SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1983
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THE FOOTBRIDGE WOULD BE COVERED TO GIVE PROTECTION AGAINST THE WEATHER, HE ADDED.
UNDER THE PROJECT, THE ROAD JUNCTION WILL BE LANDSCAPED AND MODIFIED.
TENDERS ARE BEING INVITED FOR THE WORK WHICH WILL TAKE ABOUT A YEAR TO COMPLETE.
ADDICTS URGED TO TAKE METHADONE TREATMENT
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DRUG ADDICTS ARE URGED TO MAKE USE OF THE METHADONE TREATMENT WITH THE ULTIMATE AIM OF GETTING RID OF THE ADDICTION HABIT.
THE APPEAL WAS MADE TODAY (SUNDAY) BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, MR WONG SIK-KONG, AT A ROUND-THE-DISTRICT WALK ORGANISED TO PUBLICISE ANTI-DRUG MESSAGES.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THREE OF THE TERRITORY'S 24 METHADONE CLINICS ARE LOCATED IN KOWLOON CITY.
A DAILY AVERAGE OF 333 PEOPLE SOUGHT METHADONE TREATMENT FROM THE THREE CLINICS LAST MONTH, REPRESENTING ABOUT 70 PER CENT OF THE 482 REGISTERED PATIENTS IN THE DISTRICT.
+THESE PEOPLE SHOULD KEEP UP THEIR FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS TO CREATE FOR THEMSELVES A BETTER AND HAPPIER FUTURE, HE SAID.
ABOUT 550 RESIDENTS WEARING TRACK SHIRTS WITH ANTI-NARCOTICS MESSAGES JOINED TODAY'S PARADE AS PART OF A TWO-WEEK KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN WHICH BEGAN ON DECEMBER 3.
THE PARTICIPANTS, INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVES FROM 30 LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, BEGAN THE 4 000-METRE WALK FROM SUNG WONG TOI PLAYGROUND VIA TAM KUNG ROAD, MOK CHEONG STREET, TO KWA WAN ROAD, MA TAU WAI ROAD, WUHU STREET, YAN FUNG STREET, VALLEY ROAD ESTATE AND CHUNG HAU STREET TO OI MAN ESTATE.
THE EVENT WAS ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE, KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT RECREATION AND SPORTS COUNCIL, AND RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE.
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