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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1976
+HE IS CALLED UPON TO HELP IN MANY OTHER WAYS BESIDES DEALING WITH FIRE. HE RESCUES VICTIMS OF FLOOD, TYPHOON AND LANDSLIDE. HE REMOVES INJURED PEOPLE FROM COLLAPSED BUILDINGS OR DAMAGED CARS. HE DELIVERS BABIES, EXTRACTS PEOPLE FROM LIFTS AND HELPS THE SICK, THE OLD AND THE DYING.
+THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, THEREFORE, A FIREMAN IS HELPING HIS FELLOW MEN. IT IS PERHAPS THIS FACTOR WHICH MAKES THE CAREER OF A FIRE OFFICER A MOST REWARDING ONE AND WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SO MANY OFFICERS SERVING THE WHOLE OF THE IR WORKING LIVES IN THE DEPARTMENT.
+ I HOPE THAT ALL OF YOU WILL FEEL THAT YOU HAVE CHOSEN A FINE CAREER IN A FIRST CLASS SERVICE. FOR I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THE HONG KONG FIRE SERVICES ENJOY A VERY HIGH REPUTATION, NOT ONLY HERE BUT THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, FOR COURAGE, EFFICIENCY AND SKILL.
+MAY I WISH YOU ALL GOOD FORTUNE IN THE FUTURE.+
FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION TO BE EXPANDED
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FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION IS TO BE EXPANDED OVER THE NEXT YEAR WITH THE EXPRESS OBJECT OF HELPING ALL PEOPLE ACHIEVE A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THEM AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT MOTIVATES YOUNGER PEOPLE TO BEHAVE SO DIFFERENTLY FROM THE IR PARENTS.
THIS WAS STATED TODAY BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. J.W. SWEETMAN, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE MOBILE ÉXHIBITION ON FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION AT THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA COMMUNITY CENTRE IN TSUEN WAN.
HE SAID THAT THE GREATEST SINGLE FACTOR IN CONTRIBUTING TO STRAINS WITHIN A FAMILY IS THE VERY GREAT INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT YOUNG PEOPLE CAN EARN COMPARED WITH THE WAGES THAT PREVAILED WHEN THEIR PARENTS WERE YOUNG+.
THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR POINTED OUT THAT THE PACE OF LIFE HAS NOW INCREASED AND ALIEN CULTURAL VALUES ARE BEING IMPOSED ON US THROUGH EDUCATIONAL, SOCIAL AND COMMERCIAL CONTACTS WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD.
+THIS HAS LED TO RAPID INDUSTRIAL ISATION AND THE GROWTH OF BIG CITIES WHICH BREAKS DOWN TRADITIONAL FAMILY INFLUENCES AND CHANGES THE ROLE WHICH EACH OF US PLAYS IN THE COMMUNITY, + HE EMPHASISED.
THE EXHIBITION, WILL LAST FOUR DAYS AFTER WHICH IT WILL BE MOVED TO SIX OTHER DISTRICTS -- YUEN LONG, TUEN MUN, SHA TIN, TAI PO, SHEUNG SHUI AND FANLING,
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