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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1985

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JACOBS TO VISIT CHINA AS GUEST OF BANK

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THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MR PIERS JACOBS, WILL LEAVE FOR CHINA TOMORROW (FRIDAY) ON A 12-DAY FAMILIARISATION VISIT AS GUEST OF THE BANK OF CHINA,

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID MR JACOBS WILL HOLD INFORMAL TALKS WITH A NUMBER OF SENIOR CHINESE BANKING OFFICIALS AND ECONOMISTS IN PEKING.

MR JACOBS WILL ALSO VISIT SHANGHAI FOR FURTHER DISCUSSIONS AND WILL TOUR XIAN AND HANGZHOU BEFORE RETURNING TO HONG KONG ON NOVEMBER 20.

IMPORTANT ROLE FOR SCHOOLS IN ANTI-DRUG FIGHT ****

SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS WERE TODAY (THURSDAY) URGED TO SUPPORT THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS AND PREVENT YOUNG PEOPLE FROM GETTING INVOLVED IN DRUGS.

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

ORGANISED BY THE NARCOTICS DIVISION, THE SEMINAR IS THE THIRD OF ITS KIND AND IS AIMED AT GIVING SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE DRUG PROBLEM IN HONG KONG AND PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS,

PRESENT AT TODAY'S SEMINAR WERE ABOUT 70 ADMINISTRATORS FROM SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KOWLOON CITY AND EASTERN DISTRICTS WHERE DRUG EDUCATION TALKS HAD BEEN CONDUCTED BY THE DIVISION'S SCHOOL TALKS TEAM SINCE MARCH THIS YEAR.

+GIVEN THAT MOST YOUNG PEOPLE UNDERGO A NINE-YEAR FREE EDUCATION PROGRAMME, PREVENTIVE EDUCATION PLAYS A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN PROVIDING OUR YOUNG WITH THE CORRECT INFORMATION ABOUT DRUGS AND THE IR HARMFUL EFFECTS SO THAT THEY WILL NOT FALL PREY TO DRUG PEDDLERS AFTER THEY LEAVE SCHOOL, + MR CHOW SA ID.

SINCE THE SCHOOL TALKS TEAM WAS ESTABLISHED IN FEBRUARY LAST YEAR, IT HAS GIVEN TALKS TO 128 000 STUDENTS IN 240 SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

MR CHOW ALSO APPEALED TO SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE YOUTH AGAINST DRUGS SCHEME+.

/+IT PROVIDES