XN000022-1979-11-28 — Page 13

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1979

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MR. BOSHER SAID SAI KUNG HAD CONTINUED ITS REGIONAL ROLE IN HONG KONG AS +A CENTRE FOR OUTDOOR RECREATION.

THE LAST 12 MONTHS HAD SEEN THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE COUNTRY PARKS PROGRAMME IN SAI KUNG. MORE LAND HAD BEEN GAZETTED IN THE NAMES OF THE MA ON SHAN AND CLEAR WATER BAY COUNTRY PARKS, BRINGING ALL THE MOST SCENIC PARTS OF THE DISTRICT UNDER EXPERT MANAGEMENT.

THE PO LEUNG KUK'S HOLIDAY CAMP AT PAK TAM CHUNG WAS NOW OPEN AND TAKING LARGE NUMBERS OF HOLIDAY-MAKERS, YOUNG AND OLD. ENCOURAGED BY THE KUK'S EXAMPLE OTHER ORGANISATIONS, FOR EXAMPLE THE BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUBS ASSOCIATION, THE HONG KONG YOUTH CLUB, THE CANOE UNION AND THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION HAD PUT IN APPLICATIONS FOR LAND.

MR. BOSHER SAID THE DISTRICT OFFICE WAS GIVING EVERY ASSISTANCE IT COULD.

WHO TRAINING COURSE ON TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION OF DRUG DEPENDENT PERSONS ENDS

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THE RAVAGES OF THE INSIDIOUS PLAGUE NARCOTIC ADDICTION HAVE ATTAINED PANDEMIC PROPORTIONS WORLDWIDE, SAPPING THE ENERGIES OF YOUTH AND THE SOCIAL FABRIC OF NATIONS, THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR. K.L. THONG SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION'S FIRST INTER-REGIONAL TRAINING COURSE FOR PHYSICIANS ON THE TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION OF DRUG DEPENDENT PERSONS IN HONG KONG.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS, SIR ALBERT RODRIGUES AND THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR. PETER LEE,

ALSO ATTENDED THE CEREMONY.

DR. THONG SAID: THE GROWING CONCERN OF NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS OVER THIS RAPIDLY SPREADING CANCER IS REFLECTED IN AN INCREASING INVOLVEMENT AT HIGH POLICY AND ADMINISTRATIVE LEVELS, IN GREATER EXCHANGES OF INFORMATION AND EXPERTISE, AND IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION IN ALL FIELDS OF ANTI-NARCOTICS WORK.+

HOWEVER, HE SAID THAT IN HONG KONG THERE WERE REAL INDICATIONS OF CONTAINMENT OF THE NARCOTICS ABUSE, AND IN A WORLD OF ESCALATING PROBLEMS, CONTAINMENT IS PROGRESS.+

HONG KONG'S APPROACH TO THE PROBLEM, WHICH HAVE BESET US OVER THE DECADES, HAD BEEN PRAGMATIC, AND IN THIS RESPECT NARCOTICS ADDICTION HAD BEEN NO EXCEPTION, DR. THONG POINTED OUT.

*WE HAVE LEARNT FROM EXPERIENCE THAT THERE IS NO SINGLE SOLUTION, THAT THERE IS NO ACCEPTABLE PANACEA, AND THAT WE MUST PERFORCE ADOPT A MULTI-MODALITY APPROACH, + HE EXPLAINED.

/HE SAID