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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1975
THE WHOLE QUESTION OF PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY MUST BE VERY MUCH MORE PUBLICLY DISCUSSED AT ALL LEVELS AND IN ALL SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY, SHE SAID, AND PARENTS SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED AND EXPECTED TO REASSERT THEIR PARENTAL RIGHTS AND DUTIES, + INSTEAD OF KEEPING THEIR CHILDREN TRAPPED IN FRONT OF TELEVISION SETS.+
SHE ADDED, HOWEVER: +THE TENDENCY OF MANY PARENTS TO LOOK TO GOVERNMENT FOR SUPERVISORY HELP BEYOND THE NORMAL NUMBER OF LIFE-GUARDS OR PLAYGROUND OR PARK ATTENDANTS IS A PROBLEM THAT HAS TO BE FACED.+
MRS. SYMONS LOOKED FORWARD TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MORE COUNTRY PARKS AND STRESSED THAT THE PRESERVATION OF OUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTRYSIDE AND COASTAL AREAS MUST BE RECOGNISED AS THE CIVIC DUTY OF EVERYONE.
SHE CONSIDERED RECREATIONAL FACILITIES +THE NATURAL RIGHT OF OUR YOUNG CITIZENS NOT MERELY SOMETHING HELPFUL IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME.+
SHE ALSO REJECTED THE NOTION THAT FORM EDUCATION SHOULD BE PROVIDED AS A SOCIAL MEASURE TO STOP SCHOOL DROPOUTS FROM TURNING TO CRIME. +WE SHOULD EDUCATE THEM BECAUSE IT IS OUR BOUNDED DUTY TO DO SO, AND THEIR INALIENABLE RIGHT TO EXPECT AND RECEIVE IT.+
ON HOUSING, MRS. SYMONS SAID THAT WITH THE INEVITABLE DELAY IN THE HOUSING PROGRAMME IT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED NOW HOW IT COULD BE DETERMINED THAT THE VAST NUMBERS TO BE REHOUSED ARE THE WORST OFF IN FINANCIAL AND HUMAN TERMS,
SHE WONDERED HOW EFFECTIVELY THE GOVERNMENT WAS COPING WITH
• THE QUESTION OF UNDERSTANDING ITS TENANTS AND WHAT THE PSYCHO- LOGICAL EFFECTS WERE ON TENANTS CROWDED BY THE HOUSANDS INTO A SMALL AREAS,
+1 FEEL THIS IS THE TIME TO THINK ABOUT THE NEW TOWNS AS PLACES WHERE PEOPLE, PEOPLE NOT HUMAN CREATURES WILL LIVE, AND NOT MERELY AS SOME UNITS HOWEVER IMPROVED TO WHICH APPLICANTS WILL BE DECANTED, SHE SAID.
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