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TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1983

TODAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE WAS TO ANNOUNCE THE DETAILS OF THE ANTI-NARCOTICS EDUCATIONAL VARIETY SHOW, A MAJOR EVENT OF THE CAMPAIGN.

THE SHOW, WHICH WILL BE STAGED AT THE HONG KONG COLISEUM ON JULY 17, IS JOINTLY PRESENTED BY THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS, THE URBAN COUNCIL AND RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG (T.V. DIVISION) TO DRIVE HOME THE ANTI-NARCOTICS MESSAGE AND TO EMPHASISE THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALTH AND WELL-BEING.

THE ACTING DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF BROADCASTING, MR SIMON LUN, TOLD THE CONFERENCE THAT IN TERMS OF A SINGLE T.V. PRODUCTION, THE SHOW WILL BE AN UNPRECEDENTED SPECTACLE+, WITH STAGE, LIGHTING, AUDIO AND OTHER TECHNICAL EFFECTS,

THE VARIETY SHOW WILL BE HOSTED BY SINGER ROMAN TAM, TOGETHER WITH OTHER ARTISTES AND PERFORMING GROUPS COMPRISING FRANCES YIP ELIZA CHAN, THE PAN ASIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, CHRIS BABIDA AND HIS ORCHESTRA AND THE HONG KONG CHILDREN'S CHOIR, WHICH WILL BE CONDUCTED BY THE SHOW'S ARTISTIC CONSULTANT, DR YIP WAI-HONG.

THERE WILL ALSO BE A FLIP-BOARD DISPLAY BY 1 000 CADETS OF THE CIVIL AID SERVICES.

THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE SHOW IS WHEN ALL PERFORMERS APPEAR ON STAGE TO SING THE 1983_ACAN PUBLICITY SONG, STRIVE FOR A BRIGHT FUTURE+, WITH THE AUDIENCE.

URBAN COUNCILLOR, MR STEPHEN M.L. LAU, SAID AT THE CONFERENCE THAT THE COUNCIL WAS HAPPY TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN.

+THIS IS A MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY PROJECT WHICH THE URBAN COUNCIL IS ALWAYS READY TO SUPPORT, MR LAU SAID,

*WE HOPE THAT THROUGH THE JOINT EFFORTS OF ALL ORGANISING PARTIES CONCERNED, THE ANTI-DRUG MESSAGE WILL GET THROUGH TO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO UNDOUBTEDLY WILL HAVE A MOST ENJOYABLE EVENING.+

HE ADDED THAT THE URBAN COUNCIL WAS DELIGHTED TO SEE THE $140 MILLION HONG KONG COLISEUM, ONE OF ASIA'S LARGEST MULTI-PURPOSE INDOOR STADIA, TO BE OF PUBLIC SERVICE ON THIS PARTICULAR OCCASION.

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