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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1978

MORE SMALL DENOMINATION COINS ARRIVE

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A CONSIGNMENT OF 2.25 MILLION 10 CENT COINS HAS ARRIVED TOGETHER WITH 2.4 MILLION 20 CENT COINS, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.

HE SAID THIS BRINGS THE NUMBER OF 10 CENT COINS IN

CIRCULATION TO ABOUT 466.5 MILLION AND THE NUMBER OF 20 CENT COINS TO ABOUT 171.5 MILLION.

THE FIGURES INCLUDED A CONSIGNMENT OF 10 AND 20 CENT COINS WHICH ARRIVED EARLY LAST WEEK.

ANOTHER 44 MILLION 10 CENT COINS AND 55 MILLION 20 CENT COINS ARE DUE TO ARRIVE IN HONG KONG BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.

EXHIBITION ON RESPONSIBLE PARENTHOOD

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THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT IS ORGANISING AN EXHIBITION WHICH WILL THROW LIGHT ON THE IMPORTANCE OF PARENTAL INFLUENCE ON THE PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIAL AND INTELLECTUAL

DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN.

THE THREE-DAY EXHIBITION, PART OF THE CURRENT COMMUNITY-WIDE CAMPAIGN ON FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION, WILL OPEN THIS SATURDAY (SEPTEMBER 23) AT THE OCEAN TERMINAL.

WITH THE THEME ON +RESPONSIBLE PARENTHOOD+, THE EXHIBITION AIMS AT DRIVING HOME THE MESSAGE THAT ATTITUDES, HABITS AND EXPERIENCE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD CAN HAVE STRONG BEARING ON THE CHILD'S FUTURE PERSONALITY.

MATERIALS ON DISPLAY WILL INCLUDE EXHIBITS CONTRIBUTED BY THE BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUBS ASSOCIATION AND THE KWUN TONG. COMMUNITY HEALTH PROJECT OF THE UNITED CHRISTIAN MEDICAL SERVICE.

MR. LAWRENCE IU, PROJECT CO-ORDINATOR AND A FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION OFFICER OF THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THAT MANY FORMATIVE FACTORS OF ADULT AND JUVENILE BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS COULD BE TRACED BACK TO THE DEVIANCE OR LACK OF CARE AND GUIDANCE IN THE EARLY YEARS. THUS, PARENTS SHOULD SHOULDER THE GREATEST SHARE OF RESPONSIBILITY.

+TO HELP THEM ACQUIRE THE PROPER WAY IN CHILD-REARING, AND TO FOSTER CLOSER PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP. WE ATTEMPT TO PRESENT THROUGH AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS AND DEMONSTRATIONS, A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE INTER-RELATED ELEMENTS VITAL FOR THE HEALTHY AND BALANCED DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN, HE SAID.

/ALTHROUGH.....

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