WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1984
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+ALTHOUGH GIS WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT, IT WAS ONE WHICH GAINED FIRM SUPPORT IN COMPERE AND WAS REALISED IN ITS FINAL FORM BY RTHK, SHE SAID.
MISS CHEUNG ADDED THAT THE FILM COULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE PARTICIPATION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN AND TEACHERS.
THEY CAME FROM THE TSZ WAN SHAN KAIFONG WELFARE ASSOCIATION CHO JUN SCHOOL, THE G.C.E. PAST STUDENTS ASSOCIATION TSZ WAN SHAN SCHOOL, THE CANOSSA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF, THE CANOSSA SCHOOL FOR THE VISUALLY DISABLED, THE ST FRANCIS CAÑOSSIAN COLLEGE, AND THE MARGARET TRENCH RED CROSS SCHOOL.
SHE ALSO THANKED THE TWO COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR PROVIDING FREE AIR-TIME FOR PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGES OF THIS KIND.
MISS CHEUNG SAID THAT HER DEPARTMENT HAD NOT MADE THE FILM WITH ANY INTENTION OF PARTICIPATING IN AN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION.
+THE OBJECTIVE OF MAKING API'S IS TO WIN THE SUPPORT OF THE PEOPLE IN HONG KONG FOR PROGRAMMES WHICH SERVE TO IMPROVE THE CONDITION IN WHICH THEY LIVE. IN SHORT, NOT THE FAMILIAR COMMERCIAL THEME OF A MORE AFFLUENT LIFESTYLE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL, BUT CERTAINLY A BETTER LIFESTYLE FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE,+ SHE SAID.
THE DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE API'S THAT DO THE JOB FOR WHICH THEY ARE INTENDED, SHE ADDED.
THE AWARD-WINNING FILM WAS AMONG SOME 60 API'S MADE LAST YEAR ON A WIDE VARIETY OF SUBJECTS.
+THAT WORKS OUT AT MORE THAN ONE API PER WEEK, WHICH IS A REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT FOR ANY ORGANISATION AND ONE WHICH, I AM SURE, CANNOT BE MATCHED BY THE COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING AGENCIES HERE IN HONG KONG, SHE SAID.
AMONG THOSE WHO ATTENDED TODAY'S CEREMONY WERE DR HARRY FANG, CHAIRMAN OF REHABILITATION DEVELOPMENT CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE (RDCC); FATHER JOHN COLLINS, MEMBER OF THE ACCESS AND TRANSPORT SUB-COMMITTEE OF RDCC; MS BARBARA KOLUCKI, A MEDIA CONSULTANT ON REHABILITATION MATTERS: REPRESENTATIVES OF RTHK OF PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS, AND MEMBERS OF COMPERE,
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