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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1978
THE PRESENT SITUATION IS THAT NO ADJUSTMENT TO THE BASIC "ARIFF IS LIKELY BEFORE 1980.
A "EW FEATURE OF THE SCHEME OF CONTROL IS THAT IT PROVIDES FOR A REVIEW AND POSSIBLE MODIFICATION AT FIVE-YEAR INTERVALS. FARTICULAR ATTENTION WILL BE PAID BY THE GOVERNMENT TO SEE WHETHER THE PERMITTED RETURN IS STILL RELEVANT TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES FREVAILING IN 1983 AND 1998.
+FAILURE TO PLAN IN A PRACTICAL WAY FOR FUTURE ELECTRICITY EEDS IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES WOULD OBVIOUSLY HAVE THE MOST SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES FOR HONG KONG'S INDUSTRIAL GROWTH AND FROSPERITY, THE SPOKESMAN CONCLUDED.
FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION CAMPAIGN
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A COMMUNITY-WIDE CAMPAIGN ON FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION WAS LAUNCHED TODAY TO FOSTER +A MORE HARMONIOUS RELATIONSHIP AMONG FAMILY MEMBERS AND TO STRENGTHEN THE FAMILY AS A UNIT TO COMBAT SOCIAL PROELEMS+.
ANNOUNCING THE LAUNCHING OF THE CAMPAIGN AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MISS ANNIE CHAN, SAID THAT THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, IN CO-OPERATION WITH VOLUNTARY WELFARE AGENCIES, HAD DRAWN UP A PROGRAMME OF TALKS, SEMINARS AND FORUMS, COUNSELLING, EXHIBITIONS, CARNIVALS AND CTHER ITEMS DESIGNED TO INVOLVE THE FAMILY.
+ALL THESE ACTIVITIES WILL AIR TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF FAMILY LIFE AMONG MEMBERS BY ENHANCING THE UNDERSTANDING OF ONESELF SUCH AS HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP SUCH AS THE QUESTION OF GENERATION GAP AND THE ROLE EACH FARILY MEMBER PLAYS, SHE SAID.
+ IT IS ALSO TO PREVENT FAMILY BREAKDOWN BY EQUIPPING INDIVIDUALS WITH KNOWLEDGE ON SUCH MATTERS AS DATING AND COURTSHIP, MARRIAGE, CHILD CARE AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY IN ENRICHING FAMILY LIFE.+
MISS CHAN SAID THAT THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT WAS WORKING HAND-IN-LAND WITH VOLUNTARY ELFARE AGENCIES TO PROMOTE THIS PROGRAMME.
+AS FAMILY LIFE EDUCATIC. IS AIDE-RANGING CONCEPT EMERACING MANY ASPECTS AND SUBJECTS, AND IF IT IS TO HAVE ANY IMPACT AT ALL, IT MUST BE A LONG-TERM EDUCATIONAL PROCESS WITH THE COMMUNITY AS THE TARGET.
+THIS IS BEYOND THE CAPACITY CF ANY ONE WELFARE ORGANISATION OR GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT TO TACKLE ON ITS OWN, SHE SAID.
/COLLETTING