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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1986

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COMMUNITY URGED TO JOIN FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS

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THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR GORDON MORTIMER, TODAY (SATURDAY) APPEALED TO THE COMMUNITY TO JOIN THE CRUSADE AGAINST DRUG ABUSE.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT ANTI-NARCOTICS CARNIVAL, MR MORTIMER SAID THE NARCOTICS DIVISION HAD ONCE AGAIN JOINED HANDS WITH THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICE TO ORGANISE A TWO-WEEK LONG PREVENTIVE AND EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT CAMPAIGN.

+THROUGH THE MANY EDUCATIONAL, RECREATIONAL AND INTERESTING ACTIVITIES, IT IS HOPED THAT THE ANTI-NARCOTICS MESSAGE WILL REACH NOT ONLY THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE VARIOUS PROGRAMMES BUT WILL BE FURTHER PROMULGATED BY THEM TO THEIR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES,+ HE SAID.

+I BELIEVED THAT THE GOAL OF A GREATER COMMUNITY AWARENESS OF THE PROBLEM OF DRUG ABUSE COULD BE ACHIEVED THROUGH THE IMPACT OF DISTRICT CAMPAIGNS.

+THIS CARNIVAL WHICH MARKS THE BEGINNING OF THE FORTNIGHT SHOWS US THAT LIFE HAS MEANINGFUL AND ENJOYABLE ATTRACTIONS AND THAT WE, TOGETHER WITH YOUNG PEOPLE, CAN FIGHT WHAT IS WRONG AND HELP EACH OTHER TO RE-FASHION OUR LIFE.+

THE CARNIVAL, HELD AT THE CHAI WAN COMMUNITY CENTRE, INCLUDED GAMES STALLS, ANTI-NARCOTICS EXHIBITION DISPLAYS, FILM SHOWS, SLIDE PRESENTATION AND A DEMONSTRATION OF SKILLS BY THE ANIT- NARCOTICS DOG UNIT OF THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT.

THE FIVE-HOUR EVENT ATTRACTED THOUSANDS OF ENTHUSIASTIC SPECTATORS.

THE ANTI-NARCOTICS FORTNIGHT PROVIDES A PROGRAMME AIMED AT EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY YOUNG PEOPLE, ON THE DANGERS OF DRUG ABUSE.

THE FORTNIGHT WILL CLOSE ON DECEMBER 7 WITH AN OPEN-AIR DISCO +ANTI-NARCOTICS BEAT STREET+, PRODUCED AND BROADCAST LIVE BY COMMERCIAL RADIO FROM VICTORIA PARK.

OTHER EVENTS DURING THE FORTNIGHT WILL INCLUDE VISITS TO MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES IN THE DISTRICT BY STAFF OF THE NARCOTICS DIVISION AND MOBILE DISPLAYS BY THE MOBILE PUBLICITY UNIT.

ALSO ATTENDING TODAY'S CEREMONY WERE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICER MR BOWEN LEUNG, AND CHAIRMAN OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, MR LEUNG SAU-CHI.

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