XN000022-1990-01-01 — Page 4

MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 1990

- 3

PUBLIC URGED TO JOIN FIGHT AGAINST NARCOTICS

A MEMBER OF THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS (ACAN), MRS PEGGY LAM, TODAY (MONDAY) CALLED ON THE PUBLIC TO FULFIL THEIR ROLE AND BE COMMITTED TO THE FIGHT AGAINST NARCOTICS IN HONG KONG,

MRS LAM SAID THE SUCCESS IN ANTI-DRUG WORK COULD ONLY BE ATTAINED WITH THE FULL SUPPORT AND ACTIVE PARTICIPATION BY THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

SHE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE ANTI-DRUG CARNIVAL HELD IN VICTORIA PARK IN CAUSEWAY BAY.

"THE YEAR OF 1990 HAS A SPECIAL MEANING TO ACAN WHICH WILL BE CELEBRATING ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY," MRS LAM SAID.

"A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES WILL BE HELD то COMMEMORATE THE OCCASION AND THE FREE DISTRIBUTION OF ACAN SILVER JUBILEE POSTCARDS IS ONE OF THE EVENTS, ᅦ SHE ADDED.

ORGANISED BY THE ACAN YOUTH VOLUNTEER GROUP, THE CARNIVAL WAS AIMED AT AROUSING, THROUGH GAMES AND EXHIBITIONS, PUBLIC AWARENESS THE PERILS OF DRUG ABUSE. THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS ATTENDED.

OF

AN ANTI-DRUG EXHIBITION WAS ORGANISED HY THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT'S NARCOTICS DIVISION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE POLICR AND THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT.

THIS DEPICTED HONG KONG'S OVERALL ANTI-DRUG EFFORTS AND GAVE AN IN-PERSPECTIVE LOOK AT PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES ABUSE.

OTHER EXHIBITS INCLUDED SEIZED DRUGS, A MOBILE X-RAY SCAN VEHICLE FROM THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT, AND OPIUM-SMOKING

PARAPHERNALIA.

THERE WAS AN INFLATABLE ANIMAL FOR CHILDREN, AND 30 GAMES STALLS WERE SET UP BY LOCAL YOUTH ORGANISATIONS OR GROUPS. THESE STALLS ALL HELPED TO SPREAD ANTI-DRUG MESSAGES.

JOINING MRS LAM AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WERE THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR DAVID WEEKS, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR LEUNG KAM-KURN,

THE CEREMONY WAS FOLLOWED BY A VARIETY SHOW WHICH INCLUDED A MINI-CONCERT, PERFORMANCE BY CAPE COLLISON MARCHING BAND, A DRUO SEARCH DEMONSTRATION BY A CUSTOMS DOG UNIT, AND A CYCLING SHOW BY THE BICYCLE DEMONSTRATION TEAM FROM THE CIVIL AID SERVICES.

WINNING ENTRIES IN THE RECENT COMPETITION WERE ALSO PUT ON DISPLAY.

ANTI-NARCOTICS

SYMBOL DESIGN

14