XN000022-1978-04-07 — Page 9

FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1978

JOB GUIDANCE IMPORTANT FOR DRUG ADDICTS

*****

THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. THOMAS LEE, THIS EVENING STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE FOR REHABILITATED DRUG ADDICTS IN RE-INTEGRATING THEM INTO THE COMMUNITY.

ADDRESSING THE OPENING CEREMONY OF AN ANTI-DRUE CAMPAIGN VARIETY SHOW, MR. LEE SAID IT WAS MOST IMPORTANT THAT DRUG ADDICTS SHOULD BE HELPED IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY TO BE SELF-SUPPORTING AND BECOME ONCE AGAIN A RESPONSIBLE MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY.

+THIS IN FACT FORMS THE MOST CRUCIAL PART OF THE REHABILITATI PROCESS FOR DRUG ADDICTS,+ HE SAID.

THE VARIETY SHOW AT MACPHERSON PLAYGROUND, KOWLOON, WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE COMMITTEE FOR VOLUNTARILY REHABILITATED ADDICTS, THE ENTERTAINMENT SECTION OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE AID AND REHABILITATION OF DRUG ADDICTS.

MR. LEE NOTED THAT THE COMMITTEE HAD BEEN PROVIDING VALUABLE EMPLOYMENT.GUIDANCE SERVICE FOR DRUG ADDICTS THROUGH THE INVOLVEMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

+ IN THE SHORT PERIOD OF THE PAST TWO YEARS, MORE THAN 200 ADDICTS HAVE BEEN GIVEN EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE, WHICH REFLECTS THE WIDESPREAD CONCERN AND SUPPORT BY THE COMMUNITY.

+1 AM SURE THAT WITH THE CONTINUING SUPPORT FROM THE PUBLIC AND THE HARD WORK BY MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, SUCH SERVICE WOULD BENEFIT MORE REHABILITATED ADDICTS, HE SAID.