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MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1993
GOVERNOR ADVISES YOUTH NOT TO START SMOKING
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THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, TODAY ADVISED HONG KONG'S SMOKERS TO GIVE UP SMOKING AND NON-SMOKERS START SMOKING AT ALL IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THEIR HEALTH.
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NOT TO
SPEAKING AT THE ANTI-SMOKING YOUTH RALLY AT THE QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM, THE GOVERNOR SAID GIVING UP SMOKING WAS VERY DIFFICULT, THOUGH NECESSARY.
"THE EASIEST THING TO DO IS NOT TO START SMOKING IN THE FIRST PLACE, HE SAID.
"SO, I HOPE THAT THIS RALLY WILL ENSURE THAT SOME OF THOSE WHO SMOKE NOW WILL GIVE UP THE HABIT.
"BUT,
EVEN MORE IMPORTANT, THAT MOST OF YOU HERE WON'T START
SMOKING AT ALL.
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TODAY'S YOUTH RALLY WAS ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG COUNCIL ON SMOKING AND HEALTH IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO SPREAD ΤΟ YOUNG PEOPLE IN HONG KONG THE MESSAGE OF "HEALTHY YOUTH DON'T SMOKE".
ECHOING THE THEME OF THE EVENT, MR PATTEN GAVE A PIECE OF HIS ADVICE TO THE 1,000-STRONG YOUNG PARTICIPANTS.
"MY MESSAGE TO YOU IS A VERY SIMPLE ONE. SAVE MONEY AND SAVE YOUR HEALTH AND DON'T SMOKE," HE ADDED.
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NEWS REPORT ON EXCO MEMBERS REFUTED
IN RESPONSE TO AN ARTICLE IN A LOCAL CHINESE LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER TODAY (MONDAY) ALLEGING THAT THREE NON-GOVERNMENT MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL WERE "ACTIVELY CONSIDERING RESIGNING FROM THE COUNCIL", DR RAYMOND CHIEN AND MR ANDREW LI ISSUED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT:
**THE REPORT IS COMPLETELY UNTRUE. WE HAVE NO INTENTION OF
RESIGNING FROM THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
MR
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C H TUNG, THE THIRD MEMBER NAMED IN THE NEWSPAPER, IS CURRENTLY OUT OF HONG KONG AND CANNOT BE CONTACTED.
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