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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1976
LIAISON WITH U.K. CHINESE COMMUNITIES UNDER REVIEW
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THE HONG KONG COMMISSIONER FOR LONDON IS REVIEWING HIS ARRANGEMENTS FOR LIAISON WITH BRITISH LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND WITH HONG KONG CHINESE COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND IS EXPECTED TO MAKE PROPOSALS ON THESE SHORTLY.
THIS FOLLOWED RECENT UNFAVOURABLE PUBLICITY IN BRITAIN ABOUT CERTAIN ELEMENTS IN THE HONG KONG CHINESE COMMUNITY IN DRUGS AND TRIAD ACTIVITIES. THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, THE HON. F.K. LI SAID IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THIS AFTERNOON.
HE WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN WHO ASKED WHAT WAS BEING DONE AND WHAT MORE COULD BE DONE TO ASSIST HONG KONG CHINESE FAMILIES THERE TO PRESERVE AND KEEP ALIVE THEIR TRADITIONAL CULTURE AND TO FOSTER MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT BETWEEN THEM AND OTHERS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES.
MR. LI SAID: THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT PUBLISHES A FORTNIGHTLY CHINESE NEWSPAPER CALLED THE HONG KONG NEWS DIGEST FOR THE HONG KONG CHINESE COMMUNITY OVERSEAS OVER 13,000 COPIES OF EACH ISSUE ARE DISTRIBUTED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BỶ THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE IN LONDON.
+THIS NEWSPAPER PROVIDES BOTH HONG KONG AND UNITED KINGDOM NEWS AS WELL AS A SUPPLEMENT CONTAINING SERIALIZED FICTION AND VARIOUS ARTICLES OF POPULAR INTEREST.
+THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE IN LONDON AND ITS SUB-OFFICE IN LIVERPOOL ENCOURAGE AND ASSIST THE FORMATION OF CHINESE ASSOCIATIONS IN THE MAIN CENTRES OF POPULATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. WHERE NECESSARY AND APPROPRIATE, ASSISTANCE IS GIVEN TO THESE ASSOCIATIONS IN PLANNING AND ORGANISING CELEBRATIONS OF THE MAIN CHINESE FESTIVALS,+
CHINESE CLASSES ARE ORGANISED BY THESE ASSOCIATIONS AND OTHER SUITABLE GROUPS WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT BY WAY OF SUBSIDIES OR THE SUPPLY OF TEXT BOOKS FROM HONG KONG, WHILE HELP IS GIVEN TO THESE ASSOCIATIONS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN ORGANISING ENGLISH CLASSES.
FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT ATTEND CLASSES, A +HOME STUDY+ LIBRARY SERVICE OF CHINESE AND ENGLISH LESSONS ON TAPE AND RECORD IS AVAILABLE.
+THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE ALSO HELP THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN THEIR DEALINGS WITH THE CHINESE COMMUNITIES IN THEIR AREA,+ MR. LI CONTINUED.
STAFF OF OUR OFFICE ATTEND REGULAR CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS FOR TEACHERS AND COMMUNITY WORKERS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE GENERAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN HONG KONG AS WELL AS CHINESE CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS AND THIS IS SUPPLEMENTED, WHERE APPROPRIATE, BY PAMPHLETS AND DOCUMENTARY FILMS, HE SAID.
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