TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1982
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POSITIVE THINKING - WAY TO STABLE SOCIETY
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PUPILS, TEACHERS AND PARENTS MUST RECOGNISE THE IMPORTANCE OF A POSITIVE ATTITUDE TO LIFE IF THE COMMUNITY IS TO ENJOY A HAPPY AND STABLE LIFE, MR COLVYN HAYE, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION OF THE 5TH MENTAL HEALTH WEEK ORGANISED BY THE MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG, HE SAID: +MENTAL HEALTH IS A POSITIVE THING. IT IS THE ABILITY TO COPE WITH STRESS AND CRISIS.+
MR HAYE SAID THE EXHIBITS STRESSED EDUCATION AND SCHOOL LIFE, AND FROM THEM WE ARE ABLE TO WITNESS THE VARIOUS FACETS OF MENTAL HEALTH CAPTURED THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHIC LENSES, INCLUDING FEELINGS OF JOY, SADNESS, EXCITEMENT, DISAPPOINTMENT, ANGER AND REMORSE.
+THESE VERY HUMAN EMOTIONS MAKE UP LIFE AND IT IS IMPORTANT FOR PUPILS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS TO RECOGNISE THEM SO AS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS, HE SAID.
RETURNING TO HIS THEME OF POSITIVE THINKING, MR HAYE WONDERED WHETHER THERE WOULD BE QUITE SO MANY INCIDENTS OF APPARENT GROUP BEHAVIOUR IF THEY WERE NOT QUITE SO WIDELY PUBLICISED.
+LAST NIGHT I SAW CHILDREN FROM ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS WHO HAD COMPLAINED OF FEELING SICK AFTER SMELLING AN UNPLEASANT ODOUR, SMILING AND WAVING AT THE CAMERAS.
+WHILE I WAS REASSURED THAT THEY WERE APPARENTLY HEALTHY AND WELL, I COULD NOT HELP THINKING THAT THESE SAME CHILDREN MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN TEMPTED TO PANIC IF RECENT CASES HAD NOT BEEN SO WIDELY PUBLICISED, HE SAID.
MR HAYE CONCLUDED HIS REMARKS BY PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED EFFORTS OF THE CENTRAL HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND THE STUDENTS' HEALTH UNIT OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG WHO HAD CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH TO THE EXHIBITION.
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