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WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1983

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THE ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME INCLUDED A RHYTHM DRILL BY ONE HUNDRED STUDENTS AND A PARADE BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM SIX CCCYR MEMBER DEPARTMENTS, FOLLOWED BY LEAD-IN PERFORMANCES SUCH AS TAEKWONDO, FENCING, SKIPPING, ROLLER SKATING, SKATE BOARDING AND CYCLING. THE AUDIENCE WAS THEN TREATED TO SONGS AND DANCES BY FAMOUS SINGERS INCLUDING ELIZA CHAN, ANITA MUI, LESLIE CHEUNG AND STEPHEN CHANG.

THE MOST ATTRACTIVE AND EXCITING PART OF THE PROGRAMME WAS THE +BUMP-BUMP-CART HOCKEY COMPETITION+, +AMERICAN FOOTBALL MATCH+ AND THE GREAT RESCUE+ IN WHICH MANY ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORTS PERSONALITIES TOOK PART. THE OVERALL CHAMPION TEAM OF THE THREE GAMES RECEIVED A TROPHY FROM MRS AXERS-JONES.

THE VARIETY SHOW WILL BE SCREENED ON TVB JADE ON SATURDAY (JULY 9) AT 9.35 PM,

YOUTHS TOLD OF HIGHER DEATH RATE FROM SMOKING

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THE DEATH RATE AMONG PEOPLE WHO START TO SMOKE BEFORE THE AGE OF 15 IS INCREASED BY TWO TO THREE TIMES THAT OF NON-SMOKERS, THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MR GEOFFREY BARNES, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MR BARNES SAID THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON REPORTED THAT ABOUT 80 PER CENT OF CHILDREN WHO SMOKE REGULARLY CONTINUE TO DO SO WHEN THEY GROW UP AND THAT THE EARLIER IN LIFE A PERSON STARTS TO SMOKE REGULARLY THE GREATER IS THE RISK OF EARLY DEATH.

MR BARNES WAS OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF AN INTER-SCHOOL +SMOKING CONTROL+ POSTER DESIGN EXHIBITION AT THE OCEAN TERMINAL MAIN CONCOURSE IN HIS CAPACITY AS CHAIRMAN OF THE ANTI-SMOKING PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN STEERING COMMITTEE.

THE EXHIBITION, WHICH LASTS FOR TWO DAYS, IS THE FIRST OF THREE DISPLAYS ORGANISED BY THE COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB SECRETARIAT OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S ANTI- SMOKING PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN.

THE OTHER TWO EXHIBITIONS WILL BE HELD IN TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL IN MID-JULY AND AT THE LANDMARK IN EARLY AUGUST.

ALSO OFFICIATING AT TODAY'S OPENING CEREMONY WERE THE DEPUTY CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS, MRS LOUISE MOK, AND SENIOR MEDICAL AND HEALTH OFFICER, DR S.C. LEUNG.

MR BARNES ADVISED YOUNG PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY CHILDREN, NOT TO START SMOKING.

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