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After receiving the report in person from Professor Chen and Mr Sinclair at the Government House today, the Governor commented: "I am most grateful to ACAN and others for putting together the report so quickly."
Examples given by the Governor of action to be taken by Government stemming from the report were:
Promoting preventive drug education in schools and checking that it is provided.
Identifying children 'at risk and making sure that preventive programmes are targeted at them.
Ensuring that young people recovering from drug abuse are able to re- enter the school system if they wish to do so.
Other recommendations in the report included providing factual information on drug abuse and trafficking to every school in the territory.
A recommendation was also made on the need to ensure that children and young people undergoing residential treatment and rehabilitation did not miss out on their education.
The Governor said: "I will be asking my officials in the relevant branches and departments of government to let me have detailed proposals for future action across the board. I will make sure that all those who attended the summit are kept in the picture on progress.
"As far as Government action is concerned, we will be taking the proposals forward energetically."
"We cannot afford to ease up on the growing problem of drug abuse. If we keep at it, we can beat it," Mr Patten stressed.
End/Thursday, June 1, 1995