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SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, 1992

THEY ARE MISS

YORK-FAI, AND MR KAN CHUNG NIN, THE

CHOW WAI-CHU,

MR

CHEUNG BY-ELECTION

WING-FAI, MR LEE WILL BE

HELD ON

JANUARY 19.

ATTENTION NEWS EDITORS:

MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE INVITED TO COVER THE FORUM.

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RESIDENTS URGED TO STAY AWAY FROM DRUGS

MONG KOK RESIDENTS WERE THIS (SUNDAY) EVENING URGED TO STAY. AWAY FROM DRUGS.

THE APPEAL WAS MADE BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE MONG KOK DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE'S ANTI-NARCOTICS WORKING GROUP, MISS SO CHI-HAN.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING

ANTI-NARCOTICS VARIETY SHOW AT THE

CEREMONY OF THE MONG KOK MACPHERSON PLAYGROUND, MISS 80 SAID THE SHOW AIMED AT PUBLICISING THE ANTI-NARCOTICS MESSAGE AMONG LOCAL RESIDENTS AS WELL AS PROVIDING FREE ENTERTAINMENT FOR THEM.

SHE POINTED OUT THAT A SLOGAN CHOSEN FROM A WINNING ENTRY OF THE ANTI-NARCOTICS SLOGAN COMPETITION HELD EARLIER HAD BEEN PRINTED ON A KEY CHAIN SOUVENIR TO SERVE AS A REMINDER TO STAY AWAY FROM DRUGS.

ALSO SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR KENNETH WOODHOUSE, CALLED ON PUBLIC SUPPORT AGAINST DRUGS.

"THE SUCCESS OF THE ANTI-NARCOTICS WORK DEPENDS NOT ONLY ON THE GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS, BUT ALSO THE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY," HE SAID.

MR WOODHOUSE ALSO SAID THE ACTION COMMITTEE (ACAN) WOULD ARRANGE A WIDE VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES DISASTROUS EFFECTS CAUSED BY DRUG ADDICTION.

AGAINST NARCOTICS TO PUBLICISE THE

MORE THAN 1,000 RESIDENTS ATTENDED TONIGHT'S SHOW WHICH FEATURED. TELEGAMES, DRAMA AND SINGING PERFORMANCES.

TWENTY-SIX CIVIC-MINDED RESIDENTS AND WINNERS OF THE ANTI-NARCOTICS SLOGAN COMPETITION WERE PRESENTED WITH "GOOD CITIZEN AWARDS" OR PRIZES.

/THE EVENT