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SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1988
PARENTS URGED TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM DRUG ABUSE
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PARENTS WERE URGED TODAY (SATURDAY) TO PROTECT THEIR FROM THE DANGER OF DRUG ABUSE BY PROVIDING THEM WITH PROPER GUIDANCE.
CHILDREN CARE AND
THE APPEAL WAS MADE BY THE ACTING COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR FREDERICK TONG, AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE 1987-88 TUEN MUN DISTRICT ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN.
HE NOTED THAT IN ADDITION ΤΟ A CONCERTED EFFORT FROM ALL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS IN STEPPING UP LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS AND ENHANCING ANTI-DRUG PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY WORK, FULL SUPPORT FROM PARENTS WAS A MUST IN ORDER TO COMBAT THE DRUG PROBLEM IN HONG KONG.
ALTHOUGH THE PROBLEM OF THE ABUSE OF PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE HAD AROUSED MUCH PUBLIC CONCERN, WE SHOULD NOT OVERLOOK THE FACT THAT HEROIN ABUSE STILL REMAINED OUR MAIN PROBLEM, MR TONG SAID.
DURING THE CEREMONY, HE WAS JOINED BY OTHER GUESTS IN UNVEILING AN ANTI-DRUG WALL PAINTING DESIGNED BY THE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS OF THE CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT OF TUEN MUN TECHNICAL INSTITUTE.
THE WALL WAS PAINTED BY SOME 60 MEMBERS FROM THE TURN MUN JUNIOR POLICE CALL, TUEN MUN YWCA OUTREACH TEAM, YAN ΟΙ TONG CENTRE AND NEIGHBOURHOOD ADVICE ACTION COUNCIL YICK YUEN CENTRE.
JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS, THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD AND THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICE, THE DISTRICT CAMPAIGN WAS AIMED AT REMINDING THE YOUNGER GENERATION IN THE LOCALITY OF THE NEED TO BE ALERT TO PSYCHOTROPIC DRUG ABUSE AND TO ADOPT A PROPER ATTITUDE TOWARDS LIFE.
ANTI-NARCOTICS MESSAGES WERE DISSEMINATED THROUGH A VARIETY OF EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN THE LAST SEVEN MONTHS.
OTHER GUESTS OFFICIATING AT TODAY'S CEREMONY WERE TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR STEPHEN SELBY; POLICE DISTRICT COMMANDER OF TUEN MUN, MR G.H. COX; TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR LAU AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME MR SIT HO-YIN.
WONG-FAT; COMMITTEE,
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