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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1981

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+A HORSE WITH THREE LEGS CANNOT RUN- IF GOVERNMENT DOES NOT SEEK THE WHOLE-HEARTED COOPERATION AND SUPPORT OF THE RESIDENTS ITS COMMUNITY BUILDING WORK WILL EQUALLY FAIL.

+WE MUST REMEMBER AT ALL TIMES THAT OUR LIAISON WORK IS WORK TO AN END AND NOT AN END IN ITSELF- ALTHOUGH IT IS CLEAR THAT SO MUCH REMAINS TO BE DONE THAT THE DISTRICT OFFICE WILL HAVE A MAJOR COMMUNITY BUILDING ROLE TO PLAY FOR MANY YEARS TO COME, DR HASE SAID.

ELDERLY COUPLES REVIVE MARRIAGE MEMORIES

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TWENTY ELDERLY COUPLES FROM TUEN MUN AND YUEN LONG TODAY CHECKED INTO A HOTEL IN CENTRAL TO START A THREE-DAY +SECOND HONEYMOON+.

THEY ARE SPENDING TWO NIGHTS AT THE HILTON HOTEL TO REFRESH MEMORIES OF THEIR EARLY MARRIAGE TO ENRICH THEIR RELATIONSHIP AND TO HAVE MORE INSIGHT INTO MARITAL ADJUSTMENT.

THE SECOND HONEYMOON TRIP IS BEING ORGANISED BY THE TUEN MUN- YUEN LONG DISTRICT COMMITTEE ON FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION TO PROMOTE +HAPPY MARRIAGE, HAPPY LIFE+,

IT FORMS PART OF THE FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION CAMPAIGN ORGANISED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES TO FOSTER PROPER ATTITUDES TOWARDS ALL ASPECTS OF MARRIAGE.

BEFORE THE COUPLES CHECKED IN, A CEREMONY WAS HELD AT THE HOTEL IN WHICH THE REGIONAL SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER (NEW TERRITORIES), MR HENRY AU, MADE AN OPENING ADDRESS TO WISH THEM HAPPINESS.

A COMMUNITY LEADER, MR KWOK WING-CHI, PRESENTED A CHEQUE FOR $20 000 AS CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE EVENT. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A LUNCH AT WHICH THE COUPLES EXCHANGED IDEAS ON MARITAL RELATIONSHIP.

MISS JOYCE CHAN, CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT COMMITTEE, SAID RESPONSE TO THE SECOND HONEYMOON TRIP WAS OVERWHELMING.

A MEMBER OF EACH PARTICIPATING COUPLE MUST BE AGED AT LEAST 60 YEARS, SHE SAID, AND THE CHARGE IS $200 PER COUPLE.

SHE SAID THE SECOND HONEYMOON PROGRAMME FEATURED A VARIETY OF EVENTS WHICH WERE BOTH INFORMATIVE AND LEISURELY.

ON THE FIRST DAY THERE IS AN AFTERNOON TRIP TO THE SUNG DYNASTY VILLAGE IN LAI CHI KOK AMUSEMENT PARK, FOLLOWED BY AN EVENING FILM SHOW AND DISCUSSION SESSION ON GENERATION GAP.

ON THE SECOND AND THIRD DAYS, THE COUPLES WILL GO ON OUTINGS TO THE OCEAN PARK AND THE HONG KONG SPACE MUSEUM, AND ATTEND A FILM SHOW AND DISCUSSION SESSION ON +MARITAL ADJUSTMENT AFTER MENOPAUSE+. THEY WILL ALSO ENJOY TOGETHER THE HARBOUR VIEW FROM THE PEAK.

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