XN000022-1982-07-07 — Page 5

WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1982

ANTI-DRUGS SCHOOL PROJECTS SUPPORTED

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THE SSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS) RS LOUISE MOK TODAY (WEDNESDAY) URGED STUDENTS TO MAKE GOOD USE OF THEIR LEISURE TIME BY TAKING UP HEALTHY HOBBIES AND NEVER TO EXPERIMENT WITH DRUGS OR GET INVOLVED WITH DRUG CRIME.

SHE WAS SPEAKING AT A PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE RECENT HONG KONG-WIDE ANTI-NARCOTICS CHINESE ESSAY-WRITING AND POSTER DESIGN COMPETITIONS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS.

MRS MOK SAID SHE NOTED THAT THE ENTRANTS SHOWED A GREAT DEAL OF AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE DRUG PROBLEM AND SHE WAS PARTICULARLY IMPRESSED BY THE IR IN-DEPTH RESEARCH INTO THE SUBJECT AS WELL AS THE CREATIVENESS SHOWN IN SOME OF THE ENTRIES.

HOWEVER, SHE ADDED THAT SHE WAS AWARE OF THE INCREASING NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE BEING INVOLVED IN DRUG ADDICTION AND DRUG CRIME LAST YEAR.

IT WAS WITH THIS IN MIND THAT THE COMPETITIONS WERE ORGANISED AND IT WAS HOPED THAT THROUGH THESE EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS STUDENTS COULD LEARN MORE ABOUT THE DANGERS OF DRUG ABUSE AND NEVER GET INVOLVED IN DRUG CRIME, SHE SAID.

+THE COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB SECTION OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS WILL JOINTLY ORGANISE MORE SIMILAR EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS TO SPREAD THE ANTI-NARCOTICS MESSAGES TO YOUTHS.+

ALSO PRESENT AT TODAY'S CEREMONY WERE MR KARL STUMPF CHAIRMAN OF THE PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY SUB-COMMITTEE OF ACAN, AND MR PETER LEE, COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS.

THE CEREMONY TOOK PLACE AT THE CARITAS COMMUNITY HALL, CAINE ROAD, HONG KONG. THE FIRST THREE WINNERS OF THE COMPETITIONS WERE AWARDED PRIZES VALUED AT $500, $300 AND $200.

THE WINNING ENTRIES OF THE COMPETITIONS WERE DISPLAYED AT AN EXHIBITION HELD BEFORE THE CEREMONY. THERE WERE ALSO SINGING AND DANCE PERFORMANCES BY STUDENTS AFTER THE CEREMONY.