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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1987

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ANTI-NARCOTICS BLITZ IN TUEN MUN OPENS

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE TODAY (WEDNESDAY) URGED NOT TO ABUSE DRUGS, BOTH OPIATE AND PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS.

FOR NARCOTICS,

THE APPEAL WAS MADE BY THE COMNTSSIONER

MR GARETH MULLOY, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 1987/88 TUEN MUN DISTRICT ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN.

HE NOTED THAT THIS YEAR'S PUBLICITY WOULD, IN ADDITION TO AN OVERALL ANTI-NARCOTICS PUBLICITY STRATEGY, ALSO INTENSIFY EFFORTS ΤΟ EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND YOUTHS IN PARTICULAR ON THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF ABUSING PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES.

MR MULLOY SAID THAT TO ERADICATE THE ROOT OF THE DRUC PROBLEN IN SOCIETY WAS A LONG LASTING AND CHALLENGING TASK FOR EVERY AUTHORITY IN THE WORLD.

"HONG KONG, HOWEVER, WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S FIRM STANCE AND DETERMINATION AND THE WHOLE-HEARTED SUPPORT AND ACTIVE PARTICIPATION FROM THE COMMUNITY IIAS EXPERIENCED SUCCESSFUL HARVESTS AND ENCOURAGING RESULTS, HE SAID.

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THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CAMPAIGN ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR NG CHEUK-TAI, WHO ALSO SPOKE AT THE CEREMONY, NOTED THAT THE CAMPAIGN WAS AIMED AT REMINDING THE YOUNGER GENERATION OF THE NEED TO BE ALERT TO PSYCHOTROPIC DRUG ABUSE AND TO ADOPT A PROPER ATTITUDE TOWARDS LIFE.

ORGANISED BY THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS, THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD, AND THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICE, ANTI-NARCOTICS MESSAGES WILL BE DISSEMINATED THROUGH A VARIETY OF EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES DURING THE SIX-MONTH LONG CAMPAIGN PERIOD.

THESE INCLUDE ANTI-NARCOTICS ORIENTATED FILM SHOWS, DRAMMAS, EXHIBITIONS, SLIDE SHOWS AND THE PUBLISHING OF NEWSPAPER SUPPLEMENTS.

IN ADDITION, THERE ARE ALSO ROCK-CLIMBING COURSES, ADVENTURE SHIP VOYAGES, VISITS TO CUSTOMS TRAINING SCHOOL AND AN ANTI-DRUG SEMINAR CAMP WHICH ARE ALL OPEN TO LOCAL YOUTHS.

OTHER GUESTS JOINING MR MULLOY AND MR NG AT THE RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY WERE THE DISTRICT OFFICER (TUEN MUN), MR STEPHEN SELBY AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TUEN MEN DISTRICT BOARD SOCIAL SERVICES SUB-COMMITTEE, MR SO SHIU-SING.

ATTENDED BY MORE THAN 100 REPRESENTATIVES FROM LOCAL MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND COMMUNITIES, THE OPENING CEREMONY WAS FOLLOWED BY AN ANTI-NARCOTICS SLIDE PRESENTATION AND THE SHOWING OF A FILM.

APART FROM TURN MUN

DISTRICT, ANTI-NARCOTICS DISTRICT CAMPAIGNS WILL ALSO BE CARRIED OUT IN SOUTHERN, SHAM SHUI PO AND YAU MA TE THIS YEAR.

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