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SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1988

INCREASING IMPORTANCE ATTACHED TO FAMILY WELFARE SERVICES

SERVICES

IN THE CURRENT FAMILY WELFARE

30 MORE THAN

PER CENT OF THE TOTAL SERVICES, REFLECTING THE INCREASING AND FAMILY WELFARE LIFE EDUCATION

SAID

EXPENDITURE ON FINANCIAL YEAR ACCOUNTS FOR EXPENDITURE ON DIRECT WELFARE IMPORTANCE ATTACHED TO FAMILY SERVICES, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR STEPHEN LAW, TODAY (SATURDAY).

OFFICIATING AT THE EXHIBITION ON FAMILY COMMUNICATION MOUNTED NEW WORLD MARRIAGE ADVISORY COUNCIL AT BY THE HONG KONG CATHOLIC

COULD BE PLAZA, TSIM SHA TSUI, MR LAW SAID THAT MANY FAMILY PROBLEMS

FAMILY BETWEEN COMMUNICATION EFFECTIVE AVOIDED WITH HARMONY AND MEMBERS.

HE NOTED THAT OF THE SOME 33,000 FAMILY CASES

AGENCIES, SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND THE VOLUNTARY CONCERNED FAMILY RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS.

"AT THE SAME

TIME,

MOST OF THE

PROBLEM

PROBLEM FAMILIES, HENCE THE NEED FOR ACTIVELY EDUCATION," HE SAID.

LAW MR

THAT STRESSED

"COMMUNICATION"

HANDLED BY THE

HALF OF THEM

COME YOUTHS

FAMILY PROMOTING

FROM LIFE

WAS VERY IMPORTANT

BETWEEN FAMILY MEMBERS, BECAUSE OF THE IMPLICATIONS RELATIONSHIP IN OUR CONTACT WITH OTHER PEOPLE.

"WE SHOULD TRY TO ACQUIRE AN EFFECTIVE AND

WITH OUR FAMILY METHOD, TO BE FRANK TOGETHER IN TRYING TO SOLVE PROBLEMS,

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MEMBERS HE SAID.

ON INTERPERSONAL

GOOD COMMUNICATION AND PUT OUR

HEADS

"IN THIS WAY, WE CAN SHARE EACH OTHER'S FEELINGS AND THIS HELP REMOVE ANY COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN OR GENERATION GAP.

WILL

MEMBER "EVERYBODY WILL BE ABLE TO FEEL THAT HE IS AN IMPORTANT

COME FROM THIS OF THE FAMILY AND THE CONTENTMENT AND HAPPINESS THAT

ANY WILL FAR SURPASS FAMILY RELATIONSHIP WARM AND MATERIALISTIC ENJOYMENT," HE ADDED.

HARMONIOUS

MR LAW COMMENDED

THE AGENCY FOR

THE ORGANISING

EXHIBITION

WHICH WOULD HELP TO ACHIEVE THIS.

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