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"They are rescued from criminality and rescued from disease," he added.
Mr Sinclair said a range of programmes was needed to give people a choice.
"The important thing is to reduce the health risks and minimise the harm, and rehabilitate people into the community," he said.
End/Friday, December 9, 1994
Country park visitor survey begins on Sunday
A survey aimed at gauging views of countryside visitors on the territory's country parks and suggested areas of improvement will begin on Sunday (December 11).
Organised by the Agriculture and Fisheries Department (AFD), the survey will be conducted on two separate periods. The first period will be between Sunday and December 18, whereas the second period falls on January 1 to 15 next year.
Commenting on the survey, AFD's Country Parks Protection Officer Mr Edmond Lam said it was the fifth exercise of its kind, which would form part of the continuous process in data collection including feedbacks of country park visitors.
The last four country park visitor surveys were conducted in 1982, 1985, 1987 and 1991 respectively.
Mr Lam pointed out that the main objective of this survey was to reflect the effectiveness of the existing country parks system and to find out areas for improvement.
"The changing needs of country park visitors can be canvassed through the survey, which will be useful for future planning and management of these parks," he said.
On targets of the survey, Mr Lam said country park visitors would be randomly selected for interviews, each of which would last no longer than 10 minutes. It is planned to interview some 6,000 visitors.
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