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THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1978
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND REPORTERS TO COVER THE OPENING OF THE 23RD ADULT EDUCATION CONFERENCE AT QUEEN'S COLLEGE, CAUSEWAY BAY, AT 10 A.M. ON SATURDAY (APRIL 1) AND ALSO THE LECTURE AND DISCUSSIONS STARTING FROM 9.30 A.M. ON THE FOLLOWING DAY (SUNDAY).
IN-LAW RELATIONSHIP FEATURED IN FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION DRAMA
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MINOR CLASHES AMONG MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW WHICH LEAD TO MANY DOMESTIC SKIRMISHES DISRUPTING THE HARMONY OF A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF LOCAL FAMILIES ARE TRANSFORMED INTO A LIGHT-HEARTED TELEVISION DRAMA TO BE SCREENED FROM TOMORROW (FRIDAY) NIGHT.
THE HALF-HOUR DRAMA TRACKS OFF FROM THE MORE IMMEDIATE HUMAN PROBLEMS SUCH AS THOSE ON MARRIAGE, ADOLESCENCE OR PARENTAL LOVE AND FOCUSES ON THE OFTEN NEGLECTED RELATIONSHIP AMONG IN-LAWS.
IT IS THE FIFTH EPISODE OF THE FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION SERIES +UNDER THE SAME ROOF+ PRODUCED BY THE RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AS PART OF THE CURRENT FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION CAMPAIGN.
WITH THE OPENING SCENES CONVEYING THE HAPPY MOOD CF A TRADITIONAL CHINESE WEDDING BANQUET, THE PLOT OF EVER SINCE+ UNVEILS STEP BY STEP THE SOUR-TURNING PROCESS OF AN APPARENTLY WELL- ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO LEADING CHARACTERS, WHOSE ATTITUDES TOWARDS EACH OTHER BECOME MORE HOSTILE EVER SINCE THE BIRTH OF THE FIRST CHILD.
+EVER SINCE+ WILL BE SCREENED ON TVB JADE TOMORROW (FRIDAY) AT 8.30 P.M., ON RTV CHANNEL I ON SATURDAY (APRIL 1) AT 7.30 P.M. AND ON CTV ON SUNDAY (APRIL 2) AT 6 P.M.
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A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THAT ALTHOUGH THE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW WORKED AS A DISC JOCKEY. A PROFESSION REPRESENTING ONLY A MINORITY OF THE MODERN GIRLS IN HONG KONG, HER BEHAVIOUR IN THE PLAY WAS HOWEVER TYPICAL OF TODAY'S YOUNG WOMEN, BEING CONF IDENT OF HER ABILITY IN HANDLING HER OWN AFFAIRS AND REFUSING TO COMPROMISE WHEN ANYONE ATTEMPTED TO INTRUDE INTO HER PRIVATE LIFE.
+WHEREAS THE MOTHER-IN-LAW, KIND AT HEART BUT NONETHELESS STUBBORN AND EQUALLY CONFIDENT OF HER DEEP-ROOTED EXPERIENCE IN LIFE, COULD BE EASILY IDENTIFIED, HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT THE TRIFLE HAPPENINGS WHICH LED TO THE FINAL OUTBREAK BETWEEN THE TWO GENERATIONS WERE SOME OF THE MOST COMMON ONES FOUND IN CASE HISTORIES HANDLED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND THE VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.
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