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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1983

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EACH SCHOOL WILL HAVE TO PAY A FEE OF $30 FOR TAKING PART IN ONE OR MORE THAN ONE DANCE ITEM.

PRIZES WILL BE IN THE FORM OF AWARDS, WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED TO SCHOOLS ACCORDING TO MARKS GAINED.

OVERALL CHALLENGE AWARDS WILL BE PRESENTED TO THREE SECONDARY AND THREE PRIMARY SCHOOLS WHICH HAVE THE HIGHEST OVERALL SCORES IN THE FESTIVAL AND A CERTIFICATE WILL BE AWARDED TO EACH PERFORMING STUDENT

WHICH ACHIEVES A COMMENDED STANDARD OR ABOVE.

EACH PARTICIPATING SCHOOL WILL BE GIVEN A SOUVENIR FY

ENTRY FORMS AND FEES MUST BE FORWARDED TO THE PRINCI INSPECTOR (PHYSICAL EDUCATION) (ATTN: MRS MABEL LI), PHYSICAL EDUCATION SECTION, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, KOWLOON GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 6/F., 405 NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON, BEFORE NOVEMBER 23.

I-DRUG WALK' IN WONG TAI SIN

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PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES IS EFF

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MEANS TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE DISPEL THEIR FRUSTRATIONS AND RESIST THE TEMPTATION OF DRUGS.

THIS REMARK WAS MADE TODAY (SUNDAY) BY MR MICHAEL CHEM CHAIRMAN OF THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIC. COMMITTEE AT THE START-OFF CEREMONY OF THE ROUND-THE-DISTRICT WALA.

HE SAID THAT TODAY'S WALK, A HIGHLIGHT OF THE TWO-WEEK ANTI-NARCOTICS DRIVE IN WONG TAI SIN, WAS IN LINE WITH THIS OBJECTIVE.

ACCORDING TO STATISTICS GATHERED BY THE CENTRAL REGISTRY OF DRUG ABUSE FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR, 10 PER CENT OF DRUG ADDICTS WERE COMPLETELY UNEDUCATED, WHILE 60 PER CENT HAD RECEIVED SCHOOLING VARYING FROM PRIMARY ONE TO SIX,

+ON TOP OF THAT, 73 PER CENT OF THE ADDICTS HAVE NEVER HAD ANY KIND OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING, + MR CHENG SAID.

+THESE FIGURES INDICATE THAT THE UNDERPRIVILEGED ARE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO DRUG ABUSE AND THERE IS AN URGENT NEED TO STEP UP OUR EFFORTS ON PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY AT THE GRASSROOT LEVEL, HE SAID.

ALSO PRESENT AT THE CEREMONY WERE THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR PHILIP CHOK: THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR GORDON MORTIMER: AND THE POLICE DISTRICT COMMANDER, MR PEDRO CHING.

OVER 2 000 OFFICIALS FROM THE DISTRICT BOARD, AREA COMMITTEES, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, KAI FONG ASSOCIATIONS, SCHOOLS AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES IN THE DISTRICT TOOK PART IN THE EVENT.

BEARING COLOURFUL BANNERS, THE PARTICIPATING TEAMS WALKED THROUGH A 10-KILOMETRE ROUTE COVERING 12 STREETS IN THE DISTRICT.

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