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THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1987

THE CTC HAS IDENTIFIED 16 SUBJECTS FOR INCLUSION IN THE AWARD SCHEME. THEY ARE SOCIAL STUDIES, DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY, MUSIC, AND HOME ECONOMICS AT JUNIOR SECONDARY LEVEL; AND PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY, HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, ECONOMIC AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS, GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS, ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS, SOCIAL STUDIES, HOME ECONOMICS, COMMERCE, PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTS, DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY SENIOR SECONDARY LEVEL.

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A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID THE AWARD SCHEME WAS STILL OPEN TO PUBLISHERS WHO WERE INTERESTED IN PRODUCING TEXTBOOKS ON DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY, HOME ECONOMICS, SOCIAL STUDIES AND PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTS AT SENIOR SECONDARY LEVEL.

APPLICATIONS TO PUBLISH TEXTBOOKS OF THE ABOVE SUBJECTS SHOULD REACH THE SECRETARY OF CTC, MRS C.H. KONG ON OR BEFORE JULY 10, 1987.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT MRS KONG AT TELEPHONE

5-8392451.

HONG KONG'S ANTI-DRUGS EXHIBITION IN VIENNA

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HONG KONG'S WORK AND ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE BATTLE AGAINST NARCOTICS HAVE WON THE TERRITORY RENOWN BOTH ON THE LOCAL AND OVERSEAS ANTI-DRUG SCENES.

THIS WAS REMARKED BY THE UNITED KINGDOM PARLIAMENTARY UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR DOUGLAS HOGG, WHEN HE PAID A VISIT TO THE HONG KONG EXHIBITION STAND AT THE UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DRUG ABUSE AND ILLICIT TRAFFICKING (ICDAIT) IN VIENNA RECENTLY.

BRIEFED ON HONG KONG'S LATEST OVERALL DRUG SITUATION BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS, PROFESSOR GERALD CHOA; AND THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR GARETH MULLOY: WHO BOTH REPRESENTED HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM DELEGATION, MR HOGG WAS GREATLY IMPRESSED WITH THE DEDICATION AND STRENUOUS EFFORTS THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES HAVE MADE IN FIGHTING DRUGS.

WHILE NOTING THAT DRUG ABUSE AND TRAFFICKING IN DRUGS WERE AMONG THE GREATEST PROBLEMS OF OUR TIME, MR HOGG SAID THERE WERE NO EASY SOLUTIONS AND PROGRESS WOULD BE SLOW AND PAINSTAKING.

HOWEVER, MR HOGG WAS PLEASED TO LEARN THAT HONG KONG THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF COMMITMENT AND CO-OPERATION IN THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS.

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