Saturday, September 1, 1973
HONG KONG D.IB
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WARNING CARD TO CURB DRUG TRAFFICKING
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A small, red and white card that will be seen by more than three
million people each year could help stem the flow of dangerous drugs into
Hong Kong.
The card, printed in Chinese and English, warns that people who
attempt to traffick in drugs such as heroin, morphine and opium risk a
maximum penalty of life imprisonment and a HK$100,000 fine.
A spokesman for the Action Committee Against Narcotics, which
devised the warning, said today that Immigration Department officials
would begin issuing the card on Monday, September 3, to travellers entering
the territory through Hong Kong International Airport and the Macau Ferry
Terminal.
Hore than 2.8 million people passed through these two immigration
control points last year.
The spokesman said the warning cards also would be given to the
crews of ships and planes entering Hong Kong.
Note to Editors:
Copies of a picture of the government's message
to drug traffickers will be distributed separately in
the press boxes this afternoon.
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