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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1982

+THROUGH A TERRITORY-WIDE FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN AND MASS ACTIVITY PROGRAMMES, WE TRY TO HELP ADOLESCENTS TO ACQUIRE THE RIGHT ATTITUDES AND VALUES TOWARDS LIFE. TO UNDERSTAND THEMSELVES AND THE IR RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHERS IN FRIENDSHIP AND IN COURTSHIP, AND TO UNDERTAKE THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES TOWARDS THEMSELVES AND THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH THEY LIVE,+ MR ALLEYNE SAID.

+THESE ARE ALL STEPS TOWARDS THE BUILDING OF A HEALTHY AND

STABLE SOCIETY FOR US ALL IN HONG KONG.+

MR ALLEYNE ALSO SPOKE OF ANOTHER SERVICE SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK TO HELP STUDENTS OVERCOME ANY DIFFICULTIES WHICH MIGHT HINDER THEIR ACADEMIC, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

+ IT ALSO PREPARES YOUNG PEOPLE FOR A RESPONSIBLE ADULTHOOD AND TO DEVELOP THEIR POTENTIAL TO THE FULL, HE SAID.

APART FROM THIS, THE SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER WAS CONCERNED TO FOSTER BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND CO-OPERATION AMONG STUDENTS, THEIR FAMILIES, SCHOOL PERSONNEL AND OTHER COMMUNITY GROUPS THROUGH SPECIAL PROGRAMMES AND GROUP ACTIVITIES.

INTELPOST SERVICE

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ON MONDAY (DECEMBER 6), THE POST OFFICE WILL ENTER THE AGE OF ELECTRONIC MAIL BY LAUNCHING ITS INTELPOST SERVICE. THE SERVICE WILL PROVIDE FOR THE HIGH SPEED TRANSMISSION OF DOCUMENTS, DRAWINGS, ETC. BETWEEN HONG KONG AND THE UNITED KINGDOM.

TO MARK THE OCCASION, A PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT 3 PM ON THAT DAY IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM ON THE 4TH FLOOR OF THE GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING. THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, MR A.C. HEATHCOTE, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE CONFERENCE. HE WILL ALSO EXCHANGE OVER THE NEW ELECTRONIC MAIL LINK AN INAUGURAL MESSAGE WITH THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BRITISH POST OFFICE,

MR R.E. DEARING.

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE EVENT.

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