Hong Kong - The
Hong Kong government said Wednesday it would step up drug
education in primary schools after an official
survey found children as young as 8 are abusing illegal substances. Secretary for Security Ambrose Lee Siu-kwong told legislators at a special hearing that drug education would be introduced in lower primary
school classes.
He also said that a voluntary drug-testing programme introduced in secondary schools in the rural Tai Po district had been successful and may be extended to other areas.
A government survey of more than 150,000 pupils published in February found that children in nearly nine out of 10 primary schools had experimented with drugs.
