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SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1984

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STUDENTS TO BE TOLD ABOUT DRUG DANGER

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ACAN - THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS - WILL LAUNCH A PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY DRIVE THIS YEAR AIMED PARTICULARLY AT YOUNG PEOPLE.

SPEAKING TO ABOUT 100 FRONTLINE SOCIAL WORKERS AT A SEMINAR ENTITLED +DRUG PROBLEMS: ITS PRESENT TREND AND PREVENTIVE MEASURES+ TODAY (SATURDAY), MR ISSAC CHOW, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SECURITY OF THE NARCOTICS DIVISION, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, SAID THAT NARCOTICS DIVISION STAFF WERE VISITING SECONDARY SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY TO TALK ABOUT DRUG ABUSE TO CHILDREN IN FORMS 1, 11 AND III.

SEMINARS WOULD ALSO BE HELD FOR PARENTS, TEACHERS AND SOCIAL WORKERS ON THE PREVENTION OF DRUG ABUSE, HE SAID.

TODAY'S SEMINAR, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE NARCOTICS DIVISION AND THE HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE, AIMED AT PROVIDING SOCIAL WORKERS WITH KNOWLEDGE ABOUT DRUG ABUSE.

SPEAKING AT THE SEMINAR, MR K.L. STUMPF, CHAIRMAN OF THE PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY SUB-COMMITTEE OF ACAN, STRESSED THAT ALL SOCIAL WORKERS AND ALL VOLUNTARY AGENCIES HAD AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY IN MAKING HONG KONG A DRUG-FREE COMMUNITY.

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ALSO SPEAKING AT THE SEMINAR WERE DR C.Y. SAM, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, MR Y.F. HUI, DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE AND MRS VIRGINIA LO, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF SOCIAL SERVICE, SOCIETY FOR THE AID AND REHABILITATION OF DRUG ABUSERS.

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PUBLIC URGED TO SUPPORT DB'S

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SUCCESS OF THE DISTRICT BOARDS IN PROMOTING DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION DEPENDS GREATLY ON WHETHER THEY CAN REFLECT THE WISHES AND VIEWS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER OF TUEN MUN, MR CHRISTOPHER WONG, SAID THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING.

HE SAID WHILE THE PUBLIC WERE AWARE OF THE CLOSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THEIR DAILY LIFE AND WORK OF THE DISTRICT BOARDS, THEY SHOULD ALSO GIVE THEIR SUPPORT AND VOTE IN THE BOARD ELECTIONS.

+REGISTERING AS VOTERS IS THE FIRST STEP TO MOTIVATE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, HE ADDED.

HE SAID THE SIX-WEEK REGISTRATION EXERCISE WILL BEGIN ON AUGUST 15 AND ANY RESIDENTS OVER THE AGE OF 21 WHO HAVE LIVED IN HONG KONG FOR MORE THAN SEVEN YEARS SHOULD REGISTER.

MR WONG WAS SPEAKING AT THE PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY OF THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT PRELIMINARY SINGING CONTEST - THE SECOND OF THE 18 DISTRICTS' COMPETITIONS. THE FIRST WAS HELD IN SHA TIN ON APRIL 1.

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