SUNDAY, JANUARY 10, 1988
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ANTI-NARCOTICS CARNIVAL IN YAU MA TEI
MORE THAN 10,000 PEOPLE BROUGHT HOME WITH THEM, AMONG TOYS AND OTHER ATTRACTIVE ITEMS, ANTI-NARCOTICS MESSAGES WRAPPED IN FORTUNE COOKIES FROM A CARNIVAL HELD TODAY (SUNDAY) AT THE URBAN COUNCIL CENTENARY GARDEN IN TSIM SHA TSUI EAST.
DURING THE DAY-LONG CARNIVAL ORGANISED BY THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS AND THE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE CROWDED AT THE 15 GAMESTALLS KAGER ΤΟ WIN THE SPECIAL PRIZE
CHINESE FORTUNE COOKIES.
"ALTOGETHER, 10 DIFFERENT HARD-HITTING ANTI-DRUG SLOGANS WERE PRINTED AND INSERTED INTO 10,000 DELICIOUS COOKIES WHICH WERE SPECIALLY DESIGNED AND PRODUCED FOR THE OCCASION, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NARCOTICS DIVISION SAID.
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"WHILE ENJOYING THE TASTE, RECIPIENTS OF THE COOKIES WILL AT THE SAME TIME BE REMINDED THAT THEY SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM DRUGS, THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED.
THE CARNIVAL STARTED OFF IN THE MORNING WITH A DEMONSTRATION OF DRUG SEARCHING BY THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT'S DOG THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY STALL GAMES.
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WINNING ENTRIES OF THE RECENTLY COMPLETED ANTI-NARCOTICS STRIPS COMPETITION WERE DISPLAYED WHILE FOUR PROFESSIONAL CARTOONISTS WERE ON HAND TO DRAW CARICATURES OF THE CHILDREN AT THE CARNIVAL.
THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE EVENT WAS A POP CONCERT WITH PERFORMANCES BY SINGERS AND GROUPS INCLUDING RAIDAS, WHO SANG THE ANTI-NARCOTICS THEME SONG THIS YEAR, PRISCILLA CHAN, FRIENDS CONNECTION, EQUATOR, CHENG KING-KAY, WONG PO-YAN AND SO MAN-LING.
THE TWO-HOUR CONCERT, PRODUCED BY THE SANCITY ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY, WAS BROADCAST LIVE BY RTHK'S RADIO-2 SO THAT THE ANTI-DRUG MESSAGE WOULD REACH A FURTHER 40,000 LISTENERS.
SPEAKING AT THE CARNIVAL, THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR GARETH MULLOY, URGED YOUNG PEOPLE ΤΟ STAY AWAY FROM DRUGS AND ENCOURAGED THEM TO TAKE ACTIVE PART IN HEALTHY ACTIVITIES SUCH AS TODAY'S CARNIVAL WHICH WAS SPECIALLY HELD AT A POPULAR VENUE.
CHAIRMAN OF THE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, MR NG MAN-KEUNG, SAID YOUNG PEOPLE WERE MOST VULNERABLE то DRUGS, AND THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS TO BE BACKED UP BY ANTI-NARCOTICS PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNS,
"THE SERIES OF ACTIVITIES ORGANISED IN YAU MA TEI ARE MAINLY AIMED AT YOUNG PEOPLE, MR NG SAID.
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