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NOTE TO EDITORS:

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1980

1980

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ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN OPENING CEREMONY

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SIR ALBERT RODRIGUES, CHAIRMAN OF THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS, WILL OPEN THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN AT A CEREMONY IN EDINBURGH PLACE AT 10 AM THIS SUNDAY (SEPTEMBER 14).

THE CHAIRMAN OF ACAN'S PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY SUB-COMMITTEE, MR KARL STUMPF THE ACTING COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR BOWEN LEUNG AND OTHER SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WILL ALSO ATTEND THE OPENING CEREMONY.

A TWO-HOUR VARIETY SHOW FEATURING TV ARTISTES AND LOCAL PERFORMERS WILL BE PRESENTED AFTERWARDS.

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY AND THE VARIETY SHOW.

CRAFT APPRENTICES GRADUATE

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AS DEMANDS GROW FOR MORE AND BETTER TRAINED PERSONNEL, YOUNG MEN GRADUATING FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S CRAFT APPRENTICES SCHEME SHOULD HAVE A GOOD FUTURE AND ATTRACTIVE OPPORTUNITIES, MR D.M. HOWES, GENERAL MANAGER OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY. SAID TODAY.

SPEAKING AT A CRAFT APPRENTICES GRADUATION CEREMONY AT THE CIVIL AID SERVICES HEADQUARTERS, MR HOWES SAID OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG APPRENTICES SHOULD BE EXTREMELY ATTRACTIVE AND IF THEY NOW HARNESS THE KNOWLEDGE THEY GAINED TO THEIR CHOSEN CAREERS, PROSPECTS SHOULD BE EXCELLENT.

MR HOWES ALSO REFERRED TO THE RAILWAY'S MODERNISATION AND ELECTR IF ICATION PROGRAMME, WHICH HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO CARRY UP TO 500 000 PEOPLE A DAY BY 1990,

HE SAID: THE PACE OF INTRODUCTION OF NEW TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNIQUES HAS BEEN ALMOST TERRIFYING OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES AND INNOVATION SHOWS NO SIGNS OF REACHING A PLATEAU,

+MODERN TECHNOLOGY IS INEVITABLY HIGHLY SOPHISTICATED AND IS SUPERB WHEN FULLY OPERATIONAL. HOWEVER, LIKE ALL SOPHISTICATION, WITH FINE TIMING, TIGHT TOLERANCES AND DELICATE DESIGN, THERE ARE POTENTIAL INGREDIENTS WHICH CAN AND DO GO WRONG AND THUS PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE ON THE ONE HAND AND FAST AND CORRECTIVE EMERGENCY CORRECTIVE REPAIRS ARE VITAL INGREDIENTS IF WE ARE TO HARNESS AND OBTAIN THE FULLEST USE FROM EXPENSIVE INVESTMENT. +

/HE POINTED