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Application forms are available from the Beat Drugs Fund Association care of Narcotics Division, 23rd floor, High Block, Queensway Government Offices, 66 Queensway; district offices, and the Hong Kong Council of Social Service.

A total of 24 projects were selected for funding support involving around $8.7 million in the first round of bids for the fund.

This includes allocating about $5.3 million for 14 drug treatment and rehabilitation projects and $3.2 million for eight projects on preventive education and publicity. The remaining funds go to two international conferences to promote understanding on drug abuse.

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Broadcasting, Culture and Sport Branch homepage launched

The Broadcasting, Culture and Sport Branch (BCSB) has set up a homepage on the Internet to facilitate the public to access and retrieve information on the work of the Branch.

The homepage is designed for Netscape 2.0 and Internet Explorer 2.0. Users may access to the page either from the Hong Kong Government Information Centre network on http://www.info.gov.hk/ or through the Uniform Resource Location on http://www.info.gov.hk/bcsb/.

BCSB is the fifth policy branch to have launched its homepage on the Internet.

The homepage consists of 229 pages, in both English and Chinese. It contains detailed information on the Branch's policy responsibilities, organisation, policy commitments, public consultation papers, its executive departments and related organisations. There is also a suggestion box.

"The page is particularly interesting in that it is also well-stocked with graphics and pictures, including voluntary camps, declared monuments, and some historical buildings and archaeological finds of Hong Kong," a spokesman for the Branch said today (Wednesday).