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AIRPORT COMMITTEK MEETS ON JUNE 30

SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1993

THE BRITISH AND CHINESE SIDES HAVE AGREED THAT A MEETING OF THE AIRPORT COMMITTEE WILL BE HELD IN HONG KONG ON 30 JUNE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING To CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE AIRPORT PROJECT.

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PARENTS URGED TO JOIN FORCES AGAINST DRUGS

ONE OF THE IMPORTANT WAYS TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM OF DRUG ABUSE IS TO PREVENT THE FORMATION OF AN ADDICTION.

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THIS WAS SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) BY MS ROSANNA WONG, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG FEDERATION OF YOUTH GROUPS, WHILE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF AN EXHIBITION AT NEW TOWN PLAZA, SHA TIN TO MARK THE ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST DRUG ABUSE AND ILLICIT TRAFFICKING ORGANISED BY THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS (ACAN).

URGING PARENTS TO JOIN IN THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS, MS ROSANNA WONG SAID: "AS PARENTS WHO ARE CLOSE TO OUR CHILDREN IN ALL ASPECTS, WE HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY. WE HAVE TO BE AWARE OF THE DRUG PROBLEM IN OUR SOCIETY. WE MUST GIVE OUR CHILDREN TENDER LOVE AND CARE, IMPRESS UPON THEM THE VALUE OF GOOD HEALTH AND STAYING DRUG-FREE.

TURNING TO THE GOVERNMENT'S SUPPLY REDUCTION EFFORTS, MS WONG SAID: "THE TASK OF COUNTERING SMUGGLING OF DRUGS INTO AND THROUGH HONG KONG IS A DIFFICULT ONE, GIVEN THE INTENSIVE TRADING AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES THAT HONG KONG HAS WITH COUNTRIES ALL OVER THE WORLD.

"THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE AND THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT HAVE APPROACHED THIS TASK WITH PROFESSIONALISM, AND ARE TO BE COMMENDED FOR THEIR REMARKABLE SUCCESSES.

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"THEIR ACTIONS HAVE RESULTED IN SOME RECORD SEIZURES OF AND THE NEUTRALISING OF MAJOR SYNDICATES THROUGH JOINT OPERATIONS WITH OVERSEAS DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES."

ON THE INTERNATIONAL FRONT, SHE SAID: "HONG KONG COMPLIES WITH INTERNATIONAL CONTROLS ON DRUGS AND MAINTAINS CLOSE LINKS WITH INTERNATIONAL, REGIONAL, AND INTER-GOVERNMENTAL BODIES IN ANTI-DRUG ACTIVITIES.'

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"TO DATE, SOME $308 MILLION WORTH OF ASSETS HAVE BEEN FROZEN OR CONFISCATED AS A RESULT OF INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION, SHE ADDED.

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