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SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 1982
QUEEN'S COMMONWEALTH DAY MESSAGE
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THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THE QUEEN'S COMMONWEALTH DAY MESSAGE 1
+FOR THE COMMONWEALTH, AS FOR THE REST OF THE WORLD, THE YEAR THAT HAS PASSED SINCE MY LAST COMMONWEALTH DAY MESSAGE HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT ONE. ALL COUNTRIES HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY ECONOMIC TROUBLES AND MANY PEOPLES HAVE SUFFERED HARDSHIP AND STRIFE. ON THE CREDIT SIDE, MODERN COMMUNICATIONS HAVE GIVEN US UP-TO-DATE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEEDS AND SUFFERINGS OF OUR FELLOW MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN, AND WITH MORE KNOWLEDGE, SHOULD COME GREATER UNDERSTANDING AND A GROWING DETERMINATION TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS TOGETHER.
+ONE INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION WHICH EMBODIES THAT DETERMINATION IS THE COMMONWEALTH, OF WHICH I HAVE BEEN HEAD FOR 30 YEARS. I HAVE SEEN IT GROW AND CHANGE ENORMOUSLY IN THAT TIME. I HAVE MET AND TALKED NOT ONLY WITH THE LEADERS OF ALMOST ALL THE 46 MEMBER COUNTRIES, BUT WITH MANY OF THEIR PEOPLE AS WELL. I AM A PROFOUND BELIEVER IN ITS INFLUENCE FOR GOOD AND IN THE WAYS IN WHICH IT WORKS.
+NO OTHER ORGANISATION IN THE WORLD REGULARLY BRINGS TOGETHER SO MANY POLITICAL LEADERS, PUBLIC SERVANTS AND PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE IN SUCH AN INFORMAL AND BUSINESSLIKE ATMOSPHERE.
ITS FIRST CONCERN, MOST RECENTLY SPELT OUT IN THE MELBOURNE DECLARATION OF 1981, IS TO FURTHER IN PRACTICAL WAYS THE DESIRE WHICH ALL OUR DIFFERENT PEOPLES SHARE FOR FULL AND SATISFYING LIVES, FREE FROM POVERTY,
+I BELIEVE THAT ALL OF US WHO SHARE IN OUR UNIQUE COMMONWEALTH PARTNERSHIP, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO ARE STILL YOUNG AND THOSE WHO INFLUENCE THE YOUNG, OUGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS TO BELONG WHO AND WHERE OUR 1 000 MILLION FELLOW MEMBERS ARE, WHAT ARE THE IR PROBLEMS AND WHAT ARE THEIR HOPES. EVERY ONE OF US SHOULD DO OUR BEST TO HELP MAKE THOSE HOPES A REALITY.
8TH REPORT OF THE TELEVISION ADVISORY BOARD
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DIRECT CONTACT BETWEEN THE TELEVISION AUTHORITY AND THE VIEWING PUBLIC WILL BE FURTHER STRENGTHENED THIS YEAR WITH THE CREATION OF A NUMBER OF PUBLIC VIEWING PANELS,
THIS IS OUTLINED IN THE 8TH REPORT OF THE TELEVISION ADVISORY BOARD WHICH WILL BE TABLED AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING ON WEDNESDAY (MARCH 10).
THE REPORT, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD JANUARY 1980 TO JUNE 1981, NOTES THAT TELEVISION VIEWING IS HONG KONG'S MOST POPULAR LEISURE ACTIVITY AND RECOGNISES THE POWERFUL INFLUENCE EXERTED BY TELEVISION ON THE COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY THE YOUNG.
THERE IS