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FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1984

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ANTI-DRUG DRIVE IN YAU MA TEI

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A WEEK-LONG ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN IN YAU MA TEI, FEATURING AN EXHIBITION, A SEMINAR, A VARIETY SHOW AND A VISIT TO THE SHEK KWU CHAU TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION CENTRE, WILL BEGIN TOMORROW (SATURDAY).

ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS, AND THE ANTI-NARCOTICS CENTRAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE, THE DRIVE IS MAINLY AIMED AT PEOPLE IN THE 15 TO 24 AGE GROUP.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR CHAN YUM-TONG, SAID THE SERIES OF PREVENTIVE EDUCATIONAL EXERCISES WOULD HELP PREVENT THE SPREAD OF DRUGS.

+WE MUST ALSO ALERT YOUTHS AGAINST STARTING TO TAKE DRUGS, HE STRESSED.

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TO THIS END, A SEMINAR HAS BEEN ORGANISED FOR MORE THAN 500 SECONDARY STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT, ON WEDNESDAY (JANUARY 11).

AN OPENING CEREMONY WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (SATURDAY). AFTERNOON AT THE HENRY G. LEONG COMMUNITY CENTRE, FEATURING A DISPLAY OF VARIOUS PARAPHERNALIA FOR TAKING DRUGS AND A POLICE DOG SHOW.

ALSO PRESENT AT THE CEREMONY WILL BE THE DISTRICT OFFICER. MR WILFRED WONG, THE POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICER, MR LUI TING-YIU, AND MR CHAN.

NOTE TO EDITORS.

YOU ARE WELCOME TO COVER THE YAU MA TEI ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN OPENING CEREMONY TO BE HELD AT 3 PM AT THE HENRY G. LEONG YAU MA TEI COMMUNITY CENTRE TOMORROW (SATURDAY).

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