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"ACCORDING TO THE REPORT OF THE CENTRAL REGISTRY OF DRUG ABUSE,
PROBLEMS LAST THERE WERE 2,747 FIRST REGISTRATIONS RELATING TO DRUG
DROP YEAR, REPRESENTING A
OF 22 PER CENT
FIRST FROM THE 3,523
UNDER REGISTRATIONS IN 1985. THE FIRST REGISTRATIONS OF DRUG ABUSERS
IN 1986, 21 ALSO DECREASED BY 17.5 PER CENT FROM 949 IN 1985 TO 783 SHE SAID.
COOPERATION AND
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"THE SUCCESS IN CONTAINING THE HEROIN AND OPIUM ABUSE PROBLEM IS A
UNCEASIN RESULT OF THE
OF EFFORTS
THE
GOVERNMENT AND
AGENCIES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, TREATMENT, AND PREVENTION REHABILITATION
AND THE LOK HEEP CLUB HAS REMARKABLE CONTRIBUTION IN REHABILITATION WORK, SHE ADDED.
VOLUNTARY
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MADE
MRS WONG CONCEDED THAT PUBLIC DISCRIMINATION A JAINST PREVENT THEIR DRUG ADDICTS DURING THEIR REHABILITATION PROCESS MIGHT
AND CONCERTED RE-INTEGRATION INTO THE COMMUNITY
EFFORTS FROM ALL SECTORS WERE NEEDED TO QUASH SUCH DISCRIMINATION.
"FOR THE EX-DRUG ADDICTS, THEY SHOULD WORK HARD, MAINTAIN THEIR PERSONAL INTEGRITY AND SHOULDER THEIR
TOWARDS RESPONSIBILITY THEIR FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITY.
"WHILE FAMILY MEMBERS SHOULD GIVE THESE EX-ADDICTS MORAL SUPPORT AND
CARE,
SHOULD PROVIDE
OPPORTUNITIES.
EMPLOYERS
THEM
WITH
JOB
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"THE SERVICES FOR EX-DRUG ADDICTS PROVIDED BY LOK HEEP CLUB
BY THE GOVERNMENT, THE PAST YEARS, WHICH HAD ALWAYS BEEN SUPPORTED
REHABILITATION DEMONSTRATE THAT THE COMMUNITY DO SUPPORT
OF EX-DRUG
ABUSERS, SHE SAID.
IN
MEMBERSHIP OF THROUGH AND SOCIAL HELPING THEM AFTER
THE CARITAS LOK HEEP CLUB, SET UP IN 1968, HAS A 1,500. MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE ASSISTED AND SUPPORTED CASEWORK COUNSELLING, GROUP WORK SERVICE, RECREATIONAL
THE AIM OF SERVICES AND EMPLOYMENT ARRANGEMENTS WITH SOLVE THEIR PERSONAL PROBLEMS AND PREVENTING RELAPSE DURING AND THEIR REHABILITATION PROCESS.
JUNE DRIER THAN USUAL
JUNE 1987 WAS DRIER THAN USUAL WITH ONLY 231.2 MM OF RAINFALL RECORD WHICH WAS ONLY 54 PER CENT OF THE LONG TERM MEAN, THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY SAID TODAY.
PLENTIFUL,
HOWEVER, AS EARLY SEASON RAIN HAS BEEN CUMULATIVE RAINFALL FROM JANUARY TO JUNE AMOUNTED TO 1,226.9 WHICH WAS STILL SOME 24 PER CENT ABOVE THE HALF YEAR NORMAL.
THE
MM,
/TROPICAL CYCLONE
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