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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1974.

YOUTH FORUMS ON DRUG ADDICTION AND YOUTH

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A SERIES OF YOUTH FORUMS ON DRUG ADDICTION AND YOUTH' HAS BEEN ORGANISED TO GIVE YOUNG PEOPLE A CORRECT PICTURE OF THE MAGNITUDE AND SERIOUSNESS OF THE DRUG PROBLEM IN HONG KONG.

THE FIRST WILL BE HELD BY SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S KWUN TONG COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICE AT 17, TSUI PING ROAD, KOWLOON, AT 3.00 PM TOMORROW (SATURDAY). ABOUT 150 YOUTHS WILL PARTICIPATE AND VOICE THEIR VIEWS.

THERE WILL BE THREE TALKS BY MR. MA KIU-SANG, A MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER ON SOCIAL BACKGROUND OF DRUG ADDICTS''- MR, KONG CHURK-HOI, CHIEF INSPECTOR OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE ON ''DRUG PROBLEM AND DRUG TRAFFICKING IN HONG KONG'' AND

R. JAMES LEE YAT-YUEN, AFTERCARE SUPERVISOR OF S.A.R.D.A. ON 'TREATMENT AND AFTERCARE”'. THESE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS ON CAUSES OF ADDICTION, MEASURES IN DEALING WITH THE PROBLEM AND YOUTH RESPONSIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION.

SIMILIAR YOUTH FORUMS WILL BE HELD IN FOUR OTHER DISTRICTS, EASTERN, YAU MA TEI, WESTERN AND SHAM SHUI PO ON THE FOLLOWING SATURDAYS.

MEANWHILE, THE WAN CHAI COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICE'S YOUTH FORUM ON A SENSE OF BELONGING TOWARDS HONG KONG' WHICH WAS POSTPONED BECAUSE OF TYPHOON CARMEN, WILL NOW TAKE PLACE AT 2.30 PM ON NOVEMBER 23 AT LADY TRENCH TRAINING CENTRE, 44 DI KWAN ROAD, WAN CHAI.

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