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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1982

DR PATRICK HASE, WHO ALSO SPOKE AT THE CONFERENCE, SAID THAT SHA TIN IS A FAST DEVELOPING NEW TOWN ATTRACTING A LARGE MIGRATION OF URBAN DWELLERS TO THE DISTRICT.

AMONG THESE NEW COMERS, HE POINTED OUT, THERE ARE THOSE UNFORTUNATE ONES WHO FIND THE PACE OF LIFE AND PROBLEMS TOO MUCH, SO THAT SOME OF THEM MAY TURN TO DRUGS.

+PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS CAMPAIGN IS TO DISSUADE OUR RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY THE YOUNGER ONES, FROM EVER EXPERIMENTING WITH DRUGS AND TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO TAKE PART IN HEALTHY AND MEANINGFUL ACTIVITIES, HE SAID.

MR C.M. LEUNG TOLD THE CONFERENCE THAT THIS IS THE FIRST ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN TO BE HELD IN SHA TIN.

HE ADDED THAT THE ACAN HAD PROVIDED $150 000 TOWARDS CAMPAIGN EXPENSES WHILE THE SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD AND LOCAL RESIDENTS HAD DONATED A FURTHER $30 000.

MR KARL STUMPF PRAISED THE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE FOR ITS HARD WORK AND SAID THAT THE CAMPAIGN PROGRAMMES WOULD ENLIST THE ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY.

PROPERTY TAX NOTES FOR NEW KOWLOON

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PROPERTY TAX PAYERS IN NEW KOWLOON (NORTH OF BOUNDARY STREET) SHOULD HAVE BY NOW RECEIVED DEMAND NOTES FOR TAX FOR THE YEAR OF ASSESSMENT 1981/82.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (MONDAY) THAT THE DEMAND NOTES HAD BEEN SENT TO PROPERTY TAX PAYERS - OWNERS, AGENTS OR OCCUPIERS WHO PAID RATES ON PROPERTIES IN THE DISTRICT,

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→THOSE WHO HAVE NOT RECEIVED A DEMAND NOTE SHOULD IMMEDIATELY APPLY TO THE PROPERTY TAX SECTION OF THE INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT AT WINDSOR HOUSE, 17TH FLOOR, 311 GLOUCESTER ROAD, CAUSEWAY BAY, HONG KONG FOR A COPY, HE SAID.

THE AMOUNT PAYABLE BY FEBRUARY 26 IS INDICATED ON THE DEMAND NOTE BY AN ARROW-HEAD.

+TO AVOID QUEUEING, PROPERTY TAX PAYERS ARE URGED TO PAY BY CHEQUE OR MONEY ORDER BY POST OR BY GOING EARLY TO ANY OF THE TREASURY'S COLLECTION OFFICES LISTED ON THE BACK OF THE DEMAND NOTE, HE POINTED OUT.

THOSE WHO WISH TO SEEK ADVICE CAN CONTACT THE PROPERTY TAX SECTION OF THE DEPARTMENT.

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