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The Narcotics Division of the Security Bureau, the Action Committee Against Narcotics (ACAN), Commercial Radio 2 and Skyhigh Creative Partners will jointly organise a series of activities during the summer holiday to steer youths away from drugs, as part of the ¡§Be Smart Be Free No Drugs No Nightmare¡¨ publicity campaign.
An open-top bus will take members of an anti-drug dance squad through the streets and selected karaoke shops to promote anti-drug messages.
The promotion bus will tour different districts in the territory on Saturdays and Sundays in August. Members of the dance squad will play the new anti-drug theme song by Canto-pop group FAMA. They will also visit crowded areas to distribute promotional leaflets and invite members of the public to dance and chant anti-drug tongue twisters together. In addition, the squad members will play games, dance and sing anti-drug songs with youths in several karaoke shops. The performance will be video taped and footage will be uploaded onto a thematic website for online voting. Awards will be given to winning voters.
Another project to be launched this summer is a lyrics writing contest. Contestants are required to choose a popular song and rewrite its lyrics with anti-drug content.
Shortlisted contestants will earn a place in a six-session lyric-writing workshop. After completing training over a fortnight, they will be assigned songs for which to compose lyrics. Their work will then be adapted to produce new anti-drug songs which will be aired on Commercial Radio 2. Audience members who are good at imitating the voice and vocal style of well-known pop singers will be recruited to perform the songs. These simulated versions will be mixed with the original version performed by the pop singers in game segments of Commercial Radio 2. Awards will be given to members of the audience who can distinguish the original version from the simulated one.
The anti-drug dance squad will hold its debut bus parade on August 1 in New Territories West. Its itinerary is below:
Venue Estimated arrival time
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Neway Karaoke, 1.30pm
Foon Tak Building, Kwai Fong
Shiu Wo Street open area, 2.40pm
Tsuen Wan (street performance)
California Red, 3.20pm
Victory Court, Tsuen Wan
Neway Karaoke, 5.30pm
Honlet Court, Tuen Mun
California Red, 7.30pm
Manhattan Plaza, Yuen Long
Wang Yat Square, 8.30pm
Tin Yat Estate, Tin Shui Wai
(street performance)
* The arrival time and venue may change due to weather conditions.
One of the Counselling Centres for Psychotropic Substance Abusers, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hong Kong ¡V Enlighten Centre, will arrange counselling and basic medical check-up service in Wang Yat Square, Tin Yat Estate, Tin Shui Wai. ACAN member Dr Hui Pak-kwan will also join the bus parade to help spread campaign messages.
The enrolment deadline for the lyrics contest is August 6. Those who want to join or find out more about the bus parade may visit the website (www.my903.com/my903/Narcotics2009/index.jsp).
Ends/Thursday, July 30, 2009
Issued at HKT 16:22
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