SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 1936
PROGRESS MADE AGAINST DRUG ABUSE THREAT
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GOVERNOR
UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS, HONG KONG HAS MADE SOME PROGRESS OVER THE YEARS IN CONTAINING THE THREAT OF DRUG ABUSE, THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SAID THIS (SUNDAY) EVENING,
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE ANTI-NARCOTICS VARIETY SHOW+, SIR EDWARD SAID HONG KONG PEOPLE WERE GRATEFUL TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THEIR WORK.
→ THE PROGRESS MADE HAS ALSO BEEN DUE TO THE DILIGENCE OF OUR ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND COOPERATION FROM THE PUBLIC.
+BUT THERE CAN BE NO JUSTIFICATION FOR COMPLACENCY.
+ THE SIZE OF THE PROBLEM, AND THE THREAT TO FUTURE GENERATIONS OF OUR YOUTH ARE STILL SERIOUS. WE MUST DO ALL ME CAN TO ELIMINATE THEM, + HE SAID.
SIR EDWARD POINTED OUT THAT TELEVISION HAD AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY IN INCREASING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE DANGERS OF DRUG ABUSE, IN ENCOURAGING ADDICTS TO SEEK TREATMENT, AND MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL IN PERSUADING YOUNG PEOPLE NOT TO START TAKING DRUGS,+
HE SAID THE SIMPLE BUT IMPORTANT MESSAGE INTENDED TO BE CONVEYED, PARTICULARLY TO YOUNG PEOPLE, WAS: +DRUG TAKING IS DANGEROUS, IT WILL RUIN YOUR LIVES, DO NOT TAKE DRUGS, YOU CAN TO HELP OTHERS TO AVOID THEM TO0+.
AND DO ALL
THE GOVERNOR NOTED THAT THE EVENING SHOW, WHICH CERTAINLY CONVEYED THE IMPORTANT MESSAGE. EXEMPLIFIED HOW THE GOVERNMENT AND THE COMMUNITY WERE WORKING TOGETHER TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM OF DRUG ABUSE IN HONG KONG.
AN AUDIENCE OF MORE THAN 7 000, MOSTLY YOUNG PEOPLE, WERE ENTERTAINED TO THE TWO-HOUR SHOW WHICH WAS TELEVISED LIVE.
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POPULAR SINGERS, INCLUDING ROMAN TAM. FRANCES YIP, JACKY CHEUNG, SALLY YEH AND LUI FONG TOOK PART IN THE VARIETY SHOW.
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