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MORE PRIVATE ORGANISATIONS SUPPORT ANTI-DRUG PROGRAMMES

MORE

PRIVATE

ORGANISATIONS

ARE

SHOWING

CONCERN

DISASTROUS EFFECT OF DRUG ABUSE PROBLEM AND TAKING AN ACTIVI LAUNCHING OR SPONSORING VARIOUS ANTI-DRUG PROGRAMMES.

OVER

THE

PART IN

ACTION

COMMITTEE

AGAINST

NARCOTICS,

TOLD

A

THIS PREVIEW

TO A

OF

LARGE

GROUPF OF

AN

ANTI-DRUG

AUDIENCES TV PROGRAMME

DR WHILE "CARTOON

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE GERALD CHOA,

AT ADDRESSING ALL-STARS TO THE RESCUE" TODAY (SATURDAY).

THE

30-MINUTE TELEVISON

SPECIAL

WAS

BY

RONALD

SPONSORED BROADCAST AT THE EVENING MCDONALD CHILDREN'S CHARITIES AND WILL BE

26 ON TVB JADE AND

CHANNELS PEARL PRIME TIME ON DECEMBER 23 AND RESPECTIVELY.

IN THE DR CHOA POINTED OUT THAT THERE WAS AN OBVIOUS INCREASE

PSYCHOTROPIC NUMBER

PARTICULARLY OF YOUNG PROPLE

DRUGS, ABUSING SUBSTANCES SUCH AS TRANQUILIZER AND CANNABIS, IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.

THIS TREND TAKEN UPON THE TO TIGHTEN HAND AND TO STEP UP BID то PREVENT

HE SAID: "AUTHORITIES CONCERNED HAVE BEEN AWARE OF FOR A LONG TIME AND CORRESPONDING MEASURES HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS CONTROL ON PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES ON THE ONE PUBLICITY AND PREVENTIVE EDUCATION ON THE OTHER IN A THE SITUATION FROM GETTING WORSE."

NARCOTICS DRUGS"

ΤΟ FROM ABUSING

THE IN RESPECT OF PUBLICITY, DR CHOA SAID THIS YEAR

SAY LIFE,

NO TO DIVISION ADOPTED THE THEME "SAY YES TO ENCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE TO VALUE THEIR LIVES AND REFRAIN

POSTERS, INCLUDING

LEAFLETS, THROUGH ANY DRUGS

VARIOUS CHANNELS,

INTEREST, RADIO PROGRAMMES, COMIC BOOKS, TV ANNOUNCEMENTS OF PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS AND A WIDE RANGE OF OTHER ACTIVITIES.

THEIR

SPARE

ACTIVITIES SELF-WORTH, ATTITUDE

"YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ADVISED TO MAKE THE BEST USE OF TIME BY TAKING PART IN WHOLESOME CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL

THEIR OR MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY SERVICES SO AS TO IDENTIFY BOOST THEIR SELF-CONFIDENCE AND SHAPE A CORRECT AND POSITIVE TOWARDS LIFE,' HE ADDED.

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THE

DR CHOA SAID STAFF OF

TALKS AT VARIOUS SECONDARY

AS REGARDS PREVENTIVE EDUATION,

EDUCATION NARCOTICS DIVISION GAVE DRUG SCHOOLS AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTES EVERYDAY.

PRODUCE A SET OF VIDEO USE BY SECONDARY PEOPLE TO BETTER THE AGAINST

HE SAID: "WORK IS ALSO UNDER WAY TO TEACHING KIT TOGETHER WITH FOLLOW-UP EXERCISES FOR SCHOOL TEACHERS AND SOCIAL WORKERS TO ENABLE YOUNG THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF AND HEIGHTEN INJURIOUS EFFECTS OF USING DRUGS.

IT

WAS

THEIR VIGILANCE

EXPECTED

ΤΟ

FOR

OF

NEXT YOUNG

BE AVAILABLE SAID THE KIT DR CHOA DISTRIBUTION TO SCHOOLS AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES IN THE MIDDLE

USED 30 THAT MORE

YEAR AND HE HOPED THAT IT WOULD BE WIDELY PEOPLE CAN BENEFIT FROM IT.

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