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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1976
PROMOTION OF FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION IN CHAI WAN
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THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT WILL INTRODUCE A FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION PROGRAMME FOR CHAI WAN AND THE EASTERN DISTRICT RESIDENTS ON SUNDAY (DECEMBER 19).
THE SIX-MONTH LONG FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION PROGRAMME CO-ORDINATED BY THE COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICE FOR EASTERN, HAS BEEN JOINTLY ORGANISED BY WELFARE AGENCIES AND YOUTH GROUPS IN THE DISTRICT. THE PROGRAMME WILL COMPRISE AN EXHIBITION, SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS AND COMPETITIONS,
THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. THOMAS LEE, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY IN THE CHAI WAN COMMUNITY CENTRE ON THAT DAY AT 2.15 P.M.
THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A TWO-DAY EXHIBITION IN WHICH MATERIALS ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION WILL BE DISPLAYED. DURING THE EXHIBITION, A +HAPPY FAMILY+ DRAWING COMPETITION, A FAMILY QUIZ, A FILM SHOW AND A LUCKY DRAW WILL ALSO BE ORGANISED FOR THE RESIDENTS.
SOCIAL WORKERS WILL BE STATIONED AT THE EXHIBITION TO ANSWER QUERIES AND TO PROVIDE GENERAL COUNSELLING SERVICES ON FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION.
THE EXHIBITION WILL BE OPENED TO THE PUBLIC FROM 9 A.M. TO 5 P.M. ON THE FOLLOWING DAY,
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO COVER THE FUNCTION.
THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG BILL 1976
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THE GOVERNMENT TODAY PUBLISHED A LIST OF THE AMENDMENTS TO THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG BILL 1976 WHICH WILL BE MOVED BY THE SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES, MR. F.K. LI, AT THE COMMITTEE STAGE ON DECEMBER 22.
THE SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES ANNOUNCED IN HIS REPLY TO THE SECOND READING DEBATE ON DECEMBER 8 THAT HE HAD AGREED TO ACCEPT THE VARIOUS AMENDMENTS TO THE BILL THAT WERE SUPPORTED BY THE UMELCO AD HOC GROUP, THE EFFECTS OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS WERE DESCRIBED BY DR. THE HON. S.Y. CHUNG AND BY THE SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES IN THEIR SPEECHES.
THE AMENDMENTS NOW PUBLISHED WILL ACHIEVE THESE EFFECTS, AND CORRECT CERTA IN TEXTUAL ERRORS IN THE BILL THAT WAS PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 24.