XN000022-1978-04-06 — Page 6

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THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1978

+OLD COUPLE+ PORTRAYED IN FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION DRAMA

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THE CHILDREN HAVE GROWN UP AND FOUND THEIR OWN WAYS OF LIVING. THE FATHER IS ONLY INTERESTED IN HIS WORK. THE MOTHER IS LEFT ALONE AT HOME MOST OF THE TIME. THIS FAMILY SITUATION IS PORTRAYED IN A TRUE-TO-LIFE TELEVISION DRAMA TO BE SCREENED ON THE THREE CHINESE CHANNELS STARTING TOMORROW (FRIDAY) EVENING.

IN +THE OLD COUPLE, THE SIXTH EPISODE OF THE FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION DRAMA SERIES ENTITLED UNDER THE SAME ROOF PRODUCED BY RTHK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, THE AUDIENCE IS PRESENTED WITH A PROBLEM WHICH IS FOUND IN MANY FAMILIES IN HONG KONG.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT SAID: +WE HAVE COME ACROSS MANY CASES IN WHICH MARITAL RELATIONSHIP IN THE MIDDLE-AGE GROUP CAN BECOME SOMETHING QUITE ROUTINE AND UNEVENTFUL. HAVING BEEN LIVING TOGETHER FOR OVER 20 OR 30 YEARS, A COUPLE MAY FIND THEIR MARRIED LIFE MONOTONOUS. THE HUSBAND MAY HAVE REACHED THE PEAK OF HIS CAREER, AND, WITH THE CHILDREN ALL GROWING UP, THE WIFE MAY ALSO FIND LIFE UNCHALLENGING.+

+YET IT WOULD NOT NECESSARILY BE TRAGIC. A SMALL GIFT, A WORD OF CONCERN, OR A HOLIDAY TOGETHER MAY REVITALISE THE MARRIAGE, AND THE RELATIONSHIP SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE A REWARDING ONE,+ HE SAID.

+WITH MORE UNDERSTANDING, THE RIGHT ATTITUDE AND CONCERN THE PROBLEM CAN BE OVERCOME AND FAMILY LIFE BECOMES HAPPIER.

THE EPISODES IN THE UNDER THE SAME ROOF SERIES, AS WELL AS OTHER FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION ACTIVITIES ARE ALL AIMED AT EDUCATING THE PUBLIC TO LIVE A HAPPIER FAMILY LIFE.

THE OLD COUPLE+ WILL BE SCREENED ON TVB JADE TOMORROW (FRIDAY) AT 8.30 P.M. ON RTV CHANNEL 1 AT 7 P.M. AND ON CTV ON SUNDAY AT 6 P.M.

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