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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1994

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EDUCATION TV PROGRAMME WINS JAPAN PRIZE

FOR

A NEW EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION PROGRAMME "LOVE AND RESPECT THE ELDERLY", BROADCAST IN THIS RECOGNITION IN THE 21ST JAPAN PROGRAMME CONTEST ORGANISED BY NHK.

SCHOOL YEAR, WON INTERNATIONAL PRIZE INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID THE PROGRAMME, JOINTLY PRODUCED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND THE RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG, ENTERED INTO A FIERCE COMPETITION WITH 143 PROGRAMMES FROM 34 COUNTRIES.

25-MINUTE THE

FOR PROGRAMME WON THE SPECIAL JURY PRIZE EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY AND CONTENT, HE SAID.

ITS

"LOVE AND RESPECT FOR THE ELDERLY" PORTRAYS THE EXPERIENCE FOUR ELDERLY PERSONS THROUGH THEIR INTERACTION WITH FAMILY MEMBERS.

IT REFLECTS THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ELDERLY PEOPLE AND YOUNGER GENERATION IN TERMS OF ATTITUDE, DISPOSITION, THINKING REACTION TO INCIDENTS IN LIFE.

OF

THE

AND

ALSO DEPICTED IS THAT MOST FAMILY DISPUTES AND PROBLEMS COME FROM

THE THE LACK OF UNDERSTANDING AND FAILURE TO COMPROMISE BETWEEN TWO PARTIES.

WILL

THROUGH WATCHING THE PROGRAMME, IT IS HOPED THAT STUDENTS LEARN TO RECOGNISE THE INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE ELDERLY TOWARDS THE FAMILY AND SOCIETY AND REPAY THEM WITH LOVE, RESPECT, CARE, CONCERN AND UNDERSTANDING,

THE PROGRAMME IS PRODUCED BY MISS GLORIA FAN OF THE DEPARTMENT'S EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION

AND DIRECTED BY MR SIDNEY WONG OF THE RADIO TELEVISION SECTION, KONG.

THE AWARD WAS PRESENTED IN TOKYO, JAPAN, ON NOVEMBER 17.

HONG

ATTENTION NEWS EDITORS:

THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MISS ELAINE CHUNG, WILL OFFICIATE AT A PRESENTATION CEREMONY AND VIEWING OF THE PROGRAMME "LOVE AND RESPECT FOR THE ELDERLY" AT THE EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION CENTRE, 79 BROADCAST DRIVE, KOWLOON TONG, AT NOON ON (NOVEMBER 30).

WEDNESDAY

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