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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1984

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MP TO MEET PRESS TOMORROW

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A LIBERAL MP, MR RUSSELL JOHNSTON, WILL GIVE A PRESS CONFERENCE TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AT 11 AM AT THE GIS PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM, 5TH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, CENTRAL.

MR JOHNSTON WILL LEAVE HONG KONG ON MONDAY (OCTOBER 8) AFTER A NINE-DAY VISIT.

PROMOTION FOR 39 OFFICERS ***

THIRTY-NINE ASSISTANT OFFICERS WERE TODAY PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF OFFICER.

THEY RECEIVED THE IR LETTERS OF APPOINTMENT FROM THE ASSISTANT

AT COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR BARRY HIGGINBOTTOM, A CEREMONY HELD AT THE DEPARTMENT'S STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE.

SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, MR HIGGINBOTTOM TOLD THEM THAT, HAVING PASSED THE FIRST AND BIGGEST HURDLE, THEY COULD NOW PROGRESS TO THE HIGHEST RANKS IN THE SERVICE,

THE NEWLY PROMOTED OFFICERS HAVE BEEN SERVING FOR AN AVERAGE

OF EIGHT-AND-A-HALF YEARS.

THEY HAD SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED A YEAR-LONG OFFICER CADET DEVELOPMENT TRAINING COURSE.

SCHOOLS ANTI-DRUG ROLE STRESSED

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SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS WERE TOLD AT A SEMINAR TODAY THAT THE NARCOTICS DIVISION WOULD CONTINUE ITS EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY EFFORTS TO PREVENT YOUNG PEOPLE FROM GETTING INVOLVED IN DRUGS.

THE ADMINISTRATORS WERE ALSO URGED TO ENCOURAGE THE IR STUDENTS

TO TAKE PART IN A YOUTH SCHEME AGAINST DRUGS.

THE CALL WAS MADE BY THE ACTING COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR ISAAC CHOW, AT THE SEMINAR ENTITLED THE DRUG PROBLEM AND PREVENTIVE EDUCATION+.

THE SEMINAR