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SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 1988

WAN CHAI PUBLISHES PAMPHLET ON CULTS

A PAMPHLET OUTLINING THE GENERAL FEATURES AND OFFERING ADVICE ON WAYS TO DEAL WITH THEM IS

OF OF CHARGE TO WAN CHAI RESIDENTS AND MEMBERS CONCERNED ABOUT CULT ACTIVITIES.

THE PAMPHLET, WHICH IS WRITTEN IN CHINESE, WORKING GROUP ON RELIGIOUS CULT ACTIVITIES OF THE BOARD TO PROMOTE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE POSSIBLE OF RELIGIOUS CULTS.

OF RELIGIOUS

AVAILABLE NOW

CULTS

FREE

THE PUBLIC WHO ARE

BY THE IS PRODUCED

WAN CHAI DISTRICT HARMFUL INFLUENCES

THE

WORKING

BOARD'S DISTRICT YEAR FOLLOWING NEWS

WAS GROUP

FORMED UNDER THE

LAST IN OCTOBER

COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE

REPORTS THAT HERETICAL ACTIVITIES WERE RE-EMERGING IN HONG KONG.

SUCH ACTIVITIES

PART OF ITS WORK IS TO MONITOR AND SUGGEST MEASURES TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM.

BOARD

IN WAN CHAI

GROUP

COMPRISES AGENCIES,

APART FROM DISTRICT

MEMBERS, THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICE, POLICE, VOLUNTARY YOUTH GROUPS, AND RELIGIOUS WORKERS AND EDUCATIONISTS.

INFORMATION

ON

THE

SINCE ITS FORMATION, THE GROUP HAS BEEN COLLECTING ON RELIGIOUS CULTS, AND HAS ACQUIRED A TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY SUBJECT FOR LOAN TO SCHOOLS AND INTERESTED BODIES.

PUBLISHED BY A DISTRICT THE PAMPHLET, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND BOARD

FACTS INCLUDING

ABOUT CONTAINS MATERIALS WORKING GROUP,

TO RELIGIOUS CULTS, THEIR FEATURES, TACTICS, TARGETS, AS WELL AS WAYS DEAL WITH THEM AND WHERE CONSULTATION CAN BE SOUGHT.

MR ALLAN CHOW, SAID ALTHOUGH THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICER,

IN THE THE OFFICE HAD NOT RECEIVED ANY COMPLAINTS ON CULT ACTIVITIES

VERY USEFUL REFERENCE DISTRICT, HE BELIEVED THE PAMPHLET WOULD BE A

PARTICULARLY PUBLIC, FOR RESIDENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE

PEOPLE WHO WERE USUALLY MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO CULT INFLUENCE.

YOUNG

COUNSELLING SERVICE THEY HAVE DISTRICT, HE

USE OF THE "RESIDENTS SHOULD MAKE FULL OFFERED BY THE ORGANISATIONS LISTED IN THE PAMPHLET SHOULD DOUBTS OVER THE CONDUCT OF ANY RELIGIOUS GROUPS IN THE SAID.

"THE DISTRICT OFFICE IS IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH IN MONITORING OFFICER THE DISTRICT SOCIAL WELFARE

HE ADDED. UNUSUAL RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES IN WAN CHAI,

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THE POLICE AND ANY REPORTS OF

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CHAI VOLUNTARY

DISTRICT OFFICE, AGENCIES IN THE

THE PAMPHLET IS AVAILABLE FROM THE WAN

AND OF RELIGIOUS

AND A NUMBER DISTRICT.

BODIES

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