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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1987

ANTI-DRUG PLAY STAGED IN SHAM SHUI PO

MORE THAN 800 PEOPLE FROM MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES (MACS), OWNERS' SECONDARY SCHOOLS CORPORATIONS, YOUTH CENTRES, COMMUNITY CENTRES AND

IN THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT WERE ENTERTAINED YESTERDAY AND TODAY

STAGE (TUESDAY) TO THREE PERFORMANCES OF A

PLAY WITH AN ANTI-DRUG

MESSAGE.

ORGANISED BY THE NARCOTICS DIVISION OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT AS PART OF THE DISTRICT CAMPAIGN, THE PLAY,

ENTITLED "A DANGEROUS GAME" WAS PRESENTED BY THE CHUNG YING THEATRE COMPANY AT THE CHEUNG SHA WAN COMMUNITY CENTRE.

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WITH SPONSORSHIP AND ADVICE FROM THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST

AND NARCOTICS, "A DANGEROUS GAME" IS A PLAY FOR TEENAGERS CARE ABOUT TEENAGERS.

THOSE

WHO

THE STORY EVOLVES AROUND THREE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO SUDDENLY FIND THEMSELVES PLAYING A DANGEROUS GAME

DRUGS.

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YOUNG AND TALENTED LOCAL PLAYWRIGHT, MR MOK HEI, HAS WRITTEN TEXT WHICH HONESTLY ENGAGES ITSELF WITH THE EFFECT OF DANGEROUS DRUGS ON THE THREE CONFUSED TEENAGERS.

"IN ADDITION TO THE PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATION, THE PLAY IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BECAUSE IT CARRIES A STRONG AND SIGNIFICANT MESSAGE WHICH WARNS THE AUDIENCE, PARTICULARLY THE YOUNG ONES, ABOUT THE DANGERS OF PSYCHOTROPIC DRUG ABUSE, THE NARCOTICS, MR GARETH MULLOY, SAID.

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COMMISSIONER

FOR

THANKED THE MR MULLOY, WHO WAS AMONG THE YOUNG AUDIENCE TODAY,

COMPANY FOR THEIR CHUNG YING THEATRE

CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS AND THEIR HARD WORK IN MAKING THE PLAY A GREAT SUCCESS.

PRIOR TO THE DRAMA, THE AUDIENCE WERE TREATED TO SLIDE SHOW AND THE NEWLY-PRODUCED LEAFLET ON PSYCHOTROPIC DISTRIBUTED.

DRUGS

AN ANTI-DRUG WERE

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