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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1989

"THIS WOULD ENABLE THEM TO CONTINUE TO LEAD A HAPPY LIFE IN AN ENVIRONMENT THEY ARE FAMILIAR WITH. SHE SAID.

THE ELDERLY SHOULD ALSO BE ENCOURAGED TO TAKE AN ACTIVE PART IN COMMUNITY LIFE. MRS WONG ADDED.

IN A SEPARATE FUNCTION TODAY. THE REGIONAL SOCIAL WORK OFFICER (HONG KONG), MR KWOK NAI-SIK. ALSO SPOKE ON HOW PEOPLE SHOULD TREAT AND RESPECT THE ELDERLY.

SPEAKING AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE "BETTER COMMUNICATION FOR A BETTER TOMORROW" DAY ORGANISED BY THE QUEENSWAY JAYCEES. MR KWOK SAID IT WAS IMPORTANT TO LISTEN TO THE VIEWS AND SHARE THE EXPERIENCE OF THE ELDERLY.

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"AT THE SAME TIME. WE CAN EXPLAIN OUR VIEWS TO THEM, HE SAID.

"THIS KIND OF TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION HELPS REDUCE THE CHANCES OF UNHARMONIOUS FAMILY RELATIONSHIP.

"FURTHERMORE, WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE THE ELDERLY ΤΟ MAINTAIN AN ACTIVE SOCIAL LIFE AS THEY COULD FIND SATISFACTION IN GETTING ALONG WITH PEOPLE FROM THE SAME GENERATION SHARING SIMILAR EXPERIENCES.

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"THEY SHOULD ALSO BE ENCOURAGED TO LEARN MORE GOING ON IN SOCIETY AND THE WORLD.

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BY BROADENING THEIR PERSPECTIVE. THE ELDERLY WOULD FIND IT EASIER TO ACCEPT OTHER PEOPLE'S VIEWS, HE SAID.

PEOPLE SHOULD ALSO SUPPORT THEIR PARENTS IN PARTICIPATING IN SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, BY ACCOMPANYING AND SHARING WITH THEM. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES COULD BE ENHANCED, MR KWOK ADDED.

PUBLIC URGED TO PROMOTE ROAD SAFETY

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD HELP IN PROMOTING ROAD SAFETY AND IN REDUCING ROAD ACCIDENTS TO THE MINIMUM, THE POLICE DEPUTY DIRECTOR

TRAFFIC). MR CHING KWOK-HOO, SAID TODAY SATURDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE ROAD SAFETY PRESS QUIZ PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY. MR CHING SAID THAT AS THE ROAD CONDITIONS WERE CONGESTED AND BUSY. THERE WAS THE NEED NOT ONLY TO CONVEY ROAD SAFETY MESSAGES TO THE PUBLIC. BUT ALSO TO PROMOTE ROAD SAFETY CONTINUOUSLY THROUGH DIFFERENT CHANNELS.

HE POINTED OUT THAT FOR THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF THIS YEAR. THERE WERE 393 FEWER ACCIDENTS THAN IN THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD IN 1988. A DECLINE OF 3.2 PER CENT.

/THE PRESS