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SUNDAY, JULY 12, 1987

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"ACCORDING TO THE REPORT OF THE CENTRAL REGISTRY OF DRUG ABUSE,

PROBLEMS LAST THERE WERE 2,747 FIRST REGISTRATIONS RELATING TO DRUG

DROP YEAR, REPRESENTING A

OF 22 PER CENT

FIRST FROM THE 3,523

UNDER REGISTRATIONS IN 1985. THE FIRST REGISTRATIONS OF DRUG ABUSERS

IN 1986, 21 ALSO DECREASED BY 17.5 PER CENT FROM 949 IN 1985 TO 783 SHE SAID.

COOPERATION AND

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"THE SUCCESS IN CONTAINING THE HEROIN AND OPIUM ABUSE PROBLEM IS A

UNCEASIN RESULT OF THE

OF EFFORTS

THE

GOVERNMENT AND

AGENCIES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, TREATMENT, AND PREVENTION REHABILITATION

AND THE LOK HEEP CLUB HAS REMARKABLE CONTRIBUTION IN REHABILITATION WORK, SHE ADDED.

VOLUNTARY

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MADE

MRS WONG CONCEDED THAT PUBLIC DISCRIMINATION A JAINST PREVENT THEIR DRUG ADDICTS DURING THEIR REHABILITATION PROCESS MIGHT

AND CONCERTED RE-INTEGRATION INTO THE COMMUNITY

EFFORTS FROM ALL SECTORS WERE NEEDED TO QUASH SUCH DISCRIMINATION.

"FOR THE EX-DRUG ADDICTS, THEY SHOULD WORK HARD, MAINTAIN THEIR PERSONAL INTEGRITY AND SHOULDER THEIR

TOWARDS RESPONSIBILITY THEIR FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITY.

"WHILE FAMILY MEMBERS SHOULD GIVE THESE EX-ADDICTS MORAL SUPPORT AND

CARE,

SHOULD PROVIDE

OPPORTUNITIES.

EMPLOYERS

THEM

WITH

JOB

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"THE SERVICES FOR EX-DRUG ADDICTS PROVIDED BY LOK HEEP CLUB

BY THE GOVERNMENT, THE PAST YEARS, WHICH HAD ALWAYS BEEN SUPPORTED

REHABILITATION DEMONSTRATE THAT THE COMMUNITY DO SUPPORT

OF EX-DRUG

ABUSERS, SHE SAID.

IN

MEMBERSHIP OF THROUGH AND SOCIAL HELPING THEM AFTER

THE CARITAS LOK HEEP CLUB, SET UP IN 1968, HAS A 1,500. MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE ASSISTED AND SUPPORTED CASEWORK COUNSELLING, GROUP WORK SERVICE, RECREATIONAL

THE AIM OF SERVICES AND EMPLOYMENT ARRANGEMENTS WITH SOLVE THEIR PERSONAL PROBLEMS AND PREVENTING RELAPSE DURING AND THEIR REHABILITATION PROCESS.

JUNE DRIER THAN USUAL

JUNE 1987 WAS DRIER THAN USUAL WITH ONLY 231.2 MM OF RAINFALL RECORD WHICH WAS ONLY 54 PER CENT OF THE LONG TERM MEAN, THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY SAID TODAY.

PLENTIFUL,

HOWEVER, AS EARLY SEASON RAIN HAS BEEN CUMULATIVE RAINFALL FROM JANUARY TO JUNE AMOUNTED TO 1,226.9 WHICH WAS STILL SOME 24 PER CENT ABOVE THE HALF YEAR NORMAL.

THE

MM,

/TROPICAL CYCLONE

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