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TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1982

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STUDENTS SUPPORT FIGHT AGAINST NARCOTICS

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HONG KONG STUDENTS ARE BECOMING MORE CONSCIOUS OF THE NEED TO FIGHT DRUG TRAFFICKING AND ABUSE AS REFLECTED IN THE RECENT HONG KONG-WIDE ANTI-NARCOTICS CHINESE ESSAY-WRITING AND POSTER DESIGN COMPETITIONS FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS (ACAN) MADE THE COMMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) AT THE JUDGING OF MORE THAN 4 000 ENTRIES IN THE NARCOTICS DIVISON OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT.

HE SAID THE ENTRIES WERE +PARTICULARLY ENCOURAGING+ IN BOTH NUMBERS AND QUALITY AND MOST SHOWED A GREAT DEAL OF AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE DRUG PROBLEM, ONE OF OUR GREATEST SOCIAL ISSUES TODAY.

+THE COMPETITIONS WERE DESIGNED TO BE EDUCATIONAL, REQUIRING A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THE PART OF ENTRANTS AND IT IS HOPED THAT THE STUDENTS WOULD LEARN ABOUT THE DANGERS OF DRUG ABUSE AND NEVER TO EXPERIMENT WITH DRUGS, HE SAID.

ACAN WILL DEVOTE A GREAT DEAL OF EFFORT THIS YEAR TO THE PROVISION OF YOUTH ADDICTION AND INVOLVEMENT IN DRUG CRIME.

THE ESSAY-WRITING AND POSTER DESIGN COMPETITIONS, WHICH WERE JOINTLY ORGANISED BY ACAN AND THE COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, ARE THE FIRST TWO PROJECTS. OTHER DRUG PREVENTION ACTIVITIES FOR YOUTHS WILL INCLUDE A YOUTH AGAINST DRUGS SCHEME, AN ACAN VOLUNTEER GROUP, SCHOOL TALKS, EXHIBITIONS AND TRAINING CAMPS.

THE ESSAY-WRITING COMPETITION IS DIVIDED INTO TWO SECTIONS A JUNIOR SECTION FOR FORMS ONE TO THREE AND A SENIOR SECTION FOR FORMS FOUR TO SEVEN,

THE POSTER DESIGN COMPETITION IS ALSO DIVIDED INTO SEPARATE SECTIONS FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY STUDENTS.

THE FIRST THREE WINNERS OF EACH SECTION WILL BE AWARDED

PRIZES VALUED AT $500, $300 AND $200.

THERE WILL ALSO BE 12 MERIT PRIZES FOR EACH SECTION AND ALL PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE SOUVENIRS.

THE PANEL OF JUDGES FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF THE ESSAY-WRITING COMPETITION WERE MR JAMES CHIEN, SUPERINTENDENT OF SOCIAL SERVICE, SOCIETY FOR THE AID AND REHABILITATION OF DRUG ABUSERS; MRS JUNE TONG, SENIOR INFORMATION OFFICER, GIS, AND MR LEUNG SHIU-LAM, REPRESENTING THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

FOR THE POSTER DESIGN COMPETITION, THE ADJUDICATORS WERE

MR ALLAN CHEUNG, ACTING CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER, GIS

MR JOHN CHUAN, PRINCIPAL INFORMATION OFFICER, NARCOTICS DIVISION: AND MR CHEUNG KING-KWONG, REPRESENTING THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

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