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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1979

AFTER THE OPENING CEREMONY, SIR JACK INSPECTED A COLOURFUL PROCESSION OF FLOATS, BANDS, DRAGON AND LION DANCE TEAMS AND THE FAMOUS CHIU CHOW GONG AND DRUM FOLK DANCE TEAM,

OVER 2 000 STUDENTS AND RESIDENTS FROM TSUEN WAN TOOK PART IN THE PROCESSION WHICH TOOK TO THE STREETS WHERE MORE THAN 100 000 RESIDENTS WATCHED THE COLOURFUL LAUNCHING OF THE ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN.

ABOUT 100 ANTI-DRUG PREVENTIVE AND PUBLICITY ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN LINED UP FOR THE 600 000 RESIDENTS OF TSUEN WAN DISTRICT WHICH COVERS TSUEN WAN PROPER, KWAI CHUNG, MA WAN AND TSING YI ISLAND DURING THE CAMPAIGN PERIOD.

THESE INCLUDE A SEMINAR, AN EXHIBITION, VISITS TO ANTI-DRUG INSTITUTIONS, WALKATHON, CHILDREN GAMES DAY, OPEN-AIR PAINTING COMPETITION, TREASURE HUNTING, VARIETY AND FILM SHOWS, SOCCER, BASKETBALL, SPEECH, DRAMA, PHOTOGRAPHY, POSTER AND SLOGAN DESIGN COMPETITIONS.

THE TSUEN WAN CAMPAIGN IS THE LAST AND THE BIGGEST OF THE THREE DISTRICT CAMPAIGNS LAUNCHED BY THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS THIS YEAR.

THE THREE CAMPAIGNS WERE TARGETED AT MORE THAN ONE MILLION RESIDENTS LIVING IN WAN CHAI, MONG KOK AND TSUEN WAN DISTRICTS,

SUCCESS OF TICD EXHIBITION

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VISITORS TO THE TECHNO '79 FAIR IN TOKYO HAVE BEEN FLOCKING TO THE EXHIBITION STAND MOUNTED BY THE TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT.

+THE FIVE-DAY FAIR, WHICH CLOSED YESTERDAY (SATURDAY) ATTRACTED OVER 12 000 VISITORS, AND IT SEEMED THAT A SUBSTANTIAL PROPORTION WAS INTERESTED IN OUR DISPLAY, SAID MR. C.G. BERNARD, THE LEADER OF THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT PROMOTION MISSION.

+WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH A NUMBER OF COMPANY REPRESENTATIVES ON POSSIBLE JOINT VENTURES WITH HONG KONG INDUSTRIES, AND OF THE TRANSFER OF JAPANESE TECHNOLOGY TO HONG KONG,+ HE SAID.

+PARTICULAR INTEREST WAS DISPLAYED BY THE JAPANESE ELECTRONIC INDUSTRY, AND INITIAL DISCUSSIONS WERE HELD WITH A NUMBER OF ELECTRONIC COMPANIES.

+INTERESTING PROPOSALS FOR NEW PRODUCTS WERE ALSO DEMONSTRATED BY AUSTRIAN AND ITALIAN EXHIBITORS, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THESE COMPANIES WILL MEET TICD OFFICERS IN HONG KONG TOMORROW (MONDAY),+ SAID MR. BERNARD.

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