MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1994
MRS PATTEN STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY ROLE
MRS
PATTEN TODAY (MONDAY) BROUGHT HOME THE IMPORTANT THE FAMILY IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN.
ROLE OF
PATRON OF AS DEVELOPMENT,
WAS SHE OPERATING OFFICE IN OI
THE HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR CHILD HEALTH
OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING
OF CEREMONY MAN ESTATE.
AND
ITS
MRS
RECOGNISED PATTEN
THAT
COULD
BE
CHILDREN'S WELFARE NEGLECTED IN THE PURSUIT OF MATERIALISM IN SOME HOUSEHOLDS,
WITH
"IN BUSY HONG KONG MANY PARENTS CANNOT SPEND ENOUGH TIME THEIR CHILDREN AND MAY NOT HAVE SATISFACTORY RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM.
HAVING A CONTINUING FAMILY VALUES,"
"THE RAPID CHANGES IN OUR SOCIETY ARE IMPACT ON FAMILY STRUCTURES AND ARE ERODING THE OLD SHE SAID.
THE SOCIETY HAS ESTABLISHED A PARENT EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTRE,
AND VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL PAMPHLETS AND BOOKLETS, PUBLISHED
CONDUCTED SPECIAL COURSES ON "PARENT EFFECTIVE TRAINING".
FOR
IT IS NOW ADDRESSING THE CONSEQUENCES OF AN INCREASED INCIDENCE DIVORCE, AND IS OFFERING A SPECIAL PROGRAMME ON "CO-PARENTING DIVORCED OR SEPARATED PARENTS".
OF
TO HELP TO PREVENT THE TRAGEDY OF YOUNG LIVES BEING WASTED, THE SOCIETY HAS PUBLISHED A BOOKLET ON TEENAGE SUICIDES.
MRS
THIS PATTEN HOPED THAT THE OPENING OF WOULD
THE SOCIETY WITH EVEN BETTER SUPPORT PROVIDE PROGRAMMES AND ACTIVITIES.
OPERATING
OFFICE
FOR THEIR MANY
YOUTH ORCHESTRA RECRUITS NEW MEMBERS
*
*
THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF THE MUSIC OFFICE UNDER THE RECREATION AND CULTURE BRANCH IS RECRUITING NEW MEMBERS 1994/95.
FOR
THE ORCHESTRA WAS FORMED IN 1978 TO PROVIDE ORCHESTRAL TRAINING FOR YOUNG INSTRUMENTALISTS IN HONG KONG.
OVER THE YEARS, THE ORCHESTRA HAS HELD REGULAR CONCERTS IN HONG KONG AND GIVEN PERFORMANCES OVERSEAS, INCLUDING CYPRUS, FRANCE, ISRAEL, THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE UNITED AND MORE RECENTLY, SINGAPORE AND CHINA.
AUSTRALIA,
STATES,
MACAU
WILL ALL MEMBERS OF THE ORCHESTRA
BE RECRUITED
ANNUALLY BY
OPEN AUDITION.
AN INTENSIVE TRAINING PROGRAMME CONSISTING OF MASTER CLASSES AND REHEARSALS WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY MORNINGS.
/APPLICANTS SHOULD
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