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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1979

OVERSEAS PHYSICIANS VISIT

VIOLET PEEL METHADONE CENTRE

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TWENTY-FIVE PHYSICIANS, WHO ARE ATTENDING THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANSLATION'S (WHO) FIRST INTER-REGIONAL TRAINING COURSE ON THE TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION OF DRUG DEPENDENT PERSONS IN HONG KONG, TODAY (MONDAY) VISITED THE VIOLET PEEL METHADONE CLINIC IN WAN CHAI.

THEY WERE BRIEFED ON HONG KONG'S METHADONE TREATMENT PROGRAMME BY THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES (NARCOTICS), DR. K.F. CHAN.

DR. CHAN ALSO TOLD THE PHYSICIANS THAT MORE THAN 7 500 ADDICTS ARE ATTENDING TREATMENT EVERYDAY IN THE 20 METHADONE CENTRES STRATEGICALLY LOCATED ON HONG KONG ISLAND, IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THE TRAINING COURSE, WHICH OPENED ON OCTOBER 30 WITH THE AIM OF PROVIDING AN IN-DEPTH STUDY INTO THE LATEST ANTI-NARCOTICS TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION POLICIES AND METHODS IN HONG KONG, WILL END ON NOVEMBER 28.

THE 25 DOCTORS ARE FROM EGYPT, AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, BURMA, THAILAND, MALAYSIA, INDONESIA AND THE PHILIPPINES.

TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IN HUNG HOM AND ABERDEEN

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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (MONDAY) THE SOUTH- BOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF MA TAU WA! ROAD AND CHATHAM ROAD BETWEEN CH! KIANG STREET AND SAN LAU STREET WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC BETWEEN 12.30 A.M. AND 5.30 A.M. DAILY FOR ABOUT ONE MONTH FROM WEDNESDAY (NOVEMBER 21).

THE TEMPORARY CLOSURE IS TO FACILITATE WORK ON THE NEW ELEVATED ROADWAY IN THE AREA.

DURING THE CLOSURE, SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC ON MA TAU WAI ROAD WILL BE DIVERTED VIA CHI KIANG STREET, TO KWA WAN ROAD, MA TAU WAI ROAD, GILLIES AVENUE AND SAN LAU STREET TO CHATHAM ROAD.

MOTORISTS ARE ALSO ADVISED THAT IN ABERDEEN THE EASTBOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF THE NEW ROAD LINKING SHEK PAI WAN ROAD AND ABERDEEN WHOLESALE FISH MARKET WILL BE OPENED TO TRAFFIC FROM 10 A.M. ON WEDNESDAY.

APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE SET UP IN THE TWO AREAS TO GUIDE MOTOR ISTS.

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