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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1980
FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION GOES INTO MARRIAGE REGISTRIES
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FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION TO PREVENT MARITAL BREAKDOWNS IS GOING INTO HONG KONG'S MARRIAGE REGISTRIES.
THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT HAS PRODUCED THOUSANDS OF SPECIALLY DESIGNED SOUVENIR CARDS TO PROMOTE HARMONIOUS MARITAL RELATIONSHIP.
AND THESE ARE BEING DISTRIBUTED TO COUPLES TURNING UP
AT THE MARRIAGE REGISTRIES TO SAY +1 DO+.
POSTERS CARRYING THE MESSAGE OF +HAPPY MARRIAGE, HAPPY LIFE+ ARE ALSO PUT UP AT THE REGISTRIES TO GREET THE NEWLY-WEDS.
THE SOUVENIR CARDS ADVISE ON THE PROPER ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE PREPARATION FOR, ADJUSTMENT IN AND ENRICHMENT OF MARRIAGE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THEY WERE PART OF THE PUBLICITY PACKAGE TO PROMOTE THE CURRENT COMMUNITY-WIDE CAMPAIGN ON +MARITAL RELATIONSHIP+.
+AS MARRIAGE REGISTRIES ARE DIRECTLY IN CONTACT WITH COUPLES COMING FORWARD TO REGISTER THEIR MARRIAGES, THEY ARE ONE OF THE MOST USEFUL CHANNELS FOR REACHING THE TARGET GROUPS OF THE CAMPAIGN, HE SAID.
MEANWHILE, OVER 150 VARIOUS PROGRAMMES ARE BEING ORGANISED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES IN THE DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT HONG KONG.
THE PROGRAMMES EXTEND OVER SEVERAL MONTHS AND ARE INTENDED FOR YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT TO GET MARRIED, THE NEWLY-WEDS AND COUPLES WHO HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR A LONG PERIOD.
THEY INCLUDE TALKS AND SEMINARS ON COURTSHIP, MARRIAGE AND SEX EDUCATION, VARIETY SHOWS, EXHIBITIONS, HAPPY FAMILY CAMPS AND +SECOND-HONEYMOON+ TRIPS.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID: SECOND-HONEYMOON+ TRIPS AIMED AT ENABLING LONG-TIME MARRIED COUPLES TO REFRESH SWEET MEMORIES AS AN ENRICHMENT OF THE IR MARRIED LIFE.
+ONE SUCH TRIP JUST TOOK PLACE THIS WEEKEND WITH 34 COUPLES WHO HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR AT LEAST SEVEN YEARS ENJOYING A NIGHT AT PEARL ISLAND HOTEL,+ HE SAID.
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