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+EACH SUCCESSFUL APPLICATION WILL RECEIVE A SUM OF MONEY UP TO A MAXIMUM OF $3 000 A PROJECT, TO COVER EXPENSES.+

THE SCHEME IS PART OF ACAN'S PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY PROGRAMME FOR 1984-85.

+IN PLANNING, ORGANISING AND RUNNING THESE ACTIVITIES, THE PARTICIPANTS WILL BE DEVOTING MUCH EFFORT AND TIME TO LEARN ABOUT THE DRUG ABUSE PROBLEM, AS WELL AS EXERCISING THEIR IMAGINATION AND CREATIVITY TO PROMOTE THE ANTI-NARCOTICS MESSAGE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE +YOUTH AGAINST DRUGS SCHEME+ WAS STARTED IN AUGUST 1981, AND HAS RECEIVED ENTHUSIASTIC RESPONSE.

IN THE PAST THREE YEARS, 36 PROJECTS ORGANISED BY DIFFERENT YOUTH GROUPS WHO WERE SELECTED FROM HUNDREDS OF APPLICATIONS, WERE IMPLEMENTED,

A VARIETY OF ANTI-NARCOTICS PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES WERE INCLUDED IN THESE PROJECTS, SUCH AS A SEMINAR, EXHIBITIONS, GAMES DAY, TELEMATCH, CAMPING, CONCERT, DRAMA, FILM SHOW, HIKING, MASS JOGGING AND VARIOUS COMPETITIONS.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID, +IN VIEW OF THE GREAT RESPONSE TO THE SCHEME, ACAN HAS DECIDED TO CONTINUE TO RUN IT, AND IS APPEALING TO YOUNG PEOPLE TO JOIN IN THE FIGHT AGAINST NARCOTICS.+

APPLICATION FORMS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM ALL DISTRICT OFFICES, AND ENQUIRIES MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE DRUG EDUCATION-LIAISON CENTRE OF THE NARCOTICS DIVISION AT TEL. NO. 5-295140

SALARIES COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS

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THE GOVERNOR HAS MADE THE FOLLOWING REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE STANDING COMMISSION ON CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE

* THE HON S.L. CHEN, CBE, JP, FOR ONE YEAR FROM JANUARY

24, 19841

* MR B.A. PEMBERTON, FOR TWO YEARS FROM JANUARY 24, 1984;

AND

* MRS ALICE LAM, FOR TWO YEARS FROM MARCH 10, 1984.

THE GOVERNOR HAS ALSO APPOINTED MISS THERESE CHAN HUNG-CHUN, MR VINCENT KO HON-CHIU AND MR STANLEY G. ELLIOTT TO BE MEMBERS OF THE STANDING COMMISSION FOR TWO YEARS FROM MARCH 1, 1984.

/MISS CHAN