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On the law enforcement front, Mr Patten said there would measures like increasing the number of pharmacy inspectors to conduct frequent inspection of drug retail premises.
He said: "We are amending the Pharmacy and Poisons Regulation to increase the maximum penalties for offences of illegal or improper sale of drugs."
He added that the Customs and Excise Service would be implementing new control systems on precursor chemicals used in the illicit manufacture of drugs.
On the education front, the Governor pointed out that better training of teachers and the provision of better education material was needed.
Mr Patten said a summit conference was planned to hold next year to bring together schools, parents and non-government organisations to plan a community-wide education and support to try to halt the growing trend in drug abuse by young people.
end/Monday, December 5, 1994
Governor to visit Republic of Korea and Japan
The Governor, the Rt Hon Christopher Patten, will make the first official visit by a Hong Kong Governor to the Republic of Korea from December 11 to 13, after which he will pay a four-day official visit to Japan.
Announcing this today (Monday), a Government spokesman said during his visit to Seoul, Mr Patten would call on senior Government leaders, the Foreign Minister, Dr Han Sung-joo, and other Ministers and business leaders.
Mr Patten will deliver a keynote speech on "Korea and Hong Kong: Opportunities for Growth" at the Second Joint Meeting of Hong Kong/Korea and Korea/Hong Kong Business Round Table, and will be a guest of honour at a breakfast meeting of the Korean Newspaper Editors' Association.
"Mr Patten's visit to Korea, the first by a Hong Kong Governor, underlines the growing importance of the economic and trade links between us," the spokesman said.
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