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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1977

MASSIVE ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN BEGINS ON SUNDAY

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THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS (ACAN) WILL LAUNCH A MASSIVE CAMPAIGN THIS SUNDAY (OCTOBER 16) TO DRIVE

ITS ANTI-DRUG MESSAGE HOME TO MORE THAN 500,000 PEOPLE LIVING IN SHAM SHUI PO.

THE CAMPAIGN FORMS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE BIGGEST-EVER PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY PROGRAMME BEING UNDERTAKEN BY ACAN THIS YEAR.

A COMMITTEE, WHICH COMPRISES REPRESENTATIVES FROM ACAN, THE SHAM SHUI PO CITY DISTRICT OFFICE AND 30 OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, WAS SET UP FOUR MONTHS AGO TO ORGANISE THE CAMPAIGN.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE, MR. GEORGE HSUEH WHO IS THE PRINCIPAL OF THE NAM WAH MIDDLE SCHOOL AS WELL AS AN ACTIVE COMMUNITY WORKER IN SHAM SHUI PO, TOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT THE CAMPAIGN WOULD LAST FOR FIVE WEEKS AND COST ABOUT $100,000.

ALSO PRESENT AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE WERE THE CHAIRMAN OF ACAN'S PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY SUB-COMMITTEE MR. KARL STUMPF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SECURITY OF THE NARCOTICS DIVISION, MR. FRED TING AND CITY DISTRICT OFFICER, SHAM SHUI PO, DR. PATRICK HASE.

MR. HSUEH SAID THE CAMPAIGN WAS AIMED AT PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF DRUG ABUSE AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE.

+RATHER THAN SIMPLY EDUCATING YOUNG PEOPLE OF THE DANGERS OF DRUG ABUSE, WE SHALL TAKE A POSITIVE APPROACH IN THE CAMPAIGN TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO SPEND MORE OF THEIR TIME AND ENERGY ON HEALTHY, MEANINGFUL AND CONSTRUCTIVE ACTIVITIES, + MR. HSUEH SAID.

+THE CAMPAIGN WILL, THEREFORE, INCLUDE SUCH ACTIVITIES AS ATHLETIC COMPETITION, SPORTS VARIETY SHOW AND EXHIBITION OF VARIOUS RECREATIONAL OUTLETS AND HOBBIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE,+ HE SAID.

APART FROM THESE ACTIVITIES, SEMINARS, FILM SHOWS, STREET THEATRE PERFORMANCES AND OTHER EFFORTS WILL ALSO BE MADE TO INFORM THE ADULT GENERATION, PARTICULARLY PARENTS AND TEACHERS, OF THE CAUSES OF DRUG ABUSE AND TO ADVISE THEM ON WHAT THEY CAN DO TO FIGHT AGAINST THE PROBLEM.

FIFTY THOUSAND LEAFLETS, TOGETHER WITH A LARGE QUANTITY OF PUBLICITY HAND-OUTS, WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO RESIDENTS IN SHAM SHUI PO, BANNERS CARRYING THE SLOGAN OF THE CAMPAIGN WILL ALSO BE WIDELY DISPLAYED.

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