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SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 1989
"THIS WELL REFLECTS THAT HEROIN ADDICTION DRUG PROBLEM," DR CHOA REMARKED.
IS
STILL OUR MAIN
MEANWHILE, DR CHOA SAID RECENT YEARS ALSO SAW SUCCESSES IN ANTI-DRUG WORK.
NOTICEABLE
1984,
THE
WHICH BEGAN IN THE CONTINUATION OF THE DOWNWARD TREND,
NEWLY IN THE NUMBER OF PERSONS
REPORTED TO THE REGISTRY AND NEUTRALISING OF SOME 10 MAJOR DRUG TRAFFICKING SYNDICATES LAST YEAR AS A RESULT OF THE ENHANCED LAW ENFORCING EFFORTS AND CO-OPERATION, BOTH LOCAL AND OVERSEAS, ARE GOOD INSTANCES OF THIS SUCCESS.
DRUG DESPITE THE STRINGENT CONTROL AGAINST
TRAFFICKERS WHICH OF $5 CARRIES THE MAXIMUM PUNISHMENT OF LIFE IMPRISONMENT AND A FINE
DRUGS, DR CHOA SAID THAT IT BILL, AIMING AT CONFISCATING COUNTERING DRUG MONEY LAUNDERING,
MILLION FOR ILLEGAL TRAFFICKING IN BEEN NECESSARY TO
INTRODUCE A
'PROCEEDS OF DRUG TRAFFICKING AND
INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
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WITH SOME
HAD THE
AMENDMENTS WILL BE
DRUG
IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE BILL PASSED INTO LAW EARLY NEXT MONTH, POSING A HEAVY STRIKE AGAINST TRAFFICKERS," DR CHOA SAID.
PLAZA IN
TSIM
THE COMMEMORATIVE CEREMONY TOGETHER WITH A LARGE-SCALE ANTI-DRUG EXHIBITION WAS HELD AT THE NEW WORLD CENTRE SHA TSUI.
ACAN THE FUNCTION WAS ORGANISED BY
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE UNITED POLICE AND THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE
ILLICIT TRAFFICKING NATIONS INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST DRUG ABUSE AND ON JUNE 26.
SUPPLEMENTED BY A VIDEO SHOW, THE EXHIBITION RANGE OF PANEL DISPLAYS DEPICTING HONG KONG'S EFFORTS AND AN IN-PERSPECTIVE LOOK AT PSYCHOTROPIC
FEATURES A WIDE OVERALL ANTI-DRUG SUBSTANCES ABUSE.
MOBILE
ALSO ON DISPLAY ARE EXHIBITS SHOWING SEIZED DRUGS AND A
AS X-RAY SCAN VEHICLE FROM THE CUSTOMS
WELL AS DRUG EXHIBITS OPIUM-SMOKING PARAPHERNALIA SEIZED BY THE POLICE.
THOSE THERE IS ALSO A QUIZ AND SOUVENIRS WILL BE GIVEN TO ANSWER CORRECTLY.
AND
WHO
THE EXHIBITION WILL REMAIN OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
FROM 10 AM TO
7 PM TOMORROW (MONDAY),
ACAN'S
ACAN
CHAIRMAN OF ALSO PRESENT AT TODAY'S CEREMONY WERE THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY, MR PAO PING-WING; THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR GARETH MULLOY; AND MEMBERS OF AND ITS SUB-COMMITTEES.
THE CEREMONY WAS FOLLOWED BY THE CUSTOMS DOG UNIT AND PERFORMANCE BY BAND.
A
DRUG-SEARCH DEMONSTRATION BY
CAPE
THE
COLLISON
MARCHING
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