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FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1981
NEED FOR GOOD FAMILY LIFE STRESSED
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A HAPPY FAMILY LIFE WAS BASED ON GOOD PARENT AND CHILDREN RELATIONSHIPS AND COMMUNICATIONS, AND THE LACK OF A CARING FAMILY COULD DRIVE YOUNG PEOPLE TO LOOK INDISCRIMINATELY FOR FRIENDS, THEREBY INCREASING THEIR CHANCES OF GOING ASTRAY, A SOCIAL WORKER SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
SPEAK ING BEFORE MEMBERS OF THE LIONS CLUB OF HONG KONG EAST, MISS AGNES CHUNG, CHAIRMAN OF THE PUBLICITY SUB-COMMITTEE ON FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, URGED PARENTS TO SPEND TIME IN REVIEWING THE IR FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS AND COMMUNICATIONS AND TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS WHERE NECESSARY TO BUILD UP A HAPPY FAMILY LIFE.
RECOGNISING THESE FACTORS, THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT LAUNCHED A CAMPAIGN TO HELP EDUCATE PEOPLE ON FAMILY LIFE, IN 1977.
IT IS A TERRITORY-WIDE COMMUNITY EDUCATION EXERCISE AIMED AT ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF AGE, MISS CHUNG STRESSED.
FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION IS PROMOTED AT DISTRICT LEVELS WHERE SOCIAL WORKERS FROM THE DEPARTMENT AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES REACH INTO PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES, SCHOOLS, ORGANISATIONS AND FACTOR IES
ORGANISE SEMINARS AND TALKS EXPLAINING HUMAN RELATIONSHIP AND HE NEED FOR HARMONIOUS FAMILIES.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE DEPARTMENT AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES JOITLY LAUNCH COMMUNITY-WIDE PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNS EACH YEAR TO FRIG HOME MESSAGES THROUGH THE MASS MEDIA, THROUGH LITERATURE, EXHIBITIONS, AND LARGE-SCALE PROMOTIONAL EVENTS, SHE SAID.
SHE SAID THE TARGET WAS APPROACHED ON A PROGRESSIVE BASIS, STARTING IN 1978 WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE AIMS AND SCOPE OF F MILY LIFE EDUCATION, FOLLOWED BY AN EMPHASIS ON INDIVIDUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FAMILY, THE CHILD AND THE FAMILY, AND THEN MARITAL RELATIONSHIPS, WHICH IS THE THEME OF THE CURRENT CAMPAIGN.
+PREPARATIONS ARE WELL UNDERWAY TO LAUNCH THE NEXT CAMPAIGN IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR, WHICH WILL CARRY THE THEME OF THE ADOLESCENT AND THE FAMILY, SHE SAID.
+WE HOPE THAT AT A TIME WHEN WE FACE VARIOUS PROBLEMS CONCERNING YOUNG PEOPLE, THE FORTHCOMING PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN CAN BRING ABOUT CERTAIN GUIDELINES FOR SOLUTION, SHE ADDED.
SHE POINTED OUT THAT FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION WAS A LONG-TERM EXERCISE AND TANGIBLE RESULTS COULD NOT BE SEEN IN ONE OR TWO YEARS.
VARIOUS SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY SHOULD GET TOGETHER AND GIVE THE IR SUPPORT TO THE EFFORT, SHE SAID.
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