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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1981

OPENING OF ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN

A VARIETY SHOW WAS HELD IN EDINBURGH PLACE THIS (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON TO MARK THE OPENING OF THE 1981 CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN.

SOME 2 000 RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICT WERE ENTERTAINED TO THE TWO-HOUR SHOW WHICH INCLUDED A LION DANCE, CHINESE FOLK DANCE, MAGIC SHOW, ACROBATIC DISPLAY, PUPPET SHOW AS WELL AS SINGING PERFORMANCÉS BY TOP SINGERS.

OFFICIATING AT A RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY HELD BEFORE THE SHOW WAS MR KARL STUMPF, CHAIRMAN OF THE PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY SUB-COMMITTEE OF ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS.

ALSO OFFICIATING WERE MR SHUM KOWK-KWONG, ASSISTANT CITY DISTRICT OFFICER (CENTRAL AND WESTERN), TOGETHER WITH OTHER SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS.

THE CAMPAIGN IS ORGANISED BY THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE (CENTRAL AND WESTERN) WITH A VIEW TO FOLLOWING UP THE INTENSIVE MONTH-LONG DISTRICT CAMPAIGN HELD LAST YEAR. THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THE FOLLOW-UP+ CAMPAIGN IS TO SUSTAIN THE ANTI-NARCOTICS MOMENTUM WHICH HAD BEEN GENERATED DURING THE INTENSIVE CAMPAIGN.

OTHER EVENTS OF THE CAMPAIGN WILL INCLUDE A MASS WALKATHON

TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 22 AND AN ESSAY COMPETITION.

TODAY'S VARIETY SHOW WAS JOINTLY PRESENTED BY THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE (C AND W)- ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS CENTRAL AND WESTERN CITY DISTRICT COMMITTEE AND THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

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200 PEOPLE TAKE PART IN SAI KUNG SWIMMING GALA

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MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE TOOK PART IN THE FOURTH SAI KUNG AND HANG HAU SWIMMING GALA HELD AT THE MORSE PARK SWIMMING POOL THIS (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON.

THE EVENT WAS ORGANISED BY THE LOCAL DISTRICT BOARD, RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE, AND SAI KUNG AND HANG HAU RURAL COMMITTEES.

ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MRS RITA LAU- REGIONAL RECREATION AND SPORT OFFICER, MR TAM PAK-HÀNG AND LOCAL LEADERS OFFICIATED AT THE OPENING OF THE GALA.

PARTICIPANTS WERE DIVIDED INTO SECTIONS ACCORDING TO AGE AND SEX. THERE WERE ALTOGETHER 38 RACES.

A CARNIVAL, CONSISTING OF A SERIES OF WATER GAMES, TOOK PLACE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE COMPETITIONS.

BESIDES PROMOTING WATER SPORTS AMONG LOCAL RESIDENTS, THE GALA WAS INTENDED TO SELECT REPRESENTATIVES TO TAKE PART IN AN INTER- DISTRICT SWIMMING COMPETITION TO BE HELD LATER THIS YEAR, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DISTRICT OFFICE SAID.

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