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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1980

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+ IN FACT A NUMBER OF EDUCATIONAL AND PUBLICITY PROGRAMMES FOR THIS FINANCIAL YEAR ARE IN THE PIPELINE. FOR EXAMPLE AN ANTI- NARCOTICS TRAINING CAMP FOR 200 YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE ACAN'S SING I NG COMPETITION ARE BEING ORGANISED FOR NEXT MONTH AND, IN MARCH, THE WINNERS' CONCERT.+

THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT AS LONG AS THERE ARE 40 000 DRUG ADDICTS IN HONG KONG, THERE REMAINS THE POTENTIAL SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM SPREADING.

HE EMPHASISED THAT THERE IS NO JUSTIFICATION FOR DISCONTINUING OR RELAXING GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS IN THE PREVENTION OF DRUG ABUSE THROUGH PUBLICITY AND EDUCATION.

MOREOVER THERE IS A LARGE RESERVOIR OF NEW IMMIGRANTS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO HAVE LITTLE OR NO KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE DANGERS OF DRUG ABUSE.

COMMENTING ON THE YAU MA TEI CAMPAIGN, THE SPOKESMAN SAID IT ATTRACTED OVER 30 000 PARTICIPANTS TO THE 30 ENTERTAINING AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT'S ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF MR LAI SZE-NUEN.

THE PROGRAMME INCLUDED A MASS WALKATHON IN WHICH SOME 1 000 PEOPLE TOOK PART FILM SHOWS A FOLK DANCE SHOW, EXHIBITIONS, SCHOOL TALKS, CROSSWORD PUZZLE, PHOTOGRAPHIC AND SLOGAN DESIGN COMPÉTITIONS AS WELL AS SOCCER AND BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS.

MASS PUBLICITY THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT WAS ALSO CARRIED OUT DURING THE CAMPAIGN PERIOD WITH THE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF BANNERS, POSTERS, BOOKLETS, AND STICKERS TOGETHER WITH SOUVENIR HANDOUTS BEARING ANTI-DRUG MESSAGES.

NOVEMBER

WARMER AND SUNNIER *****

NOVEMBER WAS WARMER AND SUNNIER THAN USUAL, ACCORDING TO THE MONTH'S WEATHER SUMMARY ISSUED BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY.

ITS MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 22.3 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS THE SEVENTH HIGHEST ON RECORD FOR THE MONTH SINCE 1884.

THE MEAN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 25.1 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS ALSO THE NINTH HIGHEST RECORD WHILE THE MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 20.2 DEGREES WAS EIGHTH.

DURING THE MONTH THERE WERE 217.8 HOURS OF SUNSHINE, 28.4 HOURS ABOVE NORMAL.

THE TOTAL RAINFALL OF 28.2 MM WAS 26 PER CENT BELOW AVERAGE, BRINGING THE ACCUMULATED RAINFALL FOR THE FIRST ELEVEN MONTHS OF THIS YEAR TO 1709.9 MM, WHICH IS 23 PER CENT BELOW NORMAL,

THE CONTINENTAL ANTICYCLONE DOMINATED CHINA THROUGHOUT THE MONTH LEADING TO GENERALLY FINE AND SUNNY WEATHER IN HONG KONG.

A LONG FINE SPELL LASTED FROM OCTOBER 29 UNTIL NOVEMBER 13 AND THE MONTH'S HIGHEST TEMPERATURE OF 29.3 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED ON NOVEMBER 7.

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