FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1988
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WORLD MARATHON RUNNERS IN ANTI-DRUG RACE ON SUNDAY
WILL JOIN HONG KONG OF THE 1988 HONG KONG
WORLD OLYMPIC STANDARD MARATHON RUNNERS
THE CHAMPIONSHIP RUNNERS TO VIE FOR INTERNATIONAL MARATHON ON SUNDAY (JANUARY 24).
OF THE
RACE,
ORGANISED
BY
JOINTLY
THE ANNOUNCING DETAILS
HONG KONG AMATEUR ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS (ACAN) AND THE
CONFERENCE TODAY (FRIDAY), ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (HKAAA), AT A PRESS
MULLOY, SAID THAT "BE AN THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR GARETH
AS BEEN CHOSEN
THE THEME FOR THIS YEAR'S ANTI-DRUG RUNNER" HAD MARATHON WHICH WILL BE HELD ON THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR.
SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE TO HIM WITH HONG KONG'S ANTI-NARCOTICS
MR MULLOY SAID THE EVENT WAS OF BECAUSE IT HAD FORGED ANOTHER LINK PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY WORK AND THE SPORTS SECTOR.
"WE ARE GLAD TO SEE
THAT DRUC ABUSE
SPORTS THE
AND TAKES
WORLD AN
IS ACTIVE
INCREASINGLY ROLE
IN
HE SAID.
AWARE OF THE DANGERS OF PROMOTING THE ANTI-DRUG MESSAGE,
1988 HONG KONG LINKING BUT ALSO SHOWED
HE HOPED THAT THROUGH THE ORGANISATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL MARATHON, HONG KONG NOT ONLY HAD LED THE WAY BY A WORLD-RANKING RACE WITH THE WAR AGAINST NARCOTICS THE WORLD HONG KONG'S FIRM DETERMINATION TO SUPPRESS THE DRUG PROBLEM.
"WE
WILL
DEMONSTRATE
то
- -
REAL SPIRIT COMPETITION ATM TO WIN BY YOUR OWN ABILITIES AND DO USING ARTIFICIAL DRUG ATD," HE ADDED.
THE
WORLD
THE
OF
NOT CHEAT BY
WHO ALSO SPOKE AT ENTRANTS FROM 20 COUNTRIES AND
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HKAAA, MR WILLIAM KO, THE CONFERENCE, DISCLOSED THAT 982 AREAS WOULD BE PARTICIPATING IN THE RACE.
JONES AND HUGH KURTIS FROM
WORLD CLASS MARATION RUNNERS, INCLUDING STEVE JONES FROM BRITAIN, KEVIN RYAN FROM NEW ZEALAND AND DOUG THE USA HAD CONFIRMED THEIR PARTICIPATION.
HAD BEEN EXPANDED MAKING IT ASIA'S LARGEST
MR KO SAID THE WHEELCHAIR ATHLETE CATEGORY TO INCLUDE COMPETITORS FROM STX COUNTRIES, WHEELCHAIR MARATHON OUTSIDE OF JAPAN.
"THEIR COURAGE WILL HELP HONG KONG'S DISTANCE AGAINST ALL ODDS', HE ADDED.
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DISABLED TN 'GOING THE
ANTI-DRUG
THE COMMUNITY CHEST
BESIDES PROMOTING THE ANTI-DRUG MESSAGE BY BECOMING
RUNNERS". COMPETITORS WILL ALSO RAISE MONEY FOR BASED ON THEIR PERFORMANCE IN THE EVENT.
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