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SUNDAY, MAY 19, 1991

MR GIACOMELLI ARRANGED TO STOP-OVER IN HONG KONG FOLLOWING AN INVITATION BY HONG KONG'S COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR DAVID WEEKS, WHO MET MR GIACOMELLI IN VIENNA TWO WEEKS AGO AT THE 34TH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION ON NARCOTICS DRUGS.

DURING HIS VISIT, MR GIACOMELLI VISITED THE ROBERT BLACK METHADONE CLINIC AT SAN PO KONG, WHERE HE WAS BRIEFED ON THE METHADONE PROGRAMME BY DR BOSCO LEUNG, THE SENIOR MEDICAL OFFICER IN CHARGE.

HE WAS LATER BRIEFED BY DR GERALD CHOA, CHAIRMAN OF THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS, MR ALISTAR ASPREY, SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, AND MR WEEKS ON THE CURRENT SITUATION AS REGARDS DRUGS IN HONG KONG AND IN THE REGION.

AT THE MEETING, MR GIACOMELLI NOTED THE SUCCESSES WHICH HONG KONG IS ACHIEVING IN THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUG ABUSE AND TRAFFICKING, AND WAS PARTICULARLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE LEADING ROLE HONG KONG PLAYS IN PROVIDING ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING FOR PROFESSIONALS FROM THROUGHOUT ASIA WHO ARE INVOLVED IN VARIOUS ASPECTS OF ANTI-DRUG WORK.

HE ALSO DISCUSSED WITH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS POSSIBILITY OF HONG KONG PLAYING AN EVEN GREATER ROLE, IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE UNDCP, IN TRAINING AND ADVISING LAW-ENFORCEMENT, EDUCATION, SOCIAL WORK AND MEDICAL PERSONNEL FROM ELSEWHERE IN THE ASIA/PACIFIC REGION.

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ANTI-DRUG PUBLICITY CAMP FOR JPC MEMBERS

SOME 250 JUNIOR POLICE CALL (JPC) MEMBERS CAME OUT FROM A TWO-DAY CAMP AT SAI KUNG TODAY (SUNDAY) WISER ABOUT THE DRUG PROBLEM.

WITH SPONSORSHIP FROM THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LIONS CLUBS DISTRICT 303 HONG KONG AND MACAU, THE CAMP WAS SPECIALLY ORGANISED TO PUBLICISE ANTI-DRUG MESSAGES AMONG JPC MEMBERS.

TWO SEMINARS ON THE DANGER OF DRUG ABUSE WERE CONDUCTED BY THE STAFF OF SOCIETY FOR THE AID AND REHABILITATION OF DRUG ABUSERS.

"IT IS HOPED THAT PARTICIPANTS WILL PASS ON WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNT AT THE CAMP TO THEIR RELATIVES AND FRIENDS," A POLICE SPOKESMAN SAID.

"THIS WILL HELP SPREAD THE ANTI-DRUG MESSAGES AMONG THE YOUNG GENERATION, HE SAID.

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