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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1986

THE 1986 +TOWARDS A FULLER LIFE+ PROGRAMME, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS DEPARTMENT OF THE ICÁC AND THE LIONS CLUB, WAS AIMED AT ENCOURAGING YOUNG PEOPLE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES WHICH LIFE OFFERED AND DEVELOPING THEIR INTERESTS AND TO SERVE OTHER PEOPLE.

SIR DAVID SAID HE HOPED THAT THOSE TAKING PART IN THE ACTIVITIES TODAY WOULD GO AWAY WITH A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO ACHIEVE THESE AIMS AND HOW THEY COULD MAKE THE BEST USE OF THEIR OWN TALENTS AND POTENTIAL TO LIVE A FULLER LIFE.

COMMUNITY HELPING IN FIGHT AGAINST DRUG ABUSE *****

THE SUCCESS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUG ABUSE IN HONG KONG CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO BE CONTINUING SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY. THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR G.L. MORTIMER, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

+IN RECENT YEARS, THE SEIZURE OF LARGE QUANTITIES OF ILLICIT DRUGS, THE BREAKING-UP OF DRUG SYNDICATES, THE RAPID EXPANSION OF TREATMENT FACILITIES AND FINALLY THE MASSIVE PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNS HAVE KEPT THE DRUG PROBLEM UNDER CONTROL, + HE SAID.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT ANTI-NARCOTICS SOCCER TOURNAMENT, MR MORTIMER POINTED OUT THAT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO SUCCESS WAS GROWING PUBLIC SUPPORT, MARKED BY THE INCREASED PARTICIPATION OF COMMUNITY BODIES, VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND CONCERNED CITIZENS.

MR MORTIMER SAID THAT ANNUAL DISTRICT CAMPAIGNS WERE THEREFORE ORGANISED TO ENLIST PUBLIC SUPPORT IN THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS AND TO ENHANCE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE DRUG PROBLEM.

THE SOCCER TOURNAMENT, ORGANISED BY THE NARCOTICS DIVISION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE AND KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICE, IS ONE OF THE FOUR DISTRICT CAMPAIGNS IN THE YEAR 1986-87.

THE CEREMONY WAS FOLLOWED BY THE PRELIMINARY ROUNDS PARTICIPATED BY 14 TEAMS, EACH REPRESENTING AN AREA IN KWUN TONG DISTRICT, AT THE SAU NGA ROAD PLAYGROUND.

/THE CHAMPION