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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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