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THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 16. 1989

HAPPY HOME IMPORTANT IN RAISING CHILDREN: LADY WILSON

THE

ATMOSPHERE

(THURSDAY).

OF

LOVE.

COMMUNITY MUST

ARE AIM ΤΟ

SURE MAKE

PARENTS BRING UP THEIR CHILDREN IN A HAPPY ENCOURAGED AT EVERY STAGE TO

CARE AND

LADY

SAID TODAY CONCERN,

WILSON

THAT

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SPEAKING AT THE AGAINST CHILD ABUSE 'THE IMPORTANCE OF CHILD LADY WILSON SAID: NEVER BE OVER-EMPHASISED.'

10TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER, CARE

CAN

AND PROTECTION

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ACCORDING TO RECENT STATISTICS, SHE NOTED THAT 20 PER HONG KONG'S POPULATION WAS UNDER THE AGE OF 15.

COMMUNITY

DEPENDED THEREFORE

THE FUTURE OF THE EXTENT ON HOW THESE YOUNGSTERS WERE BROUGHT UP, SHE SAID.

CENT OF

TO A LARGE

THINK "I DO NOT

IT IS AN

THE SAY EXAGGERATION то

THAT THE DEGREE OF LOVE CIVILISATION OF A COMMUNITY IS JUDGED PARTLY BY AND CARE ITS CHILDREN ENJOY.

"CHILD CARE AND PROTECTION IS THEREFORE THE EFFORTS OF EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY.

A TASK WHICH CLAIMS

NEITHER CAN IT BE

"THIS IS NOT A TASK FOR GOVERNMENT ALONE; LEFT ENTIRELY TO VOLUNTARY AGENCIES. LADY WILSON SAID.

SHE OBSERVED THAT HONG KONG WAS NOT AN EASY PLACE TO COMPETITIVE CHILDREN AS IT WAS DENSELY POPULATED AND HAD A POPULATION.

BRING UP AND BUSY

SCHOOLS

"EVERY CHANCE WE HAVE OF USING TELEVISION, LECTURES IN

OF THEIR CHILDREN'S NEEDS, AND OPEN DAYS, TO HELP PARENTS TO THINK

ACROSS ABUSE, BUT HOPEFULLY SHOULD BE TAKEN, NOT ONLY ONCE WE COME LONG BEFOREHAND." SHE SAID.

CONSTANT

LADY WILSON POINTED OUT THAT SHAMING CHILDREN, GIVING NEGATIVE CRITICISM, OR JUST NEVER HAVING TIME TO LISTEN TO A CHILD, WERE ALL FORMS OF ABUSE, WHICH FEW PEOPLE WERE NOT GUILTY OF AT TIMES.

"IT IS A SADISTIC MONSTERS.

GREAT

MISTAKE

ΤΟ

VIEW

THIS

PROBLEM

AS THAT

OF

'THE FACT IS. THAT WE CAN ALL, AT TIMES OF STRESS, BE ABUSIVE.

"WHAT WE NEED AT SUCH TIMES, IS IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO OF PROFESSIONAL HELP. SHE SAID.

F

SOME SORT

CHILD ABUSE FOR MAKING A LADY WILSON COMMENDED THE AGAINST

TO BE VERY SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY, BY HELPING ALL MORE AWARE THAT CHILD ABUSE WAS A SERIOUS SOCIAL PROBLEM.

/SHE SAID