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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1980

+WEDDING BUSES+ CARRY HAPPY MARRIAGE MESSAGE

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THREE FLORAL +WEDDING BUSES+ WILL MAKE DAY-LONG TOURS OF HONG KONG ISLAND, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES ON SUNDAY (SEPTEMBER 7) TO DRIVE HOME THE MESSAGE OF HAPPINESS IN MARRIAGE.

THE BUSES, EACH CARRYING A COUPLE DRESSED UP AS BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM, WILL MAKE STOPOVERS AT PLACES ALONG THE ROUTES TO SPREAD THE MESSAGE THROUGH HANDOUTS AND AN ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME.

THESE +WEDDING TOURS+ WILL FORM PART OF THE TERRITORY-WIDE FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION CAMPAIGN JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES TO FOSTER A POSITIVE ATTITUDE TOWARDS MARRIAGE.

WITH ITS THEME ON +MARITAL RELATIONSHIP+, THE CAMPAIGN AIMS TO MINIMISE MARITAL CONFLICTS TO FORESTALL FAMILY BREAKDOWNS, AND TO IMPART KNOWLEDGE ON THE PROPER PREPARATION FOR, ADJUSTMENT IN, AND ENRICHMENT OF MARRIAGE.

DRESSED IN BALLOONS, POSTERS AND BANNERS DEPICTING +HAPPY MARRIAGE, HAPPY LIFE+, THE BUSES WILL START THE IR JOURNEYS AT 9.30 AM ON HONG KONG ISLAND AND AT 10 AM IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.

AT EACH STOPOVER, THE BRIDES AND BRIDEGROOMS WILL MEET MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, HAND OUT BOOKLETS AND LEAFLETS, AND INVITE THEM TO WATCH FILM SHOWS AND BAND AND PARADE PERFORMANCES.

SLOGANS WILL BE BROADCAST: +GOOD PRE-MARITAL PREPARATION IS THE SEED OF HAPPINESS IN MARRIAGE + +HAPPY MARRIED COUPLE RESPECT, CARE AND ARE CONSIDERATE TO EACH OTHER, AND +LOVE, RESPECT AND MUTUAL SUPPORT ARE ESSENTIAL FOR HAPPY MARRIAGE+,

ON HONG KONG ISLAND, THE STOPOVERS WILL BE AT CHAI WAN COMMUNITY CENTRE (9.30 AM TO 10 AM), ROXY CARPARK NEXT TO VICTORIA PARK (10.30 AM TO 11.30 AM), EDINBURGH PLACE IN CENTRAL (NOON TO 1 PM) OCEAN PARK (2.15 PM TO 4 PM), AND WAH HONG SQUARE IN WAH FU ESTATE (4.30 PM TO 5.30 PM).

IN KOWLOON, THE STOPOVERS WILL BE AT KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER (10 AM TO 11 AM), PARKING SPACE AT THE CHEUNG FAT STREET ENTRANCE TO PO ON ROAD PLAYGROUND (11.30 AM TO NOON), CHING TAK STREET (12.30 PM TO 1 PM), WAI WAH STREET NEAR THE CENTRAL PLAYGROUND (1.30 PM TO 2 PM), YUET WAH STREET BUS TERMINI (2.30 PM TO 3 PM), AND CHUNG HAU STREET (3.30 PM TO 4 PM).

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