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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1975

THE DIRECTOR MADE IT CLEAR THAT IF AND WHEN THE PROPOSED DETOXIFICATION PROGRAMME WAS SET UP, IT WOULD NOT REPLACE THE EXISTING METHADONE MAINTENANCE SCHEME.

+THE DETOXIFICATION PROGRAMME WILL BE SUPPLEMENTARY TO THE METHADONE MAINTENANCE SCHEME,+ HE SAID.

DETOXIFICATION TREATMENT INVOLVES THE USE OF METHADONE FOR THE DETOXIFICATION OF ADDICTS OVER THE COURSE OF A FEW WEEKS. THE OBJECT IS TO ELIMINATE THE ADDICT'S CURRENT DEPENDENCE ON DRUGS THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATION OF GRADUALLY DECREASING DOSES OF METHADONE.

THE METHADONE MAINTENANCE SCHEME, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS RUN ON A LONGER TERM BASIS. THE SCHEME CALLS FOR THE DISPENSING OF A CONSTANT DOSE OF METHADONE DAILY WITHOUT HOSPITALISATION TO AN ADDICT AND FOR AN INDETERMINABLE PERIOD.

INTEREST GROUPS FOR KWUN TONG RESIDENTS ******

A WIDE RANGE OF YOUTH AND GROUP ACTIVITIES ARE BEING HELD AT THE KWUN TONG COMMUNITY CENTRE TO DEVELOP LEADERSHIP POTENTIALS, INTEREST PURSUITS AND SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY AMONG THE RESIDENTS.

THESE INTEREST GROUPS, ORGANISED BY THE GROUP WORK UNIT OF THE KWUN TONG COMMUNITY CENTRE, SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDE JUDO, GUITAR, MAKE-UP, MANDARIN, WESTERN FOLK DANCE, SOCIAL DANCE, ELEMENTARY TAILORING, CROCHET, PHOTO, WOODWORK,

AND CHINESE BOXING, CANTONESE OPERA, CANTONESE SINGING, CHINESE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT TRAINING.

THOSE WHO WISH TO JOIN SHOULD BRING TWO PHOTOS AND THEIR IDENTITY CARD TO THE KWUN TONG COMMUNITY CENTRE AT 17 TSUI PING ROAD FOR REGISTRATION.

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