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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1987
ALTERNATIVELY, EDUCATION PROGRAMME.
IT WOULD BE
INCORPORATED INTO THE CIVIC
SEMINAR ON
THE TOPIC WAS DISCUSSED AT LENGTH AT THE PSYCHOTROPIC DRUG ABUSE ORGANISED FOR SCHOOL HEADS AND TEACHERS BY THE NARCOTICS DIVISION, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, AND HELD AT THE CITY HALL THEATRE.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS (ACAN), DR GERALD CHOA, ALSO URGED THOSE ATTENDING TO CONSIDER THE ROLE OF PARENTS/TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS IN PREVENTING DRUG ABUSE AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THE SEMINAR WAS TO
GATHER VIEWS AND CONSTRUCTIVE SUGGESTIONS FROM PROFESSIONALS IN THE FIELD AND TO USE THEM AS REFERENCE AND AS DIRECTIVES IN DEVISING FUTURE ANTI-NARCOTICS STRATEGIES.
DR CHOA EXPLAINED THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD ACCEPTED RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY ACAN IN A BID TO CURB THE RECENT RISING TREND IN PSYCHOTROPIC DRUG ABUSE.
"IN FACT, THESE RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDING A LARGE-SCALE SCHOOL SURVEY, THE SETTING-UP OF THE COUNSELLING CENTRE FOR PSYCHOTROPIC DRUG ABUSERS AND STEPPED-UP PUBLICITY ON THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF DRUGS ARE CURRENTLY BEING CARRIED OUT IN FULL FORCE, HE SAID.
THESE
AND
MORE THAN 300 SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, STUDENT COUNSELLORS TEACHERS FROM SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE TERRITORY ATTENDED THE SEMINAR, DURING WHICH A NEW SET OF EDUCATIONAL SLIDES ON PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES WAS INTRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED BY STAFF OF THE NARCOTICS DIVISION.
THE NEW SET OF SLIDES WAS PRODUCED TO SUPPLEMENT THE EXISTING MATERIAL IN THE SCHOOL DRUG EDUCATION TEACHING KITS DISTRIBUTED LAST YEAR.
SPEAKERS IN THE SEMINAR WERE THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MRS AGNES ALLCOCK; HEAD OF DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, PROFESSOR C.N.
CHEN: SENIOR INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, MISS W.N. BAU; CHIEF STAFF INSPECTOR OF THE POLICE NARCOTICS BUREAU, MR L.C. TANG; AND CHAIRMEN AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DISTRICT SCHOOL LIAISON COMMITTEES.
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