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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1988

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ACAN SUPPORTS WORLD ANTI-DRUG DAY

A "HONG CEREMONY WILL BE

KONG

INTERNATIONAL ANTI-DRUG DAY"

COMMEMORATIVE

HELD AT 11.30 AM ON SUNDAY (JUNE 26) AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE ARENA OF THE NEW TOWN PLAZA IN SHA TIN.

ORGANISED BY THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS (ACAN), THE EVENT IS ΤΟ BE HELD IN SUPPORT OF THE UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST DRUG ABUSE AND ILLICIT TRAFFICKING AND WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE DISTRIBUTION OF "ANTI-DRUG PACKS" TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

THE PACKS CONTAIN TWO LEAFLETS AND A NUMBER OF STATIONERY ITEMS SUCH AS BALLPEN, BOOKMARK, KEY-RING AND CLIPS CARRYING THE ANTI-DRUG MESSAGE.

IN ADDITION, AN

EXHIBITION DEPICTING

HONG KONG'S OVERALL ANTI-DRUG EFFORTS AND AN IN-PERSPECTIVE LOOK AT THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF ABUSING PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES WILL BE STAGED THERE AND BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AFTER THE CEREMONY TILL 6 PM ON SUNDAY.

IT WILL ALSO BE OPEN FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM DAILY ON THE FOLLOWING

TWO DAYS.

OFFICIATING AT THE COMMEMORATIVE CEREMONY WILL BE THE CHAIRMAN OF ACAN, DR GERALD CHOA; THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR GARETH MULLOY; MISS HONG KONG, PAULINE YEUNG; AND MEMBERS OF ACAN AND ITS SUB-COMMITTEES WHO WILL ASSIST IN DISTRIBUTING ANTI-DRUG PACKS TO THE

PUBLIC.

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MEANWHILE "ANTI-DRUG PACKS" WILL ALSO BE GIVEN TO YOUNGSTERS ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS AT THREE OTHER SPOTS. THEY ARE THE ICE RINK AT CITYPLAZA, TAIKOO SHING AND THE HONG KONG SPORTWORLD ASSOCIATION (ROLLER WORLDS) AT TELFORD GARDENS IN KOWLOON BAY AND CITYPLAZA, TAIKOO SHING.

NOTE TO EDITORS :

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE COMMEMORATIVE CEREMONY TO BE HELD AT 11.30 AM ON SUNDAY (JUNE 26) AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE ARENA OF THE NEW TOWN PLAZA IN SHA TIN.

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