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WEDNESDAY,

FP P, 1981

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ANTI-NARCOTICS EXHIBITION ATTRACTS LARGE CROWDS

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THOUSANDS OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS WERE ATTRACTED TO AN ANTI-NARCOTICS EXHIBITION HELD IN SAU MAU PING CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL.

THE EXHIBITION, WHICH WAS OPENED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) FROM 10.30 AM TO 3.30 PM, WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE ACTION COMMITTES AGAINST NARCOTICS AND THE STUDENT GUIDANCE SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

THE 20-PANEL EXHIBITION GRAPHICALLY ILLUSTRATES THE DRUG PROBLEM IN HONG KONG, HOW IT AFFECTS SOCIETY AND WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING, UNDER THE ADVICE OF THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS, TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM.

A SPOKESMAN FOR ACAN SAID THE EXHIBITION WAS AIMED AT PRESENTING THE FACTS ABOUT THE DRUG ABUSE PROBLEM IN HONG KONG AND WAS PARTICULARLY MEANT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WERE MR EDWARD YAU, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SECURITY- MRS T. WEI, SENIOR EDUCATION OFFICER AND MR FONG TSZ, PRINCIPAL OF SAU MÁU PING CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL (PM).

URBAN TAXI TENDER RESULTS ****

THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT 1 197 TENDERS SEEKING 1 616 URBAN TAXI LICENCES HAD BEEN RECEIVED WHEN THE OFFER CLOSED ON DECEMBER 4.

THE HIGHEST TENDER WAS $180 100 AND THE LOWEST ACCEPTABLE BID WAS $169 000.

DETAILS OF SUCCESSFUL TENDERERS AND THE AMOUNTS OFFERED WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TOMORROW (THURSDAY),

A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THAT THE AVERAGE PREMIUM IN THE LATEST TENDER WAS $171 709.25, COMPARED WITH AN AVERAGE PREMIUM OF $182 143.55 IN THE PREVIOUS TENDER IN SEPTEMBER 1981, SHOWING A DECREASE OF ALMOST SIX PER CENT.

LETTERS WOULD BE SENT TODAY TO SUCCESSFUL TENDERERS, HE SAID.