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Dear Professor Rexed,
HKK 5/2
RECEIVED IN REC TRY NO. 51
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GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT,
HONG KONG,
Action Teen 6th June, 1978
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Contribution by the Hong Kong Government
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On behalf of the Hong Kong Government, I enclose hereyith
22/6
a demand draft (No. HKH 706287 NYK) for US$21,607.61, being Hong Kong's 1978 contribution to the U.N.F.D.A.C. This is our fourth contribution
and will bring the total sum of money contributed by Hong Kong to the Fund since 1975 to HK$400,000 (i.e. US$82,563.86).
In Hong Kong, we have long recognised that our drug abuse problem cannot be solved by our own internal efforts but will need determined, effective and coordinated action at the international level. The Hong Kong Government's policy is therefore to give unstinted support to international action against the pernicious social evils of drug abuse and drug trafficking, and in this respect we attach great importance to the work which the Fund is doing. Amongst the many anti-narcotics projects being financed by the U.N.F.D.A.C., we are naturally most concerned with the supply reduction programmes being conducted in Thailand, Burma and Laos and we have watched with great interest and admiration the encouraging signs of success demonstrated by the U.N./Thai crop substitution scheme centred on 30 villages in Northwest Thailand.
During 1977, Hong Kong was also privileged to host two U.N. conferences, one of which, an expert group meeting on heroin signatures under the aegis of the U.N. Laboratory, was held with the financial support of the Fund. Moreover, for four consecutive years since 1974, Hong Kong has taken part in the Annual Meeting of Far East Region Operational Heads of National Narcotics Law Enforcement Agencies, held in Bangkok, Djakarta, Manila and Pattaya respectively; these annual meetings, also financed by the Fund, have produced valuable results by promoting close bilateral and multi-lateral cooperation and the exchange of operational information amongst participating countries. The collaboration now existing between drug enforcement agencies in the S.E. Asian Region is now, in consequence, at its highest level ever.
Professor Bror Rexed,
Executive Director,
United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control,
Palais des Nations,
CH-1211 Geneva 10,
Switzerland.
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