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THE REPRESENTATIVES WERE ALSO TOLD OF THEIR RIGHTS ΤΟ LODGE COMPLAINTS IF THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE MALTREATED, MRS NG ADDED.
DURING THE LECTURE, A STOP-AND-SEARCH DEMONSTRATION WAS PERFORMED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE AUDIENCE. THE LATTER HALF OF THE SESSION WAS RESERVED FOR A DISCUSSION FORUM WHEN QUESTIONS RELATING TO RESIDENTS' RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS DURING HOME SEARCH OPERATIONS BY POLICE WERE RAISED.
ANTI-DRUGS BEACH CONCERT IN SOUTHERN
A POP CONCERT ORGANISED BY THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE TO SPREAD THE "SAY YES TO LIFE, SAY NO TO DRUGS" MESSAGE WAS HELD AT REPULSE BAY BEACH TODAY (SATURDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN MR CHAN YAU-YUE SAID DRUG ABUSE HAD BEEN A LONG-STANDING PROBLEM IN HONG KONG.
HE NOTED THAT ABOUT 160 NEW CASES INVOLVING SOUTHERN RESIDENTS WERE RECORDED IN THE CENTRAL REGISTRY OF DRUG ABUSE LAST YEAR.
"THIS CONCERT IS AIMED AT INSPIRING THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR YOUNG PEOPLE, TO ADOPT A POSITIVE ATTITUDE TOWARDS LIFE, AND AT DISSUADING THEM FROM EXPERIMENTING WITH OR ABUSING DRUGS, MR CHAN SAID.
THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY (NARCOTICS), MRS ANNETTE LEE, SAID THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS (ACAN) REGULARLY ORGANISED ANTI-NARCOTICS PROGRAMMES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DISTRICT BOARDS AND DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEES TO ENHANCE PUBLIC CONCERN ABOUT THE DRUG PROBLEM.
TODAY'S CONCERT WAS ONE OF SIX DISTRICT SPONSORED BY ACAN THIS YEAR, SHE ADDED.
PROGRAMMES BEING
ALSO SPEAKING AT THE OPENING, THE SOUTHERN CHAIRMAN, MR HUI YUNG-CHUNG, URGED YOUTHS TO TAKE PART ACTIVITIES AND REFRAIN FROM TAKING DRUGS.
DISTRICT BOARD IN MEANINGFUL
HE ALSO CALLED ON RESIDENTS TO FULFIL THEIR CIVIC RESPONSIBILITIES BY REGISTERING AS ELECTORS AND BY VOTING IN NEXT YEAR'S DISTRICT BOARD, URBAN COUNCIL/REGIONAL COUNCIL AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS.
TODAY'S CONCERT, WHICH ATTRACTED HUNDREDS OF SPECTATORS, WAS PRODUCED BY COMMERCIAL RADIO AND BROADCAST LIVE ON ITS CHANNEL ONE. THERE WERE PERFORMANCES BY POP SINGERS, INTERVIEWS WITH CELEBRITIES AND AN ANTI-NARCOTICS QUIZ.
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OTHER OFFICIATING GUESTS INCLUDED THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MRS MAUREEN CHAN, AND THE ABERDEEN POLICE DIVISIONAL COMMANDER, MR CHAN-FAI.
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