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SUNDAY, JUNE 26. 1988

FOR ITS PART, ACAN WOULD STEP UP PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY ON THE ADVERSE EFFECTS RESULTING FROM ABUSE OF PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES.

HE URGED THE PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE, TO STAY AWAY FROM DRUGS. PARENTS SHOULD PROVIDE PROPER GUIDANCE FOR THEIR CHILDREN, HE ADDED.

TODAY'S COMMEMORATIVE CEREMONY WAS HELD AT THE NEW TOWN PLAZA IN SHA TIN. IT WAS ORGANISED BY ACAN IN SUPPORT OF THE UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST DRUG ABUSE AND ILLICIT TRAFFICKING.

AN EXHIBITION DEPICTING HONG KONG'S OVERALL ANTI-DRUG EFFORTS AND ALSO COVERING PSYCHOTROPIC DRUG ABUSE WAS STAGED AT THE PLAZA.

THIS EXHIBITION WILL REMAIN OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM TOMORROW (MONDAY) AND TUESDAY.

ALSO PRESENT AT THE CEREMONY WERE THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR GARETH MULLOY; MISS HONG KONG, PAULINE YEUNG; CHIEF STAFF OFFICER OF POLICE NARCOTICS BUREAU, MR Y.P. TSANG AND MEMBERS OF THE ACAN AND ITS SUB-COMMITTEES INCLUDING MR YEUNG PO-KWAN, MR J.P. LEE, DR S.C. LEUNG AND MR C.L. HO. THEY ALL TOOK PART IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF ANTI-DRUG PUBLICITY MATERIALS TO THE PUBLIC.

A TOTAL OF 4,000 "ANTI-DRUG PACKS" WERE DISTRIBUTED AT THE VENUE AND AT THE CITYPLAZA IN TAIKOO SHING AND TELFORD GARDENS IN KOWLOON BAY.

PUBLICATION OF NEW GEOTECHNICAL AREA STUDIES REPORTS

THE GOVERNMENT HAS PUBLISHED THE GEOTECHNICAL AREA STUDIES PROGRAMME REPORTS FOR THE NORTH NEW TERRITORIES (GASP V) AND NORTH LANTAU (GASP VI).

WITH THE RELEASE OF THESE REPORTS, THE GEOTECHNICAL CONTROL OFFICE HAS COMPLETED SIX IN THE SERIES OF 12 GASP REPORTS CONTAINING GEOTECHNICAL INFORMATION FOR PLANNING PURPOSES.

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THE FIRST OF THESE REPORTS FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON

WAS RELEASED IN JULY LAST YEAR AND THE LAST REPORT IN THE SERIES, GASP XII- A SUMMARY OF THE ENTIRE TERRITORY 18 EXPECTED AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.

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THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER, DR E.W. BRAND, EXPLAINED THAT THE GASP STUDIES WERE DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR PLANNING AND LAND MANAGEMENT PURPOSES, AND THEY WERE BASED ON UNIQUE SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING THE GEOTECHNICAL LIMITATIONS OF LAND.

"THE GASP