SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 1991
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ANTI-DRUG EXHIBITION FOR U.N. EVENTS
OF THF UNITED THE ANNUAL TOWN PLAZA,
A LARGE-SCALE EXHIBITION TO MARK THE BEGINNING NATIONS DECADE AGAINST DRUG ABUSE (1991-2000) AND INTERNATIONAL ANTI-DRUG ABUSE DAY WILL BE STAGED AT NEW SHA TIN, FROM TUESDAY (JUNE 25).
THE DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID FORD, WILL OFFICIATE AT A CEREMONY TO COMMEMORATE THE EVENTS AND TO KICK OFF A BUS PARADE ON «EDNESDAY (JUNE 26) AT 11 AM.
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ENTITLED "HONG KONG FIGHTS DRUGS" THE THREE-DAY EXHIBITION IS ORGANISED BY THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS (ACAN) IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE POLICE, CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, THE SOCIETY FOR THE AID AND REHABILITATION OF
DRUG ABUSERS AND PS 33. A COUNSELLING CENTRE FOR PSYCHOTROPIC
SUBSTANCE ABUSERS.
A WIDE RANGE OF PANEL DISPLAYS INTRODUCING HONG KONG'S OVERALL ANTI-DRUG WORK AND THE ROLES PLAYED BY THE PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS WILL ALSO BE SHOWN.
A NUMBER OF MAJOR DRUG TRAFFICKING AND MANUFACTURING CASES SMASHED IN THE PAST FEW YEARS WILL ALSO BE ON THE POLICE AND CUSTOMS DISPLAYS.
AND AS THE MAIN ATTRACTIONS OF THE EXHIBITION, TWO VIDEO WALLS A BIG SCREEN WILL BE SET UF TO SHOW VIDEOS AND SLIDES ON THE GOVERNMENT'S ANTI-DRUG STRATEGIES AND THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF ABUSING PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES.
VISITORS TO THE EXHIBITION WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PREVIEW THE TWO VIDFOS PRODUCED FOR THE SOON-TO-BE-RELEASED DRUG EDUCATION TEACHING KIT.
ALSO ON DISPLAY WILL BE SEIZED DRUGS, DRUG-SMOKING PARAPHERNALIA AND DRUG CONCEALMENT DEVICES FROM BOTH THE POLICE AND CUSTOMS AS WELL AS THE MOBILE X-RAY SCAN VEHICLE FROM THE CUSTOMS THE MOBILE PUBLICITY VAN FROM THE NARCOTICS DIVISION.
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THE EXHIBITION WILL BE OPEN FROM NOON TO 6 PM ON TUESDAY 25) AND BETWEEN 10 AM AND 6 PM ON WEDNESDAY (JUNE 26) AND THURSDAY (JUNE 27).
IN ADDITION TO PUBLICITY MATERIALS, LIMITED COPIES OF A SOUVENIR POSTAL COVER PURPOSELY – PRODUCED BY ACAN ΤΟ COMMEMORATE THE TWO U.N. EVENTS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED
VISITORS ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED BASIS.
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FOUR DOUBLE DECKERS, TWO OF WHICH ARE SPONSORED BY THE CHINA MOTOR BUS COMPANY LIMITED AND THE KOWLOON MOTOR BUS COMPANY LIMITED, WILL JOIN THE BUS PARADE ON WEDNESDAY (JUNE 26) AFTERNOON.
THEY WILL GO TO ABOUT 20 LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE AND DISTRIBUTE PUBLICITY MATERIALS TO THE PUBLIC.
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