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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1984

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SIR PHILIP MEETS STAFF COURSE PARTICIPANTS

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THE DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, HAD A DISCUSSION ON LOCAL ADMINISTRATION WITH MEMBERS OF THE FIRST SENIOR CIVIL SERVICE STAFF COURSE AT MUI WO THIS AFTERNOON.

THE 32 MEMBERS ARE SPENDING THEIR FIRST WEEK OF THE COURSE IN RESIDENCE AT THE SILVERMINE BEACH HOTEL.

SIR PHILIP WAS ALSO BRIEFED ON THE COURSE PROGRAMME BY THE DIRECTOR OF STUDIES, MR LEN SNEDDON.

THE THREE-MONTH COURSE, DESIGNED TO PREPARE MID-CAREER CIVIL SERVANTS FOR SENIOR DIRECTORATE RESPONSIBILITIES, WAS OPENED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, ON SEPTEMBER 14.

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OVERSEAS LAWYERS STUDY ANTI-NARCOTICS WORK HERE

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A DELEGATION OF OVERSEAS LAWYERS IS HERE ON A THREE-DAY VISIT TO STUDY HONG KONG'S ANTI-NARCOTICS WORK.

THE DELEGATION COMPRISES FIVE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON THE LAW AND DRUGS OF THE LAW ASSOCIATION FOR ASIA AND THE WESTERN PACIFIC (LAWASIA), WITH ITS CHAIRMAN, MR PREBEN A.F. AAKESSON, AS HEAD.

THE DELEGATION MET THE ACTING COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR ISAAC CHOW, TODAY AND DISCUSSED THE PROBLEMS OF DRUG ABUSE IN HONG KONG.

IN MAY THIS YEAR, MR CHOW ATTENDED A MEETING OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE IN SEOUL, KOREA, AND DELIVERED A TALK ON THE ANTI- NARCOTICS WORK IN HONG KONG, WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON ANTI- NARCOTICS PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY MEASURES.

SIR DENYS ROBERTS, THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE CHIEF ADVISER TO THE STANDING COMMITTEE, OFFICIATED AT THE OPENING OF THE MEETING IN SEOUL.

DURING THE IR STAY, THE DELEGATION WILL VISIT A NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, INCLUDING THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE, THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE SOCIETY FOR THE AID AND REHABILITATION OF DRUG ABUSERS.

THE LAWASIA IS A NON-GOVERNMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION WHOSE MEMBERS INCLUDE 40 BAR ASSOCIATIONS AND LAW SOCIETIES, 1 700 INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS, AND A NUMBER OF ASSOCIATE CORPORATE AND FIRM MEMBERS IN THE ASIAN AND WESTERN PACIFIC REGION.

THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON THE LAW AND DRUGS IS DEDICATED TO THE ERADICATION OF DRUG ABUSE IN THE 11 MEMBER COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES, INCLUDING HONG KONG.

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