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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1987

DRAMA PRESENTS DRUG PERILS

MORE THAN 700 PEOPLE FROM MUTAL AID COMMITTEES, OWNERS' CORPORATIONS, YOUTH CENTRES AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN TUEN MUN AND YAU MA TEI DISTRICTS WERE ENTERTAINED TO THREE PERFORMANCES OF A STAGE PLAY WITH AN ANTI-DRUG MESSAGE.

ORGANISED BY THE NARCOTICS DIVISION OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT AS PART OF THE DISTRICTS' CAMPAIGNS, THE PLAY, ENTITLED

"A DANGEROUS GAME" WAS PRESENTED BY THE CHUNG YING THEATRE COMPANY AT THE BUTTERFLY ESTATE COMMUNITY CENTRE, TUEN MUN YESTERDAY (FRIDAY) AND AT THE HENRY

LEONG YAU MA TEI COMMUNITY CENTRE TODAY

(SATURDAY).

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WITH SPONSORSHIP AND ADVICE FROM THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS (ACAN), "A DANGEROUS GAME" 19 A PLAY FOR TEENAGERB AND THOSE WHO CARR ABOUT TEENAGERS.

"EVEN WITH A SMALL CAST AND SIMPLE SETTING, THE PLAY CARRIES A STRONG AND IMPORTANT MESSAGE WHICH WARNS THE AUDIENCE OF THE DANGERS OF PSYCHOTROPIC DRUG ABUSE, A SPOKESMAN OF THE NARCOTICS DIVISION SAID.

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THE THEME SONG FOR THE PLAY 'A DANGEROUS GAME' SUNG BY POPULAR LOCAL GROUP RAIDAS HAS ALSO BECOME THE ANTI-NARCOTICS THEME SONG FOR THIS YEAR.

"A DANGEROUS GAME" COMPOSED BY MR KENNETH WONG WITH LYRICS WRITTEN BY MR LIN XI, IS CHOSEN BY ACAN AS THIS YEAR'S ANTI-NARCOTICS THEME SONG BECAUSE IT ATTEMPTS TO DEPICT THE DANGERS OF PSYCHOTROPIC DRUG ABUSE AND WARN YOUNG PEOPLE TO STAY AWAY FROM DRUGS.

THE SONG IS RECORDED IN RAIDAS' NEWLY RELEASED ALBUM UNDER THE SAME TITLE.

SAI KUNG CIVIC EDUCATION COMMITTEE FORMED

A 20-MEMBER COMMITTEE HAS BEEN FORMED IN SAI KUNG TO CO-ORDINATE ALL MATTERS RELATING TO THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION IN THE DISTRICT.

CHAIRED BY A SAI KUNG DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER, MRS ANITA CHAN, THE COMMITTEE CONSISTS OF SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, SOCIAL WORKERS, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM VILLAGES AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS.

/REPRESENTATIVËS FROM