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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1976

FINAL ROUNDS OF ANTI-NARCOTICS CUP BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

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THE FINAL ROUNDS OF THE ANTI-NARCOTICS CUP AND E.P. HO CUP BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT WILL BEGIN TOMORROW (FRIDAY) WITH AN OPENING CEREMONY TO BE HELD AT THE INDOOR BASKETBALL COURT, SOUTHORN PLAYGROUND, WAN CHAI AT 6 P.M.

MATCHES WILL BE PLAYED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CEREMONY. ADMISSION WILL BE FREE.

TEN TEAMS FROM 10 DIFFERENT CITY DISTRICTS OF HONG KONG ISLAND AND KOWLOON WILL BE COMPETING FOR THE HONOUR AFTER ELIMINATING 74 OTHER TEAMS IN THE PRELIMINARY ROUNDS. THE WINNING TEAM WILL BE AWARDED BOTH THE ANTI-NARCOTICS CUP AND THE E.P. HO CUP.

THE TOURNAMENT, WHICH IS OPEN TO YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER 20 YEARS OF AGE, IS PART OF THE DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAMME OF THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS (ACAN). IT IS DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE TO DEVELOP A GREATER INTEREST IN MEANINGFUL AND HEALTHY ACTIVITIES, AS WELL AS TO CREATE IN THEM AN AWARENESS OF THE DANGER OF DRUG ADDICTION.

IN ADDITION, THE TOURNAMENT PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR MOUNTING PUBLICITY TO GET THE ANTI-DRUG MESSAGE ACROSS TO THOUSANDS OF SPECTATORS WHO GO AND WATCH THE MATCHES. APART FROM PUTTING UP BANNERS AND DISTRIBUTING LEAFLETS AT THE BASKETBALL COURTS, SHORT ANTI-DRUG DRAMAS WILL BE STAGED DURING HALF-TIME INTERVALS.

THE TOURNAMENT IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT, THE HONG KONG AMATEUR BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION, THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE AND ACAN.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY WHICH WILL BE HELD AT THE SOUTHORN PLAYGROUND BASKETBALL STADIUM AT 6 P.M. TOMORROW (FRIDAY). OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY WILL BE MR. AUGUSTINE CHUI, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HOME AFFAIRS REV. K.L. STUMPF, CHAIRMAN OF ACAN'S PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY SUB-COMMITTEE MR. M.C. CASWELL, PRINCIPAL EDUCATION OFFICER AND MR. CHAM SIU-LEUN, PRESIDENT OF THE HONG KONG AMATEUR BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION.

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