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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1979
FELLOWSHIP GAMES COMPETITION FOR YOUNG AND OLD
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THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. THOMAS LEE
TODAY (SUNDAY) CALLED FOR MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING, FORBEARANCE, TRUST AND RESPECT BETWEEN THE YOUNG AND OLD IN ORDER TO NARROW THE GENERATION GAP.
MR. LEE SAID THAT WITH TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCE, RAPID COMMERCIALISATION AND INDUSTRIALISATION, AND FUSION OF EASTERN AND WESTERN CULTURES, GENERATION GAP WAS A NATURAL PHENOMENUM.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF A SERIES OF COMPETITIVE GAMES FOR YOUNG AND OLD CONTESTANTS AT SOUTHORN STADIUM IN WAN CHAI.
THE FELLOWSHIP GAMES COMPETITION WAS ORGANISED BY CARITAS- HONG KONG AS PART OF ITS JOINT PROJECT FOR THE ELDERLY AND YOUTH TO FOSTER HARMONIOUS FAMILY RELATIONSHIP.
MR. LEE POINTED OUT THAT THE TRADITIONAL MOULD OF FAMILY LIFE HAD UNDERGONE CONSIDERABLE CHANGES IN THE FACE OF RAPID SOCIAL CHANGES,
+THIS HAS TENDED TO WEAKEN THE BASE FOR STRONG FAMILY TIES, AND THE GOVERNMENT HAS THEREFORE BEEN PROMOTING FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION TO FOSTER FAMILY COHESION AND FORESTALL FAMILY BREAKDOWN, HE SAID.
WITH BETTER UNDERSTANDING, MUTUAL TRUST AND RESPECT BETWEEN THE YOUNG AND THE ELDERLY, HE SAID, IT WOULD NOT BE DIFFICULT TO MINIMISE POSSIBLE CONFLICTS BETWEEN GENERATIONS, HE ADDED.
TRAFFIC RE-ROUTING IN CHAI WAN
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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT NEW TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN CHAI WAN FROM TUESDAY (DECEMBER 4) TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW.
UNDER THE ARRANGEMENTS, THE SECTION OF FUNG YIP STREET BETWEEN SUN YIP STREET AND ON YIP STREET WILL BE ROUTED ONE-WAY EASTBOUND.
THE SECTION OF SUN YIP STREET BETWEEN FUNG YIP STREET AND SUN ON STREET WILL BE ROUTED ONE-WAY SOUTHBOUND AND THE SECTION OF ON YIP STREET BETWEEN FUNG YIP STREET AND SUN ON STREET WILL BE ROUTED ONE-WAY NORTHBOUND.
APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE SET UP TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.