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WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1986

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MENTAL HEALTH FORTNIGHT BEGINS IN TUEN MUN

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A MENTAL HEALTH FORTNIGHT BEGAN IN TUEN MUN TODAY (WEDNESDAY) WITH THE AIM OF ENHANCING RESIDENTS' AWARENESS ON MENTAL HEALTH SO THAT THEY WOULD HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE ILLNESS AND THE PROCESS OF REHABILITATION.

OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WERE LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR AND CHAIRMAN OF THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD, MR LAU WONG-FAT, DISTRICT OFFICER, MR STEPHEN SELBY; AND CHAIRMAN OF THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION AD HOC COMMITTEE, MR CHAN CHE-HIM.

MR LAU SAID IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR RESIDENTS TO MAINTAIN PROPER MENTAL HEALTH IN VIEW OF THE PRESSURES OF MODERN CITY LIFE,

ACTIVITIES DURING THE FORTNIGHT INCLUDE AN EXHIBITION ON MENTAL HEALTH, SEMINARS AND TALKS WITH FILMS, SLIDES AND VIDEO SHOWS.

THE FORTNIGHT OF ACTIVITIES FORM PART OF A CAMPAIGN ON PUBLIC EDUCATION IN MENTAL HEALTH WHICH HAS BEEN ORGANISED BY THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION AD HOC COMMITTEE, AND SPONSORED BY THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD.

SONG SPREADS ANTI-NARCCTICS MESSAGE

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POPULAR SINGER ALAN TAM HAS PLEDGED HIS SUPPORT IN THE FIGHT AGAINST NARCOTICS BY SPREADING THE ANTI-NARCOTICS MESSAGE THROUGH HIS LATEST CANTONESE HIT SONG +BREAKING THROUGH+,

THIS WAS DISCLOSED BY THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MRS AGNES ALLCOCK, AT A PRESS CONFERENCE HELD TODAY (WEDNESDAY) TO ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF AN ANTI-NARCOTICS VARIETY SHOW JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS (ACAN) AND TELEVISION BROADCASTS LIMITED (TVB).

+ IT IS HOPED THAT THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF POPULAR CONTEMPORARY MUSIC, WHICH IS AN EFFECTIVE MEANS OF REACHING OUT TO YOUNG PEOPLE, THE ANTI-NARCOTICS MESSAGE WILL BE WIDELY SPREAD,+ MRS ALLCOCK SAID.

+BREAK ING THROUGH+, THE SIXTH SPECIAL ANTI-NARCOTICS THEME SONG. IS COMPOSED BY DONALD ASHLEY AND PETER NG WITH LYRICS WRITTEN BY HEUNG SUET-WAI AND SUNG BY ALAN TAM.

/ALAN TAM,