The research team is housed in the SSRC and enjoys its administrative facilities, technical and moral support. In addition, the need for Hong Kong to develop and maintain effective international liaison in academic research was emphasised, hence the Unit aims to become a local node for collection of regional and international publications and statistics. The DARU team could also be contacted through fax. Funding The British Council, The Hong Kong Community Drug Advisory Council and The Hong Kong Health Services Research Committee are significant corporate donors. Staff and students Two research assistants, Ms Emma Jones, B.A. and Mrs. S. Wilkinson, B.A., are assisted by data entry staff.
Postgraduate supervision is also available.
Currently, there is a research student working on Criminality and Heroin Dependency, who is jointly supervised by Dr. H. Traver of the Department of Sociology and Dr. Day, the DARU convenor. Projects The Health Related Behaviour of Children in Hong Kong's Primary and Secondary Schools. This relates to substance abuse, including alcohol and tobacco, and its prevention. A licensed, adapted, validated questionnaire is used for this Project. Japan and Thailand.