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TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1990
LAST YEAR
ALMOST 1,000
KILOGRAMS OF
HEROIN AND OVER 400 KILOGRAMS OF CANNABIS WERE SEIZED IN HONG KONG AND 21 MAJOR SYNDICATES WERE NEUTRALISED THROUGH JOINT OPERATIONS WITH OVERSEAS AGENCIES, NOTED
HE
"THIS IS A
ACHIEVEMENT. REMARKABLE
THOSE INVOLVED DESERVE
CONGRATULATIONS," THE GOVERNOR SAID.
NOTING THAT THE UNITED NATIONS HAD DECLARED THE NEXT 10 AS THE DECADE AGAINST DRUG ABUSE, SIR DAVID SAID THIS SHOWED THAT WORLD NOW RECOGNISED THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE PROBLEM WE FACED.
"WE IN HONG KONG WILL CONTINUE TO PLAY OUR PART, BOTH AND IN THE WIDER INTERNATIONAL EFFORT."
YEARS
THE
LOCALLY
то THE
SIR DAVID PAID TRIBUTE TO DR GERALD CHOA, CHAIRMAN OF THE ACAN, MEMBERS OF THE ACTION COMMITTEE, AND ALL WHO HAD CONTRIBUTED CURRENT SUCCESS FOR ALL THEIR EXCELLENT WORK.
DAY
THE UNITED NATIONS HAD DECLARED TODAY AS THE INTERNATIONAL
ANTI-DRUG DAY FOR AGAINST DRUG ABUSE AND ILLICIT TRAFFICKING SHORT.
STRESSED THAT HIS COMMITTEE IN HIS WELCOMING SPEECH, DR CHOA HAD TAKEN SEVERAL COURSES OF ACTION AGAINST THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE REPORTED TO BE ABUSING PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES, YOUNG PEOPLE.
PARTICULARLY
ALL "A SURVEY ON THE ABUSE OF PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES COVERING
HONG KONG WILL BE SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTES IN CONDUCTED IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER,
"WE
HE SAID.
UP PREVENTIVE
EDUCATION
AND PUBLIC
STEPPED HAVE INFORMATION, PUBLICISING THE BENEFITS OF A DRUG-FREE LIFESTYLE.
PARTICULAR
"WE ARE STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, AND IN THE ROLE OF PARENTS, IN GUIDING THEIR CHILDREN AWAY FROM DRUGS.
ABOUT
"WE ARE PAYING SPECIAL ATTENTION TO INFORMING THE PUBLIC
AVAILABLE AND ENCOURAGING TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION FACILITIES THOSE IN NEED TO COME FORWARD FOR HELP."
DR
OR
CHOA SAID ACAN HAD LONG RECOGNISED THAT THERE WAS NO QUICK
SINGLE APPROACH SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF DRUG ABUSE, AND NO METHOD WAS EFFECTIVE ENOUGH TO DEAL WITH IT.
GOVERNMENT HE SAID HIS COMMITTEE WOULD CONTINUE TO ADVISE THE
ADDICTION, ΤΟ UNDERTAKE A WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES TO SUPPRESS DRUG
ENACTMENT OF THE DRUG TRAFFICKING AND HE POINTED OUT THAT THE
WAS YET ANOTHER STEP (RECOVERY OF PROCEEDS) ORDINANCE LAST YEAR
FORWARD.
ΤΟ
SUPPORT THE
COMMEMORATE THE SILVER JUBILEE OF ACAN AND TO ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL ANTI-DRUG DAY, AN EXHIBITION AT THE CITY HALL LOW BLOCK EXHIBITION HALL, CENTRAL, WILL BE OPEN TO THE (WEDNESDAY) AND ON THURSDAY.
PUBLIC
TOMORROW
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