SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1985
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BUS PARADE STRESSES FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION
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A BUS PARADE WAS HELD TODAY (SATURDAY) IN WAN CHAI TO PUBLICISE A FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION EXHIBITION SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD AND TO PROMOTE THE FIGHT AGAINST PORNOGRAPHIC ACTIVITIES.
SPEAKING AT A CEREMONY LAUNCHING THE BUS PARADE AT SOUTHORN PLAYGROUND, DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MRS PEGGY LAM SAID: THE THEME OF THE EXHIBITION IS TO ENHANCE PUBLIC AWARENESS, ESPECIALLY AMONG THE YOUNG, ON THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF PORNOGRAPHIC PUBLICATIONS, AND TO EDUCATE THEM ON VARIOUS ASPECTS ABOUT SEX SO THAT THEY WILL HAVE BETTER KNOWLEDGE AND CORRECT ATTITUDE ON THE SUBJECT. +
MRS LAM POINTED OUT THAT MANY YOUNG PEOPLE, NOT KNOWING THE RIGHT SOURCE TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT SEX, VERY OFTEN TURNED TO PORNOGRAPHIC PUBLICATIONS.
MRS LAM ALSO THANKED THE METHODIST CENTRE AND THE BAPTIST OI KWAN SOCIAL SERVICE FOR JOINTLY ORGANISING THE EXHIBITION WITH THE DISTRICT BOARD'S WORKING GROUP FOR THE CONCERN OF PORNOGRAPHIC ACTIVITIES IN WAN CHAI.
THE EXHIBITION WILL BE HELD IN THE LOBBY OF THE HENNESSY CENTRE, CAUSEWAY BAY, TOMORROW (SUNDAY).
IT WILL THEN BE DISPLAYED AT THE BAPTIST OI KWAN SOCIAL SERVICE CENTRE ON DECEMBER 2 AND 3- THE METHODIST CENTRE ON DECEMBER 4 AND 5- AND THE FIRST FLOOR LOBBY OF TAI YAU BUILDING IN FLEMING ROAD ON DECEMBER 6 AND 7.
AFTER THE CEREMONY, THE ESPECIALLY DECORATED BUS TOURED WAN CHAI AND STOPPED AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS, WHERE VOLUNTEERS DISTRIBUTED PUBLICITY PAMPHLETS TO THE LOCAL RESIDENTS AND INVITED THEM TO SEE A MINI EXHIBITION ABOARD THE BUS.
GUESTS AT TODAY'S CEREMONY INCLUDED DISTRICT OFFICER,
MR ROGER GARCIA: THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE, MR LO KAM-WAH AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WORKING GROUP FOR THE CONCERN OF PORNOGRAPHIC ACTIVITIES IN WAN CHAI, MS JACQUELINE HA.
FOCUS ON THE HAZARDS OF SMOKING
A CIGARETTE ILL SHORTEN THE LIFE OF A SMOKER BY FIVE-AND- -HALF MINUTES, ACCORDING TO RECENT STATISTICS.
EVERY CIGARETTE AND THE SMOKE IT PRODUCES CONTAIN AFOUT A THOUSAND DIFFERENT CHEMICALS, POST OF WHICH ARE HAZARDOUS TO HEALTH.
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