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WEINESDAY, MAY 7, 1986

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MORE DETAILS ON SHIPPING, PORT AND CARGO STATISTICS FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1985 ARE CONTAINED IN THE +HONG KONG SHIPPING STATISTICS+ REPORT FOR OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 1985, WHICH IS ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, AT $12 PER COPY.

ENQUIRIES ON STATISTICS PROVIDED IN THE REPORT MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE SHIPPING STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT AT TELEPHONE NUMBERS 5-452701 AND 5-455422.

RESPECT HELPS BUILD A HAPPY FAMILY

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RESPECT AND JOY SHOULD BE BORNE IN MIND BY THE YOUNGER GENERATION IN RELATIONSHIPS WITH PARENTS, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS EVELYN DOE, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

SPEAKING AT A MOTHER'S DAY CELEBRATION HELD BY THE WOMEN'S WELFARE CLUB OF EASTERN DISTRICT, MRS DOE SAID THE TWO GENERATIONS MIGHT LEAD A HARMONIOUS FAMILY LIFE BY LIVING IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF MUTUAL RESPECT AND LOVE.

ALTHOUGH INDIVIDUALS MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN CLOSE INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER PEOPLE IN A RAPID CHANGING WORLD, MOTHER'S LOVE REMAINED CONSTANT AND UNCHANGED, SHE SAID.

THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, PROMOTED FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION EVERY YEAR SO AS TO AROUSE PUBLIC RECOGNITION OF ITS IMPORTANCE, MRS DOE NOTED.

THIS YEAR'S FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION THEME - HONOUR YOUR PARENTS+ AIMS AT INSTILLING IN THE YOUNGER GENERATION RECOGNITION AND APPRECIATION OF PARENTS' EFFORTS IN BRINGING THEM UP.

+ IT IS HOPED THAT THE TWO GENERATIONS WOULD BETTER UNDERSTAND AND RESPECT EACH OTHER, ENHANCE BETTER COMMUNICATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF ONE'S ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES, THUS MAINTAINING A GOOD RELATIONSHIP AMONG FAMILY MEMBERS,+ SHE SAID.

MRS DOE ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THE WOMEN'S WELFARE CLUB OF EASTERN DISTRICT FOR ITS ACTIVE ROLE IN PROMOTING SOCIAL SERVICES AND VARIOUS TYPES OF SOCIAL WORK.

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