MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1991
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HONG KONG FULLY SUPPORTS UN ANTI-DRUG CALL
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NATIONS" CALL FOR
HONG KONG FULLY SUPPORTS THE "UNITED INTENSIFIED ACTION AGAINST DRUG ABUSE AND ILLICIT TRAFFICKING.
THIS WAS STATED TODAY (MONDAY} BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR IAN STRACHAN WHILE ADDRESSING THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION'S WORKSHOP ON DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROL IN CHINA, HONG KONG AND MACAU.
FORUM AND
HONG KONG IS ALSO ACTIVE IN THE INTERNATIONAL
IS CO-OPERATING WITH OTHER COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES IN THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS, HE SAID.
SOME 40 SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS FROM THE THREE ARBAS TOGETHER WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES AND NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS TOOK PART IN THE WORKSHOP IN HONG KONG.
WILL FORMULATE COMMON STRATEGIES AND PROGRAMME PLANNING IN THE TREATMENT, REHABILITATION, EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND MANPOWER TRAINING.
THE FIVE-DAY WORKSHOP
PREVENTION,
MR STRACHAN SAID: "AS ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE DECADE AGAINST DRUG ABUSE, THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IS FULLY COMMITTED то THE TWIN AIMS OF REDUCING THE PROBLEM OF DRUG ABUSE AND STOPPING THE ILLICIT TRAFFICKING INTO, AND THROUGH, HONG KONG.
'WITH ADVICE FROM THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS, WE SHALL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE ANTI-DRUGS STRATEGY, ENCOMPASSING FOUR MAIN ELEMENTS LAW ENFORCEMENT, TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION, PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY AND INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION, HE SAID.
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HE POINTED OUT THAT THE HONG KONG POLICE FORCE AND CUSTOMS EXCISE DEPARTMENT HAD ESTABLISHED CLOSE LIAISON WITH THEIR OVERSEAS COUNTERPARTS AND TOOK VIGOROUS ACTION TO SUPPRESS THE ILLICIT TRAFFICKING OF DANGEROUS DRUGS.
SİDE SIMPLY REFLECT
"RECENT SUCCESSES ON THE LAW ENFORCEMENT IMPROVED INTELLIGENCE, STRATEGY AND DILIGENCE," MR STRACHAN SAID.
FOLLOWING THE ENACTMENT OF THE DRUG TRAFFICKING (RECOVERY OF PROCEEDS) ORDINANCE IN 1989, HONG KONG HAD IN THE PAST TWO YEARS SEIZED ASSETS WORTH OVER $310 MILLION UNDER THIS LEGISLATION, WITH ABOUT $280 MILLION, OR 90 PER CENT, ARISING FROM ORDERS MADE IN JURISDICTIONS WITH WHICH WE HAVE BILATERAL AGREEMENTS ARRANGEMENTS WHICH PROVIDE MUTUAL LEGAL ASSİSTANCE IN RESPECT OF TRAFFICKING.
ADDICTION,
TALKING ABOUT THE TREATMENT PROGRAMME FOR DRUG STRACHAN SAID HONG KONG HAD, FOR MANY YEARS, FOLLOWED MILTI-APPROACH AND ENCOURAGED A RANGE OF PROGRAMMES THAT MIGHT HELPFUL TO DRUG ABUSERS FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS.
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