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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1980

YUEN LONG ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN OPENS ON SUNDAY

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A ONE-MONTH. ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN WILL BE LAUNCHED IN YUEN LONG ON SUNDAY (OCTOBER 19).

NEARLY 30 ACTIVITIES WILL BE HELD DURING THE CAMPAIGN PERIOD, INCLUDING AN ATHLETICS DEMONSTRATION, A CONCERT, EXHIBITIONS, CANTONESE OPERAS, VARIETY SHOWS, FILM SHOWS, A FUN FAIR FOR MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AND TALKS AND SEMINARS IN SCHOOLS.

BANNERS AND POSTERS WITH ANTI-NARCOTICS MESSAGES WILL BE DISPLAYED THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME AN ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN HELD IN YUEN LONG, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE SAID.

THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, COMPRISING LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES, WAS FORMED THREE MONTHS AGO TO CO-ORDINATE THE SERIES OF CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES. ITS CHAIRMAN IS MR WONG KAM-YIP.

THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS (ACAN) HAS PROVIDED $100 000 TOWARDS CAMPAIGN EXPENSES. A FURTHER $20 000 IS EXPECTED TO BE DONATED BY LOCAL PEOPLE.

SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY AT YUEN LONG STADIUM ON SUNDAY. THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR PETER LEE, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF ACAN'S PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY SUB-COMMITTEE, MR KARL STUMPF, WILL ALSO BE PRESENT.

A VARIETY SHOW WILL BE HELD IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CEREMONY. INCLUDED IN THE ONE-AND-A-HALF-HOUR PROGRAMME WILL BE

A FREE-FALL PARACHUTE DISPLAY BY THE JOINT SERVICES PARACHUTE CLUB, A DRAGON DANCE BY MA TIN TSUEN VILLAGERS, A MASS DANCE PERFORMANCE BY LING OF PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, SONGS BY YUEN LONG CHILDREN'S CHOIR, A PERFORMANCE BY THE BOY SCOUTS BAND AND A TELE-MATCH BETWEEN 12 LOCAL ORGANISATIONS AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.

A CAPACITY CROWD OF 5 000 LOCAL RESIDENTS IS EXPECTED TO ATTEND.

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