XN000022-1982-06-13 — Page 2

SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 1982

ANTI-NARCOTICS SUMMER CONCERTS

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THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS (ACAN) AND RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG RADIO 2 WILL JOINTLY ORGANISE TWO CONCERTS TO DRAW PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE FIGHT AGAINST NARCOTICS AND TO PROMOTE HEALTHY ACTIVITIES AMONG YOUTH.

THE CONCERTS, WHICH FORM PART OF ACAN'S PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY PROGRAMME FOR THIS YEAR, WILL BE HELD ON JUNE 25 AT MORSE PARK OPEN-AIR THEATRE AND ON AUGUST 8 AT A BEACH ON HONG KONG ISLAND.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NARCOTICS DIVISION SAID: THE GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS IN PREVENTING DRUG ABUSE THROUGH EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY HAVE TAKEN ON AN EVEN MORE PRESSING TASK, AS THE NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE TAKING DRUGS HAS CONTINUED TO RISE IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR COMPARED WITH THE SIMILAR PERIOD LAST YEAR.

+ABOUT 90 PERCENT OF THE PUBLICITY AND ACTIVITY PROGRAMMES THIS YEAR ARE AIMED AT YOUNG PEOPLE. THESE INCLUDE POSTERS AND TELEVISION ADVERTISEMENTS, SPORTING EVENTS, SCHOOL TALKS, TRAINING CAMPS FOR YOUTH AND A VARIETY OF COMPETITIVE ACTIVITIES.

+THE JOINT CONCERT WITH RTHK RADIO 2 IS ONE OF THESE ACTIVITIES.

+LAST YEAR WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF RTHK WE ORGANISED A NUMBER OF EDUCATIONAL AND ENTERTAINMENT FUNCTIONS SUCH AS THE ANTI-NARCOTICS SINGING COMPETITION AND THE WINNERS' CONCERT, THE ACAN FOLK CONCERT AS WELL AS THE MUSICAL DRAMA, HE SAID.

+SUCH ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE PUBLICITY TOOLS, ESPECIALLY FOR CONVEYING MESSAGES TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE, AND IT is WITH THIS IN MIND THAT THE CONCERTS ARE BEING ORGANISÉD,+ ̧HE EXPLAINED.

A SPOKESMAN FOR RTHK RADIO 2 SAID HE HOPED THE FUNCTIONS WOULD CREATE A GREATER AWARENESS AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE OF THE DANGERS OF DRUG ABUSE AND DRUG CRIME.

+AS A MASS MEDIUM, THE AIM OF RADIO 2 IS NOT ONLY TO PROVIDE THE AUDIENCE WITH ENTERTAINMENT BUT ALSO TO PARTICIPATE ACTIVELY IN COMMUNITY SERVICES, HE ADDED.

AMONG THOSE PERFORMING IN THE TWO-HOUR CONCERT IN MORSE PARK, STARTING AT 8 PM, WILL BE DISC-JOCKEYS OF RTHK RADIO 2 AND WINNERS OF THE SECOND CITY FOLK SONG SINGING CONTEST ORGANISED BY RTHK. THE CONCERT WILL BE BROADCAST LIVE.

MISS ELIZA CHAN, WHO RECENTLY RECORDED THE ACAN'S NEW PUBLICITY SONG, LIVE FOR TOMORROW+, WILL ALSO APPEAR AS A GUEST STAR.

KARL