MON
1985
+ THE CHILDREN WOULD MOST PROBABLY END UP BECOMING DRUG ADDICTS THEMSELVES.+
A SUPPORTING POSTER FEATURING A SCENE FROM THE API OF AN ADDICT TAKING HEROIN WILL BE DISPLAYED AT GOVERNMENT SITES ALL OVER THE TERRITORY.
BOTH THE API AND THE POSTER WILL REMIND PARENTS TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.
+ANY CONCERNED PARENTS SEEKING ADVICE NEED ONLY TELEPHONE THE NUMBERS 5-271234 OR 5-456182 AS SHOWN IN THE API AND ON THE POSTER. THEY CAN REST ASSURED THAT THEIR CALLS WILL BE TREATED WITH THE STRICTEST CONFIDENCE,+ THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
APART FROM API'S AND POSTERS, OTHER PUBLICITY MATERIALS OF THE ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN INCLUDE LEAFLETS, RADIO ANNOUNCEMENTS, MTR/KCR ADVERTISING AND BUS ADVERTISING.
*MEET PUBLIC' SESSIONS PROVING EFFECTIVE
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CIVIC-MINDED RESIDENTS IN MONG KOK HAVE HELPED MAKE THE MEET- THE-PUBLIC SESSION WITH DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AN EFFECTIVE MEANS OF IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENT AND SOLVING PROBLEMS IN THE DISTRICT.
IN AUGUST A RESIDENT COMPLAINED TO A BOARD MEMBER THAT HOT AIR WHICH GENERATED FROM A VIDEO GAMES CENTRE AFFECTED HER FLAT AND THE AIR QUALITY IN THE VICINITY.
FOLLOWING AN INSPECTION, STAFF OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOUND THAT THE FAULT WAS DUE TO DEFECTS IN THE INSULATION MATERIAL OF THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM. REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE SYSTEM AND THE SITUATION WAS RECTIFIED.
IN ANOTHER CASE, A HAWKER WHO HAD BEEN SELLING VEGETABLES FOR 20 YEARS IN FA YUEN STREET COMPLAINED TO THE DISTRICT BOARD THAT SHE WAS NOT ALLOCATED A FIXED PITCH IN A HAWKER REORDERING EXERCISE.
THIS WAS BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND, AFTER REVIEWING THE CASE, SHE WAS CONSIDERED ELIGIBLE FOR A FIXED PITCH.
+OVER THE YEAR, THE MEET-THE-PUBLIC SESSION HAS BECOME A VITAL COMMUNICATION CHANNEL BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND THE DISTRICT BOARD, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MONG KOK DISTRICT OFFICE SAID.
/THE SERVICE