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FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1983

KWUN TONG LAUNCHING BIGGEST ANTI-DRUGS DRIVE

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KWUN TONG WILL LAUNCH THE BIGGEST ANTI-DRUGS CAMPAIGN IN THE DISTRICT BEGINNING JANUARY 15, IT WAS ANNOUNCED AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (FRIDAY).

THE THREE-WEEK-LONG CAMPAIGN, ORGANISED BY THE KWUN TONG ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, 1983 UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD AND THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS, WILL INVOLVE EXTENSIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY AGAINST DRUG ABUSE AND TRAFFICKING.

A BUDGET OF OVER $230 000 HAS BEEN SET ASIDE FOR SOME 32 HIGHLY EDUCATIONAL AND ENTERTAINING PROGRAMMES PLANNED BY THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE.

MAJOR EVENTS WILL INCLUDE AN ATV VARIETY SHOW, QUIZ GAMES FOR FACTORY WORKERS, SEMINARS FOR TEACHERS AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, TRAINING CAMP FÖR KWUN TONG ANTI-DRUGS VOLUNTEERS, EXHIBITION- CUM-CARNIVAL, MASS JOGGING, SINGING, DRAMA AND ESSAY WRITING COMPETITIONS AS WELL AS EDUCATIONAL VISITS TO DRUG TREATMENT INSTITUTIONS.

MR EDDIE LAMB, CHAIRMAN OF THE KWUN TONG ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN ORGANISING COMMITTEE, SAID THE PROGRAMMES WERE GENERALLY AIMED AT PEOPLE BETWEEN 15 AND 24 YEARS OF AGE WHO ARE MOST AT RISK OF EXPERIMENTING OR GETTING INVOLVED WITH DRUGS.

KWUN TONG'S 15-TO-25 AGE GROUP MAKE UP 26.4 PER CENT OF

THE 600 000 POPULATION THERE.

ALSO ATTENDING THE PRESS CONFERENCE WERE MR KARL STUMPF, CHAIRMAN OF PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS: MR DAVID TSUI, KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICER AND MR C.M. LEUNG, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SECURITY OF THE NARCOTICS DIVISION.

MR LAMB SAID IT WAS HOPED THE ANTI-DRUGS MESSAGES WOULD BE FILTERED THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORTS TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY YOUNG PEOPLE.

MR STUMPF SAID THE CREATION OF CREDIBLE ALTERNATIVES WAS AN IMPORTANT MEANS OF PREVENTING DRUG ABUSE.

+TO BE ACCEPTABLE, THE ALTERNATIVES OFFERED TO YOUNG PEOPLE MUST BE REALISTIC, EASILY ATTAINABLE AND MEANINGFUL, HE SAID.

MR DAVID TSUI SAID THE KWUN TONG ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN WAS A CULMINATION OF 10 MONTHS OF DISCUSSIONS, PLANNING, AND ORGANISING AND INVOLVED MANY MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT BOARD, COMMUNITY LEADERS, VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, SCHOOL HEADMASTERS AND OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.

KWUN TONG COMMUNITY LEADERS NOT ONLY OFFERED THEIR TIME AND EFFORT TO A VERY WORTHWHILE SOCIAL CAUSE, BUT ALSO DONATED OR SPONSORED OVER $80 000 TOWARDS THE COST OF THE CAMPAIGN, HE SAID.

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