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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1978

COMMENTING ON THE REASONS FOR THIS CAMPAIGN MISS CHAN SAID: +IN AN EVER-CHANGING SOCIETY LIKE HONG KONG, ESPECIALLY IN THE PAST 20 YEARS, IT IS NO LONGER POSSIBLE FOR THE TRADITIONAL CHINESE FAMILY TO WITHSTAND THE IMPACT OF ALIEN INFLUENCES AND THE RAPID ECONCHIC PROGRESS WHICH HAVE BROUGHT ABOUT SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE STRUCTURE AND CONCEPT OF THE FAMILY. AS A RESULT MANY SOCIAL PROBLEMS HAVE EMERGED IN THE IR NEW FORM AND CONTEXT.+

SHE MENTIONED SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS AS GENERATION GAP UNMARRIED MOTHERHOOD, MARITAL DISCORD, JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, DRUG ADDICTION AND COMMUNITY DISORGANISATION.

MISS CHAN NOTED THAT FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION WAS NOT A NEW INVENTION.

+IN FACT, APART FROM THE 11 VOLUNTARY AGENCIES WHICH ARE NOW DIRECTLY ENGAGED IN THIS SERVICE, MANY SOCIAL WORKERS HAVE ALSO BEEN DOING A GREAT DEAL OF THIS SERVICE EVERYDAY THROUGH THE ACTIVITIES IN THE FAMILY SERVICE SETTING, IN YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRES AND IN PROGRAMMES WHICH INVOLVE LOCAL COMMUNITIES, SHE SAID.

+ATTENTION HAS IN RECENT YEARS BEEN REFOCUSED ON THE CONCEPTS FOLLOWING THE PUBLICATION OF THE REPORT ON 'SOCIAL CAUSES OF VIOLENT CRIME AMONG YOUNG OFFENDERS IN HONG KONG'. ALTHOUGH NO SINGLE FACTOR WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE STUDY, THE VERY FIRST RECOMMENDATION MADE WAS ON FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION WHICH WAS REGARDED TO BE THE MOST IMPORTANT PREVENTIVE MEASURE,+ MISS CHAN ADDED.

ELABORATING ON THE PROGRAMME OF THE CAMPAIGN THIS YEAR, MISS CHAN SAID THAT ALL PUBLICITY MATERIALS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED TÔ PROMOTE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION CONCEPT.

APART FROM THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF PUBLIC INTEREST ON TELEVISION, RADIO MESSAGES AND POSTERS, A DRAMA SERIES CALLED UNDER THE SAME ROOF' WILL BE PRODUCED AS A JOINT RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG-SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT VENTURE.

THE SERIES, COMPRISING TEN WEEKLY EPISODES BASED ON ACTUAL CASE HISTORY SUPPLIED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, WILL BE SCREENED ON THE CHINESE CHANNELS OF THREE TELEVISION STATIONS.

OTHER PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE A NUMBER OF VARIETY SHOWS TO BE STAGED DURING THE EASTER HOLIDAYS AT VARIOUS PUBLIC PARKS. THE SHOWS WILL INCLUDE SONGS, DANCES, MAGIC, ACROBATICS AND STAGE PLAYS WITH FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION THEMES FEATURING WELL-KNOWN TV ARTISTES.

A BOOKLET INTRODUCING FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION AND CONTAINING INFORMATION ON THE VARIOUS VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT OFFICES OFFERING THIS SERVICE HAS BEEN PRODUCED.

COPIES OF THE BOOKLET WILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICES IN THE URBAN AREA, DISTRICT OFFICES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND THE COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICES IN VARICUS DISTRICTS.

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