THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1993
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AS A REGULAR AGENDA ITEM, THE BROADCASTING AUTHORITY CONSIDERED REPORT OF ITS COMPLAINTS COMMITTEE AND ENDORSED THE COMMITTER'S DECISIONS IN RESPECT OF ALL THE COMPLAINTS DEALT WITH IN THE MONTH.
PAST
AND
SEVEN COMPLAINTS ABOUT UNSATISFACTORY TELEVISION RECEPTION ONE COMPLAINT ABOUT UNSATISFACTORY RADIO RECEPTION HAD ALSO BREN REFERRED TO THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY FOR INVESTIGATION.
THE BROADCASTING AUTHORITY ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED RECEIPT OF AN APPLICATION FROM THE NEWS CORPORATION LTD TO ACQUIRE THE SHARES OF TVB. THE APPLICATION WILL BE DEALT WITH EXPEDITIOUSLY.
RESULTS OF 1992 SURVEY ON DRUG USE AMONG STUDENTS
A TERRITORY-WIDE SURVEY HAS FOUND THAT MORE SECONDARY SCHOOL AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTE STUDENTS HAVE ABUSED PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES.
THE SURVEY COVERED THE USE OF HEROIN AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL
AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTE STUDENTS FOR THE FIRST TIME.
SOME KEY FINDINGS OF THE 1992 SURVEY ON DRUG USE AMONG STUDENTS OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTES WERE RELEASED TODAY (THURSDAY) AFTER BEING STUDIED BY THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS (ACAN).
GOVERNMENT
THE
THE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED BY THE NARCOTICS DIVISION, SECRETARIAT, AS A FOLLOW-UP TO THE SECOND SURVEY IN 1990 WITH OBJECTIVE TO COLLECT MORE COMPREHENSIVE AND UP-TO-DATE DATA.
A TOTAL OF SOME 110,000 STUDENTS WERE ENUMERATED, CHINESE-SPEAKING SCHOOLS, SEVEN TECHNICAL INSTITUTES INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS.
FROM 130 AND 22
COMPLETE
ALL THE STUDENTS SURVEYED WERE ASKED TO CONFIDENTIALLY AND ANONYMOUSLY A QUESTIONNAIRE WITH 46 QUESTIONS COVERING SUCH POINTS AS THE NON-MEDICAL USE OF SUBSTANCES AND HEROIN, THEIR ATTITUDES AND REASONS FOR SUBSTANCES AND HEROIN, AND THEIR SOURCES OF SUCH DRUGS.
THE 1992 SURVEY REVEALED THAT 2.9 PER CENT OF CHINESE-SPEAKING SECONDARY SCHOOLS HAD EVER ABUSED SUBSTANCES. THE CORRESPONDING RATE IN THE 1990 SURVEY
CENT.
PSYCHOTROPIC ABUSING
THE
STUDENTS IN PSYCHOTROPIC WAS 2.1 PER
REPORTED THAT
ALSO, 0.3 PER CENT OF STUDENTS IN THESE SCHOOLS THEY HAD EVER ABUSED HEROIN. THE PERCENTAGES OF STUDENTS REPORTED ΤΟ HAVE ABUSED HEROIN AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES IN THE FOUR WEEKS PRECEDING THE SURVEY WERE 0.1 AND 0.8 ONLY, INDICATING THAT THE MAJORITY WERE NO LONGER ABUSING THE DRUGS.
/THE PROPORTION