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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1981

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GOVERNMENT EFFORT WIDE-RANGING'

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THE GOVERNMENT IS ENGAGED IN WIDE-RANGING AND CONTINUING EFFORTS TO PROMOTE FAMILY, SCHOOL AND SOCIAL LIFE EDUCATION, THE SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES, THE HON E.P. HO SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.

DESCRIBING THESE EFFORTS IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON ANDREW SO, MR HO SAID THE FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION PROGRAMME CONDUCTED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AIMS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF FAMILY LIFE BY ENHANCING UNDERSTANDING OF OTHERS AND OF RELATIONSHIP WITHIN THE FAMILY.

+ IT IS COMPLEMENTARY TO THE PERSONAL SERVICES PROVIDED BY INDIVIDUALS THROUGH SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK AND COUNSELLING BY FAMILY SERVICES,+ HE ADDED.

APART FROM THAT THE SCHOOLS ALSO PLAY THEIR PART IN EDUCATING THE YOUNG FOR LIFE IN SOCIETY.

SYLLABUS MATERIAL AND SUBJECTS, SUCH AS SOCIAL STUDIES, HEALTH EDUCATION, ECONOMIC AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND HOME ECONOMICS HELP DEVELOP ATTITUDES, KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO ENABLE THEM TO BECOME USEFUL AND CONCERNED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, AWARE OF THEIR FAMILY AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES, HE SAID.

+THEY ARE ALSO INTENDED TO EDUCATE PUPILS ABOUT THE IR COMMUNITY AND ITS PLACE IN THE WORLD, MR HO SAID.

AND WITH THE SETTING UP OF MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, DISTRICT BOARDS AND COMMUNITY AND YOUTH CENTRES PROMOTED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, COHESION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY IS STRENGTHENED, HE SAID.

HOWEVER, FAMILY, SCHOOL AND SOCIAL LIFE EDUCATION WAS ALSO THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERY PARENT AND EVERY CITIZEN, MR HO CONCLUDED.

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