SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1983
IMPORTANCE OF BEING COURTEOUS STRESSED
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COURTESY IS A WAY OF LIFE WHICH, IF RESPECTED BY EVERYBODY, MINIMISES CONFLICTS IN HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS AND DISRUPTIONS TO SOCIAL ORDER, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
+AS HONG KONG DEVELOPS AND THE PACE OF LIFE QUICKENS, IT IS OFTEN EASY TO FORGET AMIDST THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING COURTEOUS TO ONE ANOTHER,+ HE SAID.
MR WIGGHAM WAS SPEAKING AT AN 'ALL STAR SHOW' WHICH IS ONE OF THE PROGRAMMES IN THE MONTH-LONG COURTESY CAMPAIGN ORGANISED BY THE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT BOARD.
HE SAID ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE EVENTS IN THE CAMPAIGN HAD ALREADY BEEN CARRIED OUT SUCCESSFULLY, THIS DID NOT MEAN THAT THE CAMPAIGN WAS ENDING.
+ON THE CONTRARY, WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT WITH YOUR CO-OPERATION, THE MESSAGE OF COURTESY WILL BECOME MORE AND MORE WIDESPREAD,+ HE SAID.
+ I HOPE THAT EVERYONE IN HONG KONG WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO BEHAVE COURTEOUSLY AND KINDLY TO NEIGHBOURS, FRIENDS, EVEN TOTAL STRANGERS.
+THE ACT OF INDIVIDUALS MAY SEEM INSIGNIFICANT IN ISOLATION, BUT THE TOTAL MAY HAVE FAR-REACHING EFFECTS IN IMPROVING OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.+
HE REMARKED THAT IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL IF HONG KONG COULD ACHIEVE WHAT THE SLOGAN SAYS 'A COURTEOUS HONG KONG, A BETTER HONG KONG.
PRIOR TO THE ALL STAR SHOW', WHICH WAS PRODUCED BY COMMERCIAL RADIO I, MR WIGGHAM ALSO PRESENTED PRIZES TO WINNERS OF THE +MOST COURTEOUS BUS CAPTAINS+ COMPETITION.
DURING THE PAST MONTH, THE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT BOARD HAD ORGANISED A SERIES OF EVENTS, INCLUDING COMPETITIONS FOR DIFFERENT TARGET GROUPS, VARIETY SHOWS AND A COVENT FOR 12 000 IN THE HONG KONG COLISEUM, TO PROMOTE THE COURTESY MESSAGE.
A CARTOON CHARACTER THE 'COURTESY BO BO - WAS SPECIALLY CREATED FOR THE CAMPAIGN AND HAS BEEN VISITING PUBLIC PLACES TO PASS ON THE MESSAGE TO CHILDREN.
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