SUNDAY, MAY 10, 1987
+ IT IS A COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAMME TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF FAMILY LIFE IN ORDER TO FOSTER A MORE HARMONIOUS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FAMILY MEMBERS AND TO PREVENT FAMILY BREAKUPS, HE SAID.
AS FOR THE ACTUAL PROMOTION OF FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION, THE DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERALL CO-ORDINATION AND PLANNING AS WELL AS THE ANNUAL TERRITORY-WIDE PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN WHILE THE FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION WORKERS OF THE AGENCIES DEAL WITH THE ORGANISATION OF ACTIVITIES AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL UNDER THE AUSPICES OF DISTRICT FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION COMMITTEES.
IN ADDITION, THERE IS A RESOURCE CENTRE IN THE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE AUDIO-VISUAL, DISPLAY AND OTHER REFERENCE MATERIALS FOR USE BY THE FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION WORKERS.
MR LAW POINTED OUT THAT FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION WAS CONDUCTED THROUGH VARIOUS CHANNELS, INCLUDING RADIO AND TELEVISION PROGRAMMES, NEWSPAPER AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS, EXHIBITIONS, SEMINARS, TALKS AND GROUP DISCUSSIONS.
THERE ARE AT PRESENT OVER 50 FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION WORKERS IN THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND THE 14 VOLUNTARY AGENCIES ENGAGING IN THIS LONG-TERM WORK.
RAIN PLAYS HAVOC IN APRIL *****
APRIL WAS WETTER THAN USUAL WITH HEAVY RAINSTORM PLAYING HAVOC WITH FARMLAND IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND LIGHTNING KILLING A FISHERMAN AND INJURING TWO OTHERS,
RAINFALL IN THE MONTH AMOUNTED TO 277.8 MM WHICH WAS ABOUT TWICE THE NORMAL, THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY REPORTED TODAY (SUNDAY). ACCUMULATED RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY 1 WAS 535.5 MM WHICH WAS ALSO TWICE THE MEAN VALUE FOR THE PERIOD.
TORRENTIAL RAIN ON APRIL 5 AND 6 RESULTED IN 133 CASES OF FLOODING AND NINE CASES OF LANDSLIP. ABOUT 106 HECTARES OF FARMLAND WERE INUNDATED IN YUEN LONG, TUEN MUN AND TAI PO AND OVER 5 000 HEADS OF LIVESTOCK WERE DROWNED.
ON APRIL 12, A FISHERMAN WAS KILLED AND TWO OTHERS WERE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING IN SAI KUNG WHEN A SIGNIFICANT SURGE OF WINTER MONSOON ARRIVED, BRINGING IN HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM.
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