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FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1990

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CENTRAL AND WESTERN ANTI-NARCOTICS DAY NEXT MONTH

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DRUG THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE ITS EFFORTS TO STAMP OUT THE

DROP IN THE NUMBER OF DRUG MENACE DESPITE AN ENCOURAGING OVERALL ABUSERS IN THE TERRITORY IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.

THE ASSISTANT

SECRETARY

SECURITY FOR

ANNETTE LEE, SAID THIS AT A PRESS CONFERENCE HELD ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN ANTI-NARCOTICS DAY HELD ON FEBRUARY 11 (SUNDAY).

(NARCOTICS), TODAY (FRIDAY) ΤΟ то BE

MISS

HOWEVER,

MISS LEE

EXPRESSED

CONCERN

ABOUT THE

INCREASING IN THE

NUMBER OF PERSONS AGED BELOW 21 REGISTERED FOR THE FIRST TIME CENTRAL REGISTRY OF DRUG ABUSE.

AGE GROUP REGISTERED "THE NUMBER OF PERSONS IN THIS FIRST NINE MONTHS OF LAST YEAR HAD RECORDED A 12.5 OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1988," SHE NOTED.

PER CENT

IN THE INCREASE

INCREASING

"ACCORDING TO STATISTICS, THERE HAS BEEN AN OF PEOPLE TAKING NO. 4 HEROIN AND MORE YOUNGSTERS HAVE STARTED SOFT DRUGS," SHE SAID.

YOUTH

BEEN HAD

PUBLICITY

NARCOTICS

NUMBER TAKING

DIVISION'S

THE TARGET OF THE

LEE MISS CAMPAIGNS,

SAID, ADDING THAT TERRITORY-WIDE

AND WESTERN ANTI-NARCOTICS DISTRICT ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS THE CENTRAL DAY, WERE WIDELY SUPPORTED BY THE GOVERNMENT,

MISS MONICA CHEN, SAID THE

ANTI-NARCOTICS AND HAD

AN

THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER,

ANTI-DRUG DISTRICT'S

ACTIVITY, FIRST DESIGN COMPETITON, WAS HELD IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR ABOUT 400 ENTRIES FROM PRIMARY AND SECONDARY STUDENTS.

BOOKMARK ATTRACTED

"BOOKMARKS BASED ON THE PRIZE-WINNING DESIGNS WILL BE AND DISTRIBUTED TO LOCAL SCHOOLS AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES TO PUT THE ANTI-DRUG MESSAGE, SHE ADDED.

PRODUCED ACROSS

MISS CHEN

ANNOUNCED

THREE

ACTIVITIES WHICH

WOULD

BE HELD

DURING NEXT MONTH'S DISTRICT ANTI-NARCOTICS DAY,

A

TRAM

TOUR

THE

DISTRICT

WOULD

TO CLASSICAL

CAR FIRST,

A POP PUBLICISE THE TWO OTHER EVENTS TO BE HELD IN THE AFTERNOON

PEDESTRIAN PRECINCT CONCERT AND A "VITALITY SHOW" AT THE CHATER ROAD

TOWN AND

STREET PLAYGROUND IN CENTRAL

THE RESPECTIVELY, SHE SAID.

FORBES

IN

KENNEDY

THE POP CONCERT WILL INCLUDE PERFORMANCES BY SINGERS ROMAN TAM, MARIA CORDERO, YAN CHOR-SIN, KWAN SIIUK-YEE AND THE GROUP GRASSHOPPERS. AND CHOW WAI–MUN, THE CONCERT HOSTED BY DISC JOCKEYS WONG HOI-KUN WILL BE BROADCAST LIVE ON RTHK'S RADIO 2 BETWEEN 2 PM AND 4 PM.

/THE "VITALITY

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