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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1991

"TO THOSE WORKERS WHO OFTEN NEED TO OPERATE MACHINERY, THE CONSEQUENCE CAN EVEN BE FATAL AS DRUG ABUSE CAUSES DISORIENTED BEHAVIOUR AND IMPAIRMENT OF JUDGEMENT AND ONE'S ABILITY TO MAINTAIN ATTENTION," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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APART FROM THE PANEL DISPLAYS, A NEWLY-PUBLISHED WHICH IS ALSO TARGETTED AT WORKERS WILL DE EXHIBITION TO DISSEMINATE ANTI-DRUG MESSAGES.

ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT TO FIRST SCHOOL DRAMA FESTIVAL

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THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HONG KONG 9CHOOL DRAMA FESTIVAL MARKS ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE PROMOTION OF DRAMA IN SCHOOLS AS AN EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITY, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR LI YUET-TING, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF THE FESTIVAL, MR LI DESCRIBED DRAMA AS "A GOOD TEACHING TOOL AND A VALUABLE ARTISTIC. EVENT IN SCHOOLS" TO DEVELOP STUDENTS' CREATIVE AND IMAGINATIVE EXPRESSION AND LANGUAGE SKILLS.

HE SAID THE ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT FROM SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS, THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE PROFESSIONALS AND THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM SPONSORS HAD ALL CONTRIBUTED TO THR BUCCR99 FUL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCHOOL DRAMA.

THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, HE SAID, HAD BEEN ACTIVELY PROMOTING DRAMA ACTIVITIES IN SCHOOLS SINCE 1986 AND PROJECTS IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE WERE HELD IN THE PAST TWO YEARS.

A TOTAL OF 112 SCHOOLS HAVE APPLIED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FESTIVAL WHICH WILL BE HELD IN APRIL NEXT YEAR.

PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS WILL EACH BE GIVEN A PRODUCTION SUBSIDY RANGING FROM $800 TO $1,000.

AT TODAY'S CEREMONY, THE CHAIRMAN OF LOK SIN TONG BENEVOLENT BOCIETY, MR CHEUNG NIM-PING, PRESENTED A CHEQUE FOR $500,000 TO MR LI AS A DONATION TO THE FESTIVAL.

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