAMILY ENVIRONMENT, WITHOUT PARENTAL LOVE, WARMTH AND GUIDANCE OF SECURITY, CAUSE A CHILD TO RESORT TO DRUGS AS A MEANS OF ESCAPE.
TODAY'S CARNIVAL, ORGANISED BY THE ACAN YOUTH VOLUNTEER GROUP UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE NARCOTICS DIVISION, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, IS AIMED AT ENCOURAGING YOUNG PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN HEALTHY PURSUITS AND TO KEEP AWAY FROM DRUGS.
MR STUMPF POINTED OUT THAT THE PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY PROGRAMME OF THE ACAN WAS AIMED AT CREATING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF DRUG MENACE AND WAS DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS.
+THE ACAN YOUTH VOLUNTEER GROUP HAS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO HELP ACHIEVE THESE OBJECTIVES, HE SAID.
/THE GROUP'S