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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1994
TWO WAYS TO TACKLE STUDENT DRUG ABUSE
串
THE GOVERNMENT
IS
THE USING TWO WAYS TO TACKLE
PROBLEM
IN DRUG INVOLVING
ON ABUSE CASES STUDENTS
PREMISES, SCHOOL SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR ASPREY, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
PREVENTIVE EDUCATION
IS
OFFERED TO INFORM
DANGERS OF DRUG ABUSE AND HELP THEM REFUSE DRUGS.
OF
THE
STUDENTS OF
THE
AND SCHOOL AUTHORITIES ARE HELPED TO RESPOND APPROPRIATELY DRUG CASES ON SCHOOL PREMISES.
TO
A
INTO
QUESTION BY THE HON CHEUNG MAN-KWONG ASPREY SAID: "DRUG EDUCATION IS THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM IN SEVERAL PLACES."
IN INTEGRATED
THE
PROVIDE INFORMATION
ON
REPLYING ΤΟ LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR
TEACHERS ARE ADVISED NOT JUST ΤΟ SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND ITS EFFECTS, BUT ALSO TO GIVE EMPHASIS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTHY AND POSITIVE ATTITUDES AND THE LEARNING OF LIFE SKILLS SUCH AS HANDLING OF PEER PRESSURE.
THE
NARCOTICS
ALL DIVISION HOLDS REGULAR TALKS IN SCHOOLS AND PRIMARY 6 CLASSES TO REINFORCE THESE MESSAGES.
SECONDARY
EDUCATION
ON
TO ASSIST THE SCHOOL AUTHORITIES, MR ASPREY SAID THE DEPARTMENT WAS DRAFTING A SET OF GUIDELINES FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS THE HANDLING OF DRUG ABUSE CASES.
THE
GUIDELINES
COVER SIGNS
THAT
INDICATE
DRUG ADDICTION, PREVENTIVE AND OTHER MEASURES TO DEAL WITH PROBLEMS IN SCHOOL, AND THE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT AVAILABLE TO SCHOOLS, HE ADDED.
"THE
*1
GOVERNMENT ALSO ENCOURAGES STUDENTS CONFRONTED WITH PROBLEMS TO APPROACH SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS FOR COUNSELLING ASSISTANCE, HE SAID.
DRUG
AND
LAST YEAR, THERE
WAS ONE PROSECUTION OF SIX STUDENTS FOR THERE SUPPLYING DANGEROUS DRUGS ON SCHOOL PREMISES. IN 1992 AND 1991, WERE THREE AND TWO PROSECUTIONS RESPECTIVELY.
0
COMPLAINTS INFORMATION HELPS SERVICE IMPROVEMENT
HAVE PUBLISHED PERFORMANCE TEN OF
36 DEPARTMENTS THAT THE
WAITING AND PLEDGES RECEIVED 62 COMPLAINTS CONCERNING MAINLY ABOUT
HON MRS RESPONSE TIMES TO CORRESPONDENCE, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE ANSON CHAN, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
DEPARTMENTS ALSO RECEIVE COMPLAINTS AND SUGGESTIONS ON A RANGE OF TOPICS, FROM STAFF ATTITUDES TO WORK PROCESSES.
WIDE
MRS
SAID CHAN
INFORMATION
AVAILABLE PLEDGE.
ΤΟ
USERS COMMITTEES
ON COMPLAINTS
MATTERS MONITORING
WOULD
BE
MADE
BY COVERED
A
/"ANY TREND