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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1981

ANTI-NARCOTICS POP CONCERT

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A POP CONCERT, IN WHICH SEVERAL OF HONG KONG'S TOP SINGERS WILL TAKE PART, WILL BE HELD NEXT THURSDAY (DECEMBER 3) AT 8 PM IN THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY HALL, WITH THE AIM OF PUBLICISING THE ANTI-NARCOT TO EFFORT.

PERFORMING AT THE CONCERT WILL BE SINGERS ELISA CHAN, RUTH CHEN, LYDIA LAM, DEANIE IP, TINA LAU, JOHNNY YIP AND PHILIP CHAN. THEY WILL SING A WIDE SELECTION OF SONGS IN CANTONESE

AND ENGLISH.

ALSO INCLUDED IN THE TWO-HOUR CONCERT WILL BE A SLIDE SHOW PRESENTING AN OVERALL PICTURE OF HONG KONG'S DRUG PROBLEMS, THE COMPLICATED CAUSES OF DRUG ABUSE AND THE VARIOUS PROGRAMMES CARRIED OUT TO TACKLE THEM.

THE CONCERT IS BEING PRESENTED BY THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS AS PART OF ITS PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY PROGRAMME FOR THIS YEAR.

IT IS PRODUCED BY THE NTN PRODUCTIONS, WITH THE SPONSORSHIP OF COMMERCIAL RADIO.

ANNOUNCING THE CONCERT TODAY (SATURDAY), A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NARCOTICS DIVISION SAID POP CONCERTS HAD IN THE PAST PROVED ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE TOOLS IN PUBLICITY, ESPECIALLY IN REACHING THE YOUNG PEOPLE.

→IT IS WITH THIS IN MIND THAT THE CONCERT IS PRESENTED. WE HOPE THE CONCERT WILL CONVEY THE ANTI-NARCOTICS MESSAGES DEEP INTO THE HEARTS OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE MOST EXPOSED TO THE RISK OF EXPERIMENTING WITH DRUGS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

HE ADDED THAT EMPHASIS WILL ALSO BE PUT ON PREVENTING YOUNG PEOPLE FROM BECOMING COURIERS.

THE CONCERT WILL BE BROADCAST LIVE BY COMMERCIAL RADIO 11.

ADMISSION TO THE CONCERT IS BY FREE TICKETS EARLIER DISTRIBUTED THROUGH COMMERCIAL RADIO AND YOUTH CENTRES. ALL THE TICKETS WENT QUICKLY.

NOTE TO EDITORS 1

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE CONCERT WHICH WILL BE HELD NEXT THURSDAY (DECEMBER 3) EVENING IN THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY HALL, STARTING FROM 8 PM.