XN000022-1988-09-21 — Page 6

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1988

WHEN THE NO. 8 SIGNAL WAS HOISTED, THE SPOKESMAN SAID EMPLOYERS SHOULD RELEASE THOSE WHO HAD TO TAKE MORE THAN ONE TRIP OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT TO GO HOME.

**THEY SHOULD ALSO RELEASE AT THIS TIME PEOPLE WHO HAVE STRONG OR PRESSING PERSONAL REASONS TO RETURN HOME, E.G. MOTHERS WHO HAVE ΤΟ LOOK AFTER THEIR CHILDREN.

"THE LAST GROUP OF PEOPLE TO BE RELEASED SHOULD BF THOSE WHO LIVE NEAR TO THEIR PLACE OF WORK, HE ADDED.

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THE SPOKESMAN ASSURED COMMUTERS THAT MAJOR TRANSPORT OPERATORS WOULD CONTINUE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SERVICES BETWEEN THREE TO SIX HOURS AFTER THE NO. 8 SIGNAL HAD BEEN HOISTED.

DEPARTMENT FRIORITIES

HE SAID THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF STAFF TO BE RELEASED IN PHASES WERE ONLY GENERAL GUIDELINES AND THAT GOVERNMENT HEADS AND EMPLOYERS WOULD HAVE то DECIDE ON THEIR OWN ACCORDING TO CIRCUMSTANCES.

INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION ESSENTIAL IN WAR ON DRUGS

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TO WIN THE GLOBAL WAR AGAINST DRUG ABUSE, IT IS NECESSARY THAT ALL COUNTRIES AND COMMUNITIES BE FULLY AWARE OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF DRUG ADDICTION; THE EFFECTS IT HAS ON ECONOMIES, PRODUCTION, MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES AND LAW AND ORDER.

POLICE MR RAYMON

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THIS WAS STATED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF ANNING, WHEN HE ADDRESSED THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE IN VANCOUVER THIS (WEDNESDAY)

MORNING.

NOTING THAT INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION AND CO-ORDINATION MUST BE GIVEN TO THE FULL, MR ANNING CALLED ON THE UNITED NATIONS ΤΟ AS91ST DRUGS GROWING COUNTRIES TO OBTAIN THEIR LIVELIHOOD BY OTHER MEANS IN A BID TO REDUCE PRODUCTION OF NARCOTICS FOR THE ILLEGAL MARKETS.

IN SPITE OF THE SUCCESSES IN SEIZING ILLEGAL DRUGS, MR POINTED OUT THAT THERE WERE STILL VAST QUANTITIES ON THE MARKETS FOR DISTRIBUTION.

"TAKING THE PRODUCTION FIGURES FOR THE GOLDEN WE CAN ESTIMATE THAT THERE ARE WELL OVER 100 TONNES HEROIN AVAILABLE SOMEWHERE ON THE MARKET," HE ADDED.

ANNING ILLEGAL

TRIANGLE ALONE, OF 111GH GRADE

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TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM, MR ANNING SAID: "IT IS THEREFORE, IMPORTANT FOR POLICE FORCES TO WORK TOGETHER, AND

50, LEGISLATION AND AGREEMENTS WITH A COMMON APPLICATION ARE ESSENTIAL. "

/HE POINTED

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