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Meanwhile, members of the public are invited to send their views to the Secretary, Working Group to Review Prevocational and Secondary Technical Education at Room 1404, Wu Chung House, 213 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, before April 1, 1996.
Enquiries may be made on 2892 6315,
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Beat drugs seminar for social workers
A seminar aims at enhancing the capability of frontline social workers in dealing with young drug abusers will be jointly organised by the Narcotics Division and the Social Welfare Department tomorrow (Friday).
Entitled "Working with Young Drug Abusers An Overview of Work Approaches of Different Professions", the seminar will discuss collaboration between social work profession and other disciplines in working with young drug abusers.
More than 370 in-service and student social workers will attend the seminar which is part of the Government's on-going efforts in tackling the problem of drug abuse among young people.
The event will bring together different professionals in the drugs-related field to share their views and experience and will provide a forum for discussion among social workers.
The Assistant Director (Youth and Rehabilitation) of Social Welfare Department (SWD), Mr Carlos Leung; Assistant Secretary for Security (Narcotics), Miss Vicki Wong; and Consultant Psychiatrist of Castle Peak Hospital, Dr Leung Shung-pun are invited to speak at the seminar.
Other speakers include Inspector Fong Ying-hon of the Narcotics Bureau. Supervisor of SWD's Against Substance Abuse Scheme), Mr Tan Tick-yee. and secondary school principal, Mr Ying Yu-hing.
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