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THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1988

ENTRY SCHEME FOR MACAU RESIDENTS

EX-CHINA RESIDENTS OF MACAU WHO ARE MARRIED ΤΟ HONG KONG

IDENTITY CARDS RESIDENTS AND WHOSE MACAU

WERE ISSUED IN AUGUST, TOGETHER WITH SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 1980 MAY APPLY,

THEIR CHILDREN, TO JOIN THEIR SPOUSES IN HONG KONG, THE

DEPARTMENT IMMIGRATION ANNOUNCED TODAY (THURSDAY).

APPLICATIONS MAY BE SUBMITTED FROM FEBRUARY 2 THIS

THE HONG KONG SPONSORS IN PERSON TO 'THE MODY ROAD, TSIM SHA TSUI EAST, KOWLOON.

IMMIGRATION

YEAR,

BY 61

DEPARTMENT,

ANY PERSON WHO WISHES TO MAKE ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE ENTRY MAY TELEPHONE THE DEPARTMENT'S INFORMATION OFFICE ON 3-7333126.

SCHRME

HEROIN ABUSE PROBLEM BEING CONTAINED

HEROIN ABUSE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN CONTAINED IN HONG THE INCREASING ABUSE OF CANNABIS AND PSYCHOTROPIC ALTHOUGH NOT YET A MAJOR PROBLEM, IS CAUSING CONCERN.

KONG, BUT SUBSTANCES,

SEIZURES,

THE YEAR 1987 SAW A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN CANNABIS ORIGINATING MAINLY IN THE PHILIPPINES AND SOME IN THE NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST.

OF THE

INTERNATIONAL

THIS WAS DISCLOSED IN THE REPORT NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD (INCB) PUBLISHED IN VIENNA, AUSTRIA, TODAY (THURSDAY).

THE REPORT OF THE INCB, A SPECIAL AGENCY OF THE UNITED NATIONS, A150 NOTED THAT HONG KONG CONTINUED TO COMBAT TRAFFICKERS WHO ATTEMPTED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ITS STRATEGIC LOCATION ON THE MAIN SHIPPING AND AIR ROUTES.

"DRUGS ARE TRAFFICKED INTO THE TERRITORY MAINLY BY SEA AND OPIATE SUPPLIES TO HONG KONG, MAINLY HEROIN FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA, CONTINUE TO FLUCTUATE, THE REPORT SAID.

THIS IS A REFLECTION OF ENFORCEMENT ACTION BOTH WITHIN THE TERRITORY ITSELF AND IN COUNTRIES IN THE REGION.

TREATMENT

AND

INTENSIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT, EDUCATION, REHABILITATION PROGRAMMES, WITH COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, HAD BEEN DEVELOPED OVER MANY YEARS AND WERE NOW CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS A COMPREHENSIVE AND WELL-INTEGRATED APPROACH TO THE DRUG PROBLEM, THE

REPORT SAID.

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