SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1986
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FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS MUST NOT BE RELAXED
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WHILE THE PROBLEM OF DRUG ABUSE IS BEING CONTAINED IN HONG KONG AS IT SPREADS WORLDWIDE, EFFORTS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST NARCOTICS SHOULD NOT BE RELAXED, MEMBER OF THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS (ACAN), MR J.P. LEE, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE PRIZE-PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE MONG KOK DISTRICT ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN, HE WARNED THAT AS LONG AS DRUG ABUSE REMAINED A PROBLEM IN HONG KONG, THE STRUGGLE WAS FAR FROM OVER AND A GREAT DEAL REMAINED TO BE DONE.
MR LEE POINTED OUT THAT THE CONCENTRATED EFFORTS OF ACAN ON PREVENTIVE EDUCATION REQUIRED THE SUPPORT AND PARTICIPATION OF THE PUBLIC.
+ IN RECENT YEARS, MORE AND MORE VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS HAVE COME FORTH WITH VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION BY SPREADING THE ANTI-NARCOTICS MESSAGE. HELPING REHABILITATED ADDICTS RE-INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY AND REPORTING DRUG PUSHERS.+
MR LEE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED THE EFFORTS OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO TOOK PART IN TODAY'S EVENT AND THOSE WHO CAME TO CHEER THEM.
+YOUNG PEOPLE ARE THE BACKBONE OF SOCIETY AND WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO PROTECT THEM FROM THE DRUG MENACE, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND THEY SHOULD REALISE THEIR OWN RESPONSIBILITIES TOWARD SOCIETY AND STAY AWAY FROM DRUGS.+
THE DISTRICT EVENT, IN THE FORM OF TELEMATCH GAMES, WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE ACAN, THE MONG KOK DISTRICT BOARD AND THE MONG KOK DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE.
TWELVE TEAMS FROM SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS AND COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES COMPETED IN A SERIES OF GAMES DESIGNED WITH AN ANTI-NARCOTICS THEME.
IN A GAME FOR CELEBRITIES, POPULAR ARTISTES FROM TELEVISION BROADCASTS LIMITED BEAT TEAMS FROM ASIA TELEVISION BROADCASTING LIMITED, HONG KONG COMMERCIAL BROADCASTING COMPANY LIMITED AND RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG TO CLINCH THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
TEAMS FROM ACAN YOUTH VOLUNTEER GROUP AND MONG KOK DISTRICT BOARD AND DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE TEAM WON IN THE JUNIOR AND SENIOR SECTIONS RESPECTIVELY.
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