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SUNDAY, JULY 8, 1984
+ NORMALLY IT IS IN THE FORM OF A TRAINING CAMP OR SEMINAR AND THE PARTICIPANTS HAVE FOUND IT TO BE MOST USEFUL,+ MR TONG SA ID.
SINCE THE SCHEME WAS LAUNCHED IN AUGUST 1981, 46 SELF-INITIATED PROJECTS ORGANISED BY DIFFERENT YOUTH GROUPS HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED.
THESE INCLUDE A WIDE RANGE OF ANTI-NARCOTICS PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS SEMINARS, EXHIBITIONS, GAMES DAYS, TELEMATCHES, CAMPING, CONCERTS, DRAMAS, FILM SHOWS, HIKING, MASS JOGGING AND VARIOUS COMPETITIONS.
THIS YEAR, ABOUT 30 PROJECTS ARE PLANNED FOR THE SCHEME AND THE TOTAL EXPENDITURE IS ESTIMATED AT $100 000.
+FUNDS AND MANPOWER PERMITTING, WE HOPE TO HAVE 10 MORE PROJECTS, EACH WITH AN INCREASED MAXIMUM GRANT OF $3 500 TO $4 000, TO BE IMPLEMENTED NEXT YEAR, MR TONG SAID.
APART FROM THE YADS, A THREE-MAN TEAM WAS SET UP BY NARCOTICS DIVISION EARLY THIS YEAR TO STRENGTHEN ANTI-NARCOTICS EDUCATION IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
THE TEAM WILL GIVE ANTI-NARCOTICS TALKS TO STUDENTS IN FORM ONE TO FORM THREE IN OVER 500 SCHOOLS.
+WE HOPE TO COVER 200 SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ONE YEAR SO THAT THE FIRST CYCLE OF THE WHOLE PROGRAMME CAN BE COMPLETED BY 1987,+ MR TONG SAID.
SECRETARY OF STATE CALLS ON GOVERNOR
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THE VISITING UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF STATE
MR GEORGE
SHULTZ, AND MRS SHULTZ THIS (SUNDAY) EVENING PAID A COURTESY CALL ON THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE.
THEY LATER HAD DINNER TOGETHER AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
PLACEMENT UNIT GETS JOBS FOR YOUNGSTERS
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THE PLACEMENT SERVICE UNIT OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL (VTC) LAST YEAR HELPED SOME 1 000 YOUNGSTERS FIND EMPLOYERS WHO OFFERED PROPER APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING.
ABOUT 800 OF THEM HAVE BEEN UNDERGOING ON-THE-JOB TRAINING AT CRAFT LEVEL AND THE OTHER 200 AT TECHNICIAN LEVEL.
/+THIS YEAR
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