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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1905

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THE TELEMATCH ON CHEUNG CHAU THIS AFTERNOON ATTRACTED SOME 1 000 PARTICIPANTS.

ALSO FEATURED WAS AN EXHIBITION OF PHOTOGRAPHS HIGHLIGHTING THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE DISTRICT.

IN SUPPORT OF THE IYY, THE ISLANDS DISTRICT HAD ORGANISED A PACKAGE OF ACTIVITIES WHICH INCLUDED AN ESSAY COMPETITION, A SINGING CONTEST, A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY STUDY PROJECTS, AND THE PARTICIPATION IN INTER-DISTRICT EVENTS AND THE TERRITORY-WIDE CIVIC DAY LAST MONTH.

PARENTS URGED TO JOIN FORCES AGAINST DRUGS

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PARENTS SHOULD FORM GROUPS TO PROTECT THEIR CHILDREN FROM THE DRUG MENACE, THE ACTING COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR ISAAC CHOW, SAID TODAY SUNDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SHA TIN DISTRICT ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN, HE SAID THAT THERE WAS CURRENTLY A WORLD-WIDE MOVEMENT BY PARENTS AGAINST DRUG ABUSE AND DRUG PEDDLING ACTIVITIES.

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+THIS YEAR, THE GOVERNMENT'S ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN IS AIMED AT ENCOURAGING THE PUBLIC TO REPORT DRUG PUSHERS,+ HE SAID. ADDING THAT PARENTS SHOULD REPORT DRUG PEDDLING ACTIVITIES TO PROTECT THEIR CHILDREN FROM DRUG ABUSE.

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HE SAID ONLY THEN WOULD THE ULTIMATE GOAL BE ACHIEVED

A DRUG-FREE GENERATION.

THE OPENING CEREMONY AT THE NEW TOWN PLAZA WAS FOLLOWED BY A POP CONCERT WHICH WAS BROADCAST LIVE BY RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG.

THE CONCERT, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE NARCOTICS DIVISION, RTHK, SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICE AND DISTRICT BOARD, IS AIMED AT AROUSING PUBLIC AWARENESS TO THE DANGERS OF DRUG ABUSE.

FOLLOWING ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGNS IN THE SOUTHERN AND NORTH DISTRICTS EARLIER THIS YEAR, SHA TIN IS THE THIRD DISTRICT TO LAUNCH THE CAMPAIGN AS PART OF THE PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY PROGRAMME OF THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAN IST NARCOTICS (ACAN) FOR 1985-86.

THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY KOWLOON CITY AND KWAI CHUNG DISTRICTS LATER THIS YEAR.

THE OBJECTIVES OF THE ANNUAL DISTRICT ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGNS ARE TO CREATE PUBLIC AWARENESS ABOUT THE DRUG MENACE, AND TO ENCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE TO LEAD MEANINGFUL LIVES FREE FROM THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS.

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