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SUNDAY, MAY 29, 1983

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ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN IN WAN CHAI

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THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICE IS ORGANISING A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES TO DRIVE HOME THE ANTI-NARCOTICS MESSAGE TO PEOPLE WHO LIVE, WORK OR STUDY IN THE DISTRICT.

+PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY ARE ESSENTIAL TO ERADICATE THE PROBLEMS OF DRUG ABUSE AND THE DANGER IMPOSED ON OUR COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY THE YOUTHS, THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MR FRANCIS HO, SAID TODAY.

+AND IT IS HOPED THAT THE MESSAGE WILL BE WIDELY SPREAD THROUGH THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THE DISTRICT'S COMMUNITY PROJECTS,+ HE ADDED.

A CAMPAIGN, SPONSORED BY VARIOUS LIONS CLUBS, IS BEING JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE, ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS AND THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE. WHICH CONSISTS OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM AREA COMMITTEES AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND IS CHAIRED BY A DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER, MRS ADA CHUNG.

THERE WILL BE TWO VARIETY SHOWS TO MARK THE OPENING AND CLOSING OF THE CAMPAIGN IN THE EVENINGS OF JUNE 5 AND JUNE 11 AT THE SOUTHORN PLAYGROUND.

OTHER PROGRAMMES, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE SIX LOCAL AREA COMMITTEES, WILL INCLUDE AN ANTI-NARCOTICS EXHIBITION, A SEMINAR, A YOUTH CAMP, FILM AND TALENT SHOWS, DRAMA APPRECIATION, AND VISITS TO THE NARCOTICS MUSEUM AT THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS ON ARSENAL STREET, WAN CHAI.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY AT 7.30 PM ON SUNDAY (JUNE 5) AT THE SOUTHORN PLAYGROUND.

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