SATURDAY, DECEBER 12, 14 1
TRADITIONALLY, 'YIN' AND 'NGAI' WERE MEANT FOR ALHEF ING TO PRESET IDEALS HANDED DOWN BY TRADITION AND SANCTIONED BY SOCIETY- WOMEN WERE TO ENDURE ADVERSITY, NOT TO CHANGE IT, NOT TO TAKE # >T EFFECTIVE ACTION BY EXERCISING THEIR BEST TALENTS.
NOWADAYS, A MODERN WOMAN CAN TAKE A MUCH MORE ACTIVE PART IN SHAPING HER OWN LIFE AND THE LIFE OF HER FAMILY.
SHE CAN IMPROVE THE FAMILY FINANCES BY TAKING A JOB, AND NOT JUST BY ECONOMISING.
SHE CAN GO OUT AND SEEK PROFESSIONAL ADVICE ON HER MARRIAGE, ON HANDLING HER CHILDREN'S PROBLEMS SHE DOES NOT HAVE TO SUFFER SILENTLY ALL WRONGS AND HARDSHIP.
+THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS A MODERN WOMAN CAN DO, BOT: THROUGH DEVELOPING HER INNER SELF, HER POTENTIAL AND THROUGH POSITIVE ACTION, THAT THE WORDS 'YIN' 'NGA!', MUST IMPLY MORE, AND HAVE RICHER MEANING, DR NG SAID.
+YET WE FEEL 'YIN' 'NGAI' TO BE APPROPRIATE BECAUSE WE THINK A WOMAN IS TRULY HAPPY WHEN SHE IS HAPPY WITH HER FAMILY.
+THE WESTERN IDEAL OF WOMEN'S LIBERATION, CONCENTRATING ON A WOMAN "FINDING HERSELF, WHILE PERHAPS NECESSARY FOR BALANCING THE OLD DEMAND ON WOMEN TO BE SELF SACRIFICING, IS, WE FEEL, AN INCOMPLETE ONE, AND ONE WHICH OUR CHINESE WOMEN WOULD NOT FIND ENTIRELY CONGENIAL.+
THE YIN NGAI SOCIETY WAS NOT THE TRAINING GROUND FOR DOMINATING WOMEN- IT WAS AN ORGANISATION TO IMPROVE FAMILY LIFE BY GETTING WOMEN THE SUPPORT THEY NEEDED TO FULFIL THEIR ROLE, BY GETTING THEM BETTER EQUIPPED FOR MODERN SOCIETY AND MODERN LIFE,
DR NG SAID EXPERIMENTAL YIN NGAI SOCIETIES HAD BEEN SET
UP FOR ALMOST A YEAR,
THE MANY PEOPLE WHO HAD GIVEN GENEROUS HELP TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE MUST BE GRATIFIED TO SEE THAT THE EXPERIMENT HAD TURNED OUT TO BE SO SUCCESSFUL.
DURING THIS SHORT TIME, THESE SOCIETIES HAD MANAGED TO RECRUIT A SIZEABLE MEMBERSHIP ORGANISED A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES INCLUDING TALKS, CLASSES AND OUTINGS, ALL OF WHICH ATTRACTED ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT.
THE COMMITTEES HAD BEEN WORKING VERY HARD AND WITH ZEAL.
THE INAUGURATION, AT WHICH MRS JANE AKERS-JONES OFFICIATED, BRINGS TOGETHER THE YIN NGAI SOCIETIES OF LEI MUK SHUE, TAI HING AND WO CHE AND LEK YUEN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES.
THE CEREMONY TOOK PLACE AT TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL. THE THREE CHA IRWOMEN, MRS CHOY LAU YUET-HO, MRS CHAK LO MAN-CHEE AND MRS LEUNG HỌ CHUNG-TIM, WERE ALSO PRESENT AT THE CEREMONY.
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