Book preaches! unselfish society

Press, 26 February 1977, Page 7

Book preaches! unselfish society

ti The Little Red Book of the [thoughts of Chairman Mao ihas its counterpart in ■(neighbouring Hong Kong—- ■ the Black and White Book. The book has been produced by the Moral Rearmament movement and is now ! used as a textbook by students of 44 of. the colony’s , secondary schools', i It is a manual of how to' create an unselfish society,! i according to its publisher, Mr , D. Simpson, who with his ( wife, Conny, and daughter ( : has been working full time! in Hong Kong for the move-! I ment for the last four years: (and a half. II Mr Simpson, who came to ' New Zealand with his wife ■ in January to attend the: ■ international Moral Rearmai ment conference in Auck-: land, is at present in Christ-; church and will address Ro-, . tarians next Tuesday on! 1 “Modernising attitudes in; British industry.” Mr Simpson said that he was asked to help in the! schools by the Hong Kongj Government. “The school authorities! realise that unless they give'

! students a satisfying aim ini > life they might become part i of the drug scene when they - leave school,” he said. “We now have a growing! ' number of students coming! ' voluntarily for more train-; ' ing in how to give, a new; ’ kind of leadership to their; 1 own generation,” said Mr; ! Simpson. There are an estimated! ; 180.000 drug addicts in Hong] '■'Kong, which is an inter-] “national crossroads for the I drug traffic homing from the , ! |“Golden Triangle” in Thai-; ' land, Laos, and Burma.