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MONDAY, JULY 9, 1984

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FIRST ANTI-SMOKING AWARDS PRESENTED TO 20

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HONG KONG'S FIRST ANTI-SMOKING AWARD CERTIFICATES WERE TODAY PRESENTED TO 20 PUBLIC-SP IR ITED CITIZENS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF ORGANISATIONS.

IN MAXING THE PRESENTATIONS, LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR DR THE HON HARRY FANG DESCRIBED THE PEOPLE RECEIVING THE AWARDS AS HAVING -CONTRIBUTED TO MAKING HONG KONG +A HEALTHIER SOCIETY AND A

PLEASANTER PLACE TO LIVE IN+,

THEY HAD ALL, IN SOME WAY, TAKEN A STAND AGAINST SMOKING, DR FANG SAID.

HE CONGRATULATED THEM AND EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THE IR EXAMPLE WOULD BE FOLLOWED BY OTHERS.

INDIVIDUAL RECIPIENTS WERE: MR DAVID GRIFFITHS, HONG KONG'S FIRST ATHLETE TO PUBLICLY DENOUNCE SMOK ING; DR CONRAD LAM KUI-SHING, SUPER INTENDENT OF OUR LADY OF MARYKNOLL HOSPITAL MR LAM WAI-KEUNG, ISLANDS DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER AND CHAIRMAN OF PING CHAU RURAL COMMITTEE MR LAM SH1A-LUN, PASSENGER CONTROL SUPERVISOR OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION; MR CHRIS HILTON, MR JOHN LAW AND MR CHEUNG MAN-SUN OF RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG.

GROUPS RECIPIENTS WERE THE HONG KONG HILTON, THE MARCO POLO HONG KONG, MCDONALD'S RESTAURANTS (HK) LTD., READER'S DIGEST, THE HONG KONG ADVENTIST HOSPITAL, THE KWUN TONG COMMUNITY HEALTH PROJECT, THE ANTI-CANCER SOCIETY, THE ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS AND HEART AND CHEST DISEASES ASSOCIATION, THE CONSUMER COUNCIL, THE HONG KONG COUNCIL OF WOMEN, THE HONG KONG HEART FOUNDATION, AND THE HONG KONG NATIONAL TABLE TENNIS TEAM.

THE AWARD PRESENTATION COINCIDED WITH THE OPENING OF A THREE- DAY ANTI-SMOKING HEALTH EDUCATION EXHIBITION, AT THE OCEAN TERMINAL, KOWLOON.

REFERRING TO THE GOVERNMENT'S ANTI-SMOKING PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN AS A SUCCESS, DR FANG EXPLAINED:

+ SAY THIS BECAUSE IN 1981 A SURVEY SHOWED THAT ONLY 52 PER CENT OF THE COMMUNITY WERE AWARE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S ANTI-SMOKING PUBLICITY, WHEREAS, BY THE END OF 1983, THIS FIGURE HAD INCREASED TO 95 PER CENT.

+AT THE SAME TIME, WITH THE HELP OF AN INCREASE IN DUTY IN CIGARETTES IN THE 1983 BUDGET, THE NUMBER OF CIGARETE SMOKERS IN HONG KONG FELL BY 11 PER CENT, FROM 888 000 IN 1982 TO 784 000 IN 1983.

/+CIGARETTE IMPORTS