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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1980

ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN MOVES TO YAU MA TEI

ARCOTICS

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A THREE-WEEK INTENSIVE ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN WILL BE LAUNCHED IN YAU MA TEI ON SATURDAY (NOVEMBER 15) TO PROMOTE AWARENESS OF THE DANGERS OF DRUG ADDICTION AND TO DRAW THE SUPPORT OF RESIDENTS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUG TRAFFICKING AND ABUSE.

THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR DENYS ROBERTS, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY AT KOWLOON PARK AT 3 PM ON SATURDAY.

IT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A COLOURFUL VARIETY SHOW WHICH WILL FEATURE LION DANCE, A DOG SHOW BY THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE, TRADITIONAL CHINESE DANCES AND PERFORMANCES BY THE POLICE BAND.

ANNOUNCING THIS AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE YAU MA TEI ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE,

MR LAI SZE-NUEN SAID DURING THE CAMPAIGN PERIOD THERE WOULD BE A SERIES OF ENTERTAINMENT AND EDUCATION PROGRAMMES, INCLUDING A MASS WALKATHON, FILM SHOWS, A FOLK DANCE SHOW, EXHIBITIONS, SCHOOL TALKS, CROSSWORD PUZZLE AND PHOTOGRAPH COMPETITIONS, AS WELL AS SOCCER AND BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS.

IN ADDITION, PUBLICITY BANNERS AND POSTERS WILL BE DISPLAYED THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT TO SPREAD ANTI-NARCOTICS MESSAGES.

MR LAI POINTED OUT THAT THE OBJECTIVES OF THE CAMPAIGN WERE TO APPEAL FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUG TRAFFICKING AND ABUSE AND, IN PARTICULAR, TO DETER YOUNG PEOPLE FROM EVER EXPERIMENTING WITH DRUGS.

ALSO AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE WERE MR KARL STUMPF, CHAIRMAN OF THE PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS (ACAN)= MR LEUNG CHIN MAN, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SECURITY- MR KEITH KWOK, CITY DISTRICT OFFICER (YAU MA TEI), AND VICE-CHAIRMEN OF THE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE.

THE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, COMPRISING LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES, WAS FORMED SIX MONTHS AGO TO CO-ORDINATE AND PREPARE THE CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES.

THE CDO, MR KWOK TOLD THE PRESS CONFERENCE THAT THE COMMITTEE HAD CONTRIBUTED MUCH TO THE PLANNING AND ORGANISATION OF THE PROGRAMME AND HAD MOBILISED MANPOWER AND RESOURCES TO IMPLEMENT IT.

HE SAID THE ACAN HAD PROVIDED $100 000 TOWARDS CAMPAIGN EXPENSES AND THE LOCAL PEOPLE HAD DONATED A FURTHER

$20 000.

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