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Schmal, OCTOBER 5, 1986

STUDENT ENROLMENT IS EXPECTED TO REACH ABOUT 4 500 BY 1988-89.

THE COUNCIL'S EIGHTH TECHNICAL INSTITUTE IS BEING CONSTRUCTED AT CHAI WAN AND IS NEARING COMPLETION.

ON INDUSTRIAL TRAINING, THE INSURANCE TRAINING CENTRE OF THE COUNCIL ALSO STARTED OPERATIONS LAST WEEK, OFFERING WORK-BASED SHORT COURSES.

THE COURSES WILL BE MAINLY ON PART-TIME BASIS AND ARE FREE OF CHARGE TO ENABLE INSURANCE PERSONNEL TO UPGRADE THEIR TECHNIQUE.

WHEN FULLY OPERATIONAL, ABOUT 1 000 TRAINEES WILL PASS THROUGH THE CENTRE EACH YEAR.

FURTHER INFORMATION ON COURSES CAN BE OBTAINED AT THE CENTRE'S OFFICE ON THE EIGHTH FLOOR, MALAYSIA BUILDING, 50 GLOUCESTER ROAD, WAN CHAI.

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CAMPAIGN EMPHASISES PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP

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+HONOUR YOUR PARENTS+ HAS AGAIN BEEN CHOSEN AS THE THEME FOR THIS YEAR'S FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN TO URGE THE YOUNGER GENERATION TO RECOGNISE AND APPRECIATE THEIR PARENTS' EFFORTS IN BRINGING THEM UP, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS EVELYN DOE, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

SHE WAS OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 1986-87 FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN AND FAMILY CARNIVAL AT THE CHATER ROAD PEDESTRIAN PRECINCT IN CENTRAL.

+IT IS HOPED THAT THE CAMPAIGN WOULD HELP THE TWO GENERATIONS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AND RESPECT EACH OTHER, TO PROMOTE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN FAMILY MEMBERS, TO HELP THEM REALISE THEIR INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITIES, THUS LEADING TO A STABLE AND HARMONIOUS FAMILY AND A REDUCTION IN FAMILY AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS,+ SHE SAID.

MRS DOE NOTED THAT THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR HAD COMBINED IN PROMOTING FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION SINCE 1979.

+FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION IS A LONG-TERM AND COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROJECT AIMING TO PUBLICISE THE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY LIFE, TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF FAMILY LIFE, TO PROMOTE THE RELATIONSHIP AMONG FAMILY MEMBERS, SO AS TO PREVENT FAMILY BREAK-UPS AND TO HELP BUILD A GOOD AND HAPPY FAMILY LIFE,+ SHE SAID.

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