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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1990

THOUSANDS PARTICIPATE IN ANTI-DRUG ACTIVITIES

OF

YOUTH HAS BECOME THE MAIN TARGET OF THE GOVERNMENT'S ANTI-NARCOTICS PUBLICITY FOLLOWING A SLIGHT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER YOUNG ABUSERS LAST YEAR OVER 1988.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS (ACAN), DR GERALD CHOA, SAID THIS TODAY (SUNDAY) AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE "CENTRAL AND WESTERN ANTI-NARCOTICS DAY" HELD AT THE CHATER ROAD PEDESTRIAN PRECINCT.

DR CHOA SAID ANTI-DRUG MESSAGES WOULD BE PUT ACROSS TO TARGET GROUPS THROUGH SHORT PUBLICITY FILMS, POSTERS, AND SCHOOL TALKS AS WELL AS TERRITORY-WIDE AND DISTRICT ACTIVITIES.

"WE HOPE THAT BY ORGANISING DISTRICT EVENTS, LIKE THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN ACTIVITY, YOUNGSTERS WILL BE DISSUADED FROM TAKING ANY KIND OF DRUGS,' HE SAID.

THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR STEPHEN FISHER, SAID THERE WAS ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR ANTI-DRUG EVENTS IN HIS DISTRICT, WITH OVER 400 ENTRIES RECEIVED FOR THE NOVEMBER ANTI-DRUG BOOKMARK DESIGN COMPETITION.

THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS TOOK PART IN TWO SETS OF ACTIVITIES IN SUPPORT OF THE DISTRICT'S "ANTI-NARCOTICS DAY".

AT THE CHATER ROAD PEDESTRIAN PRECINCT, RESIDENTS WERE TREATED TO A POP CONCERT FEATURING SINGERS ROMAN TAM, MARIA CORDERO, YOLINDA YAN, SHIRLEY KWAN AND THE GROUP, GRASSHOPPERS.

HOSTED BY DISC JOCKEYS CHRIS WONG AND VIVIAN CHOW, THE CONCERT WAS BROADCAST LIVE ON RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG'S RADIO 2 BETWEEN 2 PM AND 4 PM.

A LARGE CROWD, MOSTLY CHILDREN, PARTICIPATED IN THE "WESTERN ANTI-DRUG VITALITY SHOW" AT THE FORBES STREET PLAYGROUND IN KENNEDY TOWN. WINNERS OF THE NOVEMBER BOOKMARK DESIGN COMPETITION WERE AWARDED PRIZES AT THE VENUE.

OTHER OFFICIATING GUESTS AT THE FUNCTIONS WERE THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE (DFCC) CHAIRMAN, MR WU CHOR-NAM; HEAD OF RTHK'S RADIO 2, MR CHEUNG MAN-SUN; DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS MR CHAN TAK-CHOR AND MISS YIP SAU-WAH; AS WELL AS COMMUNITY LEADERS MR NGAI WAI-MING AND MR CHOW YIN-SUM.

TODAY'S TWO PUBLICITY EVENTS WERE JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE ACAN, THE DFCC AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE. OTHER CO-ORGANISERS INCLUDED RTHK, THE COUNCIL OF DISTRICT SCHOOL HEADS, THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE HONG KONG YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.

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