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THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1982

ANTI-NARCOTICS BEACH CONCERT ON SUNDAY

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THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS AND RADIO 2 OF RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG WILL JOINTLY PRESENT AN ANTI-NARCOTICS BEACH CONCERT AT REPULSE BAY THIS SUNDAY (AUGUST 8).

PERFORMING IN THE CONCERT WILL BE SEVERAL TOP SINGERS INCLUDING ROMAN TAM, TERESA CHEUNG AND ALBERT AU. THE CONCERT, WHICH WILL BE BROADCAST +LIVE+ ON RADIO 2, IS EXPECTED TO ATTRACT THOUSANDS OF BEACH-GOERS.

ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (THURSDAY) AT A PRESS CONFERENCE, MR C.M. LEUNG, PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SECURITY (NARCOTICS), SAID THE FUNCTION IS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS IN PREVENTING DRUG ABUSE THROUGH EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY.

MR LEUNG SAID ABOUT 90 PER CENT OF THE PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY PROGRAMMES THIS YEAR ARE AIMED AT YOUTHS AGED BETWEEN 15 AND 24. THE NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THIS AGE GROUP TAKING DRUGS HAS CONTINUED TO INCREASE IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.

THESE PROGRAMMES INCLUDE POSTERS AND TELEVISION ANNOUNCEMENTS, SPORTING EVENTS, SCHOOL TALKS, SEMINARS AND TRAINING CAMPS FOR YOUTH AND A VARIETY OF COMPETITIVE ACTIVITIES.

+THE BEACH CONCERT IS ONE OF THESE ACTIVITIES.

+EACH YEAR, THE ACAN AND RTHK JOINTLY ORGANISE A NUMBER OF EDUCATIONAL AND ENTERTAINMENT FUNCTIONS ON DRUG PREVENTION.

+LAST YEAR, FOR EXAMPLE, WE ORGANISED A SINGING COMPETITION, FOLLOWED BY A WINNERS CONCERT, A FOLK CONCERT AND A MUSICAL DRAMA, HE SAID.

+SUCH ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE PUBLICITY TOOLS, PARTICULARLY FOR CONVEYING MESSAGES TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE, AND IT IS WITH THIS IN MIND THAT THE CONCERT IS PRESENTED, HE EXPLAINED.

MISS M.Y. CHEUNG, ACTING DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF BROADCASTING, SAID RTHK SUPPORTED SUCH FUNCTIONS BECAUSE THE DRUG ABUSE IS A CONSTANT THREAT TO OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THE YOUNG PEOPLE.

+IT IS IMPORTANT, THEREFORE, THAT THE RIGHT KIND OF MEDIUM IS CHOSEN TO REACH OUT TO THEM. MUSIC AND RADIO ARE THE ANSWER, SHE SAID.

THE BEACH CONCERT WILL START AT 3 PM AFTER AN OPENING CEREMONY. OFFICIATING GUESTS WILL INCLUDE SIR ALBERT RODRIGUES, CHAIRMAN OF ACAN; MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, CHAIRMAN OF URBAN COUNCIL MR ROY HENRY, COMMISSIONER OF POLICE: MR PETER LEE, COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS; MR KARL STUMPF, CHAIRMAN OF ACAN'3 PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY SUB-COMMITTEE; AND MR HAROLD KWOK, ACTING DIRECTOR OF BROADCASTING.

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