Jaycee Chan, son of the Hong Kong actor, was released from a chinese jail in February after serving a six-month sentence on drugs charges.
Last year, he had been formally charged with "the crime of sheltering others to take drugs" after testing positive for marijuana and police saying they had found 100 grams of the drug at his Beijing home.
"I am so ashamed and angry, the day I found out. I would never think it would happen to my family. How (did) that happen?" Chan said. "I was very angry but it made me more determined to be against drugs."
In 2009, Chan was named an anti-drug ambassador by Beijing, and now sought to deter youths who had gathered to see him at the Singapore event from involvement with drugs.
"Not only are you hurting yourself... your one drug addiction will hurt your family, don't ever think you won't get addicted," the actor said.
"You'll rob, steal, in order to earn money. In the end, you're hurting your country, you're hurting your family, you're hurting your son... it's a domino effect."
The 32-year old actor and singer, the younger Chan, apologized for his actions upon his release. The use of ketamine and methamphetamine has increased in China in recent years and Beijing continues to heavily prosecute marijuana use.
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