SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 1986
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ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN BEGINS
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PEOPLE MUST PERSEVERE WITH EFFORTS TO COMBAT DRUG ABUSE AS IT REMAINS ONE OF THE TERRITORY'S MAJOR SOCIAL PROBLEMS, THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR GORDON MORTIMER, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
+THE PREVENTION OF DRUG ABUSE CANNOT BE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE GOVERNMENT. THE WHOLE COMMUNITY MUST PLAY ITS PART,+ HE SAID.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE +TSUEN WAN DISTRICT ANTI-NARCOTICS CARNIVAL+, MR MORTIMER EXPLAINED THAT THE ANTI-DRUG MESSAGE HAD TO BE DRIVEN HOME AT ALL LEVELS,
INCLUDING DISTRICT AND TERRITORY-WIDE,
+AS LONG AS THE PROBLEM REMAINS, THERE WILL BE A DANGER THAT TSUEN WAN AND ITS RESIDENTS, AND ESPECIALLY THE YOUNGER ONES, WILL BE AFFECTED OR AT RISK.+
HE NOTED THAT SINCE 1973 THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS (ACAN) HAD BEEN ORGANISING DISTRICT CAMPAIGNS, WHICH INVOLVED DISTRICT LEADERS AND RESIDENTS IN ORGANISING LOCAL EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES.
+IN DOING SO, THE LOCAL COMMUNITY ACQUIRES A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF THE DRUG ABUSE PROBLEM.
MR MORTIMER SAID THAT NOT ALL DRUG. ABUSERS WERE UNDERGOING TREATMENT ALTHOUGH VARIOUS FORMS OF TREATMENT WERE READILY AVAILABLE.
+THEREFORE, THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVES OF THE ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN FOR 1986-87 ARE TO INFORM THEM OF THE VOLUNTARY TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION FACILITIES AVAILABLE AND TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO COME FORWARD FOR TREATMENT, HE SAID,
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD, MR CHAU HOW-CHEN, SAID THAT DRUG ABUSE WAS NOT A SERIOUS PROBLEM IN TSUEN WAN DISTRICT, BUT THE AUTHORITIES NEVERTHELESS WANTED THE PUBLIC TO BE VIGILANT.
+THEREFORE, TODAY'S MUSIC CARNIVAL IS ORGANISED TO COMPLEMENT THE ANTI-NARCOTICS SLOGAN THAT DRUGS WILL RUIN YOUR WHOLE LIFE',+ HE ADDED.
THE EVENT WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY ACAN, RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG (RTHK), AND CO-ORGANISED BY THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD AND TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE. IT MARKED THE BEGINNING OF INTENSIVE ANTI-NARCOTICS PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY PROGRAMMES FOR 1986-87.
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