XN000022-1983-06-18 — Page 2

SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1983

RADIO HELPS FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS

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THE PUBLIC WILL BE MADE MORE AWARE OF THE DANGERS OF DRUGS THROUGH A SERIES OF RADIO PROGRAMMES AS FROM NEXT WEEK.

THE SERIES, ENTITLED +BE AS LIVELY AS THE DRAGON, DON'T CHASE IT+, IS JOINTLY PRESENTED BY RADIO TELEVISION HÔNG KONG AND GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF THIS YEAR'S ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN.

IT CONSISTS OF FOUR 30-MINUTE EPISODES, EACH DEPICTING ONE ASPECT OF THE DRUG PROBLEM, AND WILL BE BROADCAST ON RTHK'S RADIO I AT 6.30 PM EVERY MONDAY, FROM MONDAY (JUNE 20).

THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF THE PROGRAMME, MR L.S. SHIU SAID, +WE DECIDED TO GIVE THE PROGRAMME A DOCUMENTARY TREATMENT SO AS TO REFLECT THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE SUBJECT.

+APART FROM NARRATION BY THE PRESENTERS, INSERTS OF PRE-RECORDED INTERVIEWS WILL BE INCLUDED FOR VARIETY.+

THE FIRST EPISODE WILL INTRODUCE THE BACKGROUND AND LATEST TREND OF THE NARCOTICS PROBLEM IN HONG KONG,

THE SECOND EPISODE WILL FEATURE THE VARIOUS CAUSES AND ILL EFFECTS OF DRUG ADDICTION.

THE THIRD AND FOURTH EPISODES WILL DEAL WITH DRUG PREVENTION, PARTICULARLY FOR THE 15 TO 24 AGE GROUP, AND THE REHABILITATION OF DRUG ADDICTS.

MR SHIU THANKED MEMBERS OF VARIOUS AGENCIES, NOTABLY THE SOCIETY FOR THE AID AND REHABILITATION OF DRUG ABUSERS, THE WU OF CHRISTIAN CENTRE, THE HONG KONG FEDERATION OF YOUTH GROUPS AND THE GOVERNMENT NARCOTICS DIVISION FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE AND CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE PRODUCTION OF THE PROGRAMME.

NEW SCOUT COUNCIL FORMED IN SOUTHERN

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THE FORMATION OF THE HONG KONG ISLAND SOUTHERN DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FALLS IN LINE WITH THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM AND WILL BETTER PROMOTE THE SCOUT MOVEMENT IN THE DISTRICT, THE DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR ALBERT LAM, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF THE FIRST-TERM OFFICE BEARERS OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL, MR LAM SAID SCOUT ACTIVITIES WERE AIMED, THROUGH GROUP ACTIVITIES, AT DEVELOPING CHILDREN'S LEADERSHIP ABILITY AND HONEST AND FRIENDLY PERSONALITIES SO THAT THEY WOULD GROW UP TO BE GOOD CITIZENS.

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