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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1989
IN THE NUMBER OF YOUNG
MR WEEKS SAID THERE WAS AN INCREASE PEOPLE REPORTED ΤΟ HAVE ABUSED PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES AND IN PARTICULAR. CANNABIS,
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"A TOTAL OF 274 PERSONS CANNABIS IN THE FIRST HALF OF THIS CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.
WERE REPORTED AS HAVING ABUSED YEAR, COMPARED WITH 98 IN THE
MR WEEKS SAID THE MAJOR THRUST OF THIS YEAR'S PUBLICITY DRIVE CONTINUED TO BE TO INFORM YOUNGSTERS ABOUT THE DANGERS OF ABUSING PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES AND THE SEVERE LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF TRAFFICKING IN THESE DRUGS,
"PUBLICITY HAS ALSO BEEN STEPPED UP AGAINST CANNABIS ABUSE IN RECENT MONTHS. POSTERS HAVE BEEN PUT UP AT GOVERNMENT POSTER SITES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY AND AN ANNOUNCEMENT IN PUBLIC INTEREST HAS BEEN SCREENED ON TELEVISION.
"A RECORD AMOUNT OF CANNABIS. 340 KILOGRAMMES. WAS SEIZED IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1989, INCLUDING A MAJOR SEIZURE OF 300 KILOGRAMMES OF HERBAL CANNABIS IN MARCH THIS YEAR." HE SAID.
OTHER SEIZURES DURING THE PERIOD INCLUDED 230 KILOGRAMMES OF NO. 3 HEROIN. 63 KILOGRAMMES OF NO. 4 HEROIN AND OVER 5.000 MANDRAX TABLETS. HE ADDED.
BILL TO AMEND BANK NOTES ISSUE ORDINANCE
THE EXECUTIVE
COUNCIL HAS ADVISED THAT A INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO ISSUED BY
BILL SHOULD BE PROVIDE THAT BANK NOTES
THE HONGKONG
SHALL AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION
THE BANK'S NAME CONTINUE TO BE LEGAL TENDER FOLLOWING THE CHANGE IN TO THE HONGKONG AND
CORPORATION LIMITED TOMORROW
(FRIDAY).
SHANGHAI BANKING
BANK NOTES BEARING THE OLD NAME WILL CONTINUE TO BE ISSUED SOME TIME.
FOR
BUT AS THEY WEAR
THEY WILL REMAIN LEGAL TENDER INDEFINITELY OUT AND ARE RETURNED TO THE BANK THEY WILL GRADUALLY NOTES BEARING THE BANK'S NEW NAME. THIS PROCESS IS SEVERAL YEARS.
BE REPLACED BY EXPECTED ΤΟ TAKE
WILL PROVIDE THE BILL TO AMEND THE BANK NOTES ISSUE ORDINANCE
WHETHER ISSUED THAT ANY BANK NOTES BEARING THE FORMER NAME,
BEFORE, ON OR AFTER OCTOBER 6. 1989, SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE BANK NOTES LAWFULLY ISSUED AND LEGAL TENDER FOR THE PURPOSES OF THAT ORDINANCE.
THE BILL WILL ALSO PROVIDE THAT SECTION
93 OF THE COMPANIES TO MENTION ITS NAME IN ORDINANCE, WHICH REQUIRES A COMPANY
ALL ΤΟ BANK PROMISSORY NOTES SIGNED BY OR ON ITS BEHALF, SHALL NOT APPLY NOTES ISSUED BY A NOTE-ISSUING BANK.
/THE BANK