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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1977

MASSIVE ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN BEGINS THIS SUNDAY ******

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN SHAM SHUI PO WILL BE TREATED TO A SERIES OF ENTERTAINING PROGRAMMES ON SUNDAY DURING THE OPENING CEREMONY OF ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN IN THE DISTRICT TO BE HELD AT THE PO ON ROAD PLAYGROUND.

THE OPENING CEREMONY, WHICH STARTS AT 1.45 P.M., WILL MARK THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE FIVE-WEEK DISTRICT ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN SPONSORED BY THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS.

OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY WILL BE MR. KARL STUMPF CHAIRMAN OF ACAN'S PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY SUB- COMMITTEE MR. E.I. LEE, COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS AND DR. PATRICK HASE, CITY DISTRICT OFFICER, SHAM SHUI PO,

EVENTS OF THE DAY WILL INCLUDE A BAND PERFORMANCE, A LION DANCE, BURNING OF A TEN-FOOT-TALL EFFIGY OF A DRUG DEVIL+ AND ALUCKY DRAW.

HIGHLIGHTING THE DAY'S EVENTS WILL BE AN HOUR LONG ANTI-DRUG TELEMATCH ORGANISED BY REDIFFUSION TELEVISION. THIRTY PARTICIPANTS - ALL YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THE DISTRICT - WILL COMPETE IN THE POPULAR GAME IN WHICH ALL THE CONTESTS ARE RELATED IN SOME WAY TO THE ANTI-DRUG THEME.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY ON SUNDAY (OCTOBER 16). YOUR REPRESENTATIVES SHOULD ARRIVE AT THE PO ON ROAD PLAYGROUND (ADJACENT TO SO UK ESTATE) AT 1.30 P.M. OFFICERS FROM NARCOTICS DIVISION AND G.J.S. WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST.

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