TNAG-0561-FCO40-656-Review-of-narcotics-problem-in-Hong-Kong-1975 — Page 93

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RECEIVED REGISTRY No.52

19 JUN1975

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TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO 607 OF 19 JUNE.

YOUR TELNO 475 OF 13 JUNE:

PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION FOR 25 JUNE,

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1. IN REPLY TO MR. DAN JONES'S QUESTION, WE WOULD SUGGEST THE

FOLLOWING:

''THE NARCOTICS AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION DIVISION IN THE

HONG KONG MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR

SOME SIX MONTHS. IT ADMINISTERS FOUR OUT-PATIENT METHADONE CLINICS A..D THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S METHADONE TREATMENT PILOT

SCHEME. IT ALSO HAS REGULAR CONTACT WITH OTHER DRUG ADDICTION

TREATMENT AGENCIES IN HONG KONG. FOLLOWING CONSULTATIONS WITH ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS (ACAN), A STANDING COMMITTEE WAS ESTABLISHED IN MAY THIS YEAR TO CONSIDER AND MAKE RECOMMEND-

ATIONS TO ACAN THROUGH THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT ABOUT THE TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION OF DRUG ADDICTS, ABOUT ALL PROPOSALS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, EXPANSION AND/OR MODIFICATION AND COORDINATION OF TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION PROGRAMMES UNDERTAKEN BOTH BY GOVERNMENT AND OTHER AGENCIES AND ABOUT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES. DURING JANUARY AND FEBRUARY THIS YEAR, THE DIVISION COOPERATED CLOSELY WITH DR. R.G. NEWMAN, A VISITING CONSULTANT FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WHO HAD BEEN INVITED TO EXAMINE AND ADVISE ON THE OVERALL DRUG TREATMENT, REHABILITATION AND RESEARCH PROGRAMMES IN HONG KONG, THE DIVISION, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, IS NOW ENGAGED ON A THOROUGH STUDY OF DR. NEWMAN'S REPORT.

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