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Mr Lam said: "One of the three TV APIs specifically aims at educating young people that there is no difference between 'hard' and 'soft' drugs in terms of its harmful effects to drug abusers."
Mr Lam went on to explain the role of Narcotics Division in the preventive education and publicity programme and Government resources available to social workers for drug abuse prevention work.
Other topics examined at today's seminar were social workers' role in drug abuse prevention among youths, drug education in schools, treatment of young drug abusers in substance abuse clinics and therapeutic group work in drug abuse prevention.
Also speaking at the seminar were the Assistant Director of Social Welfare (Youth and Rehabilitation) Mr Carlos Leung; the Consultant Psychiatrist of Castle Peak Hospital, Dr Leung Shung-pun; the Principal Inspector (Biological Sciences) of the Education Department, Mr Ho Chung-nin; and the Service Development Officer of the Society for the Aid and Rehabilitation of Drug Abusers, Mr Lee King-fai; and Social Work Officer of Against Substance Abuse Scheme of the Social Welfare Department, Mr Tan Tick-yee.
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Immigration Officers to be attached to UK Immigration
Four immigration officers will leave for the United Kingdom in the middle of March for a five-week attachment programme with the United Kingdom Immigration Service.
The four officers are Acting Senior Immigration Officers Mrs Sharon Lai Kwok Sau-han, Messrs Choi Wai-lun and William Lee Hok-lim and Acting Immigration Officer Mr Cheung Hon-ping. They will visit branches of the Home Office handling immigration and nationality matters as well as immigration offices and ports.