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VICTORIA (CP) — ‘The: -welghmasters “and in- os
provinelal government ‘has « spectors as peace officers to)
moved to. crack down on) remove ‘defective vehicles)”
unsafe transport tricks from the highways. _ =

-amendments -to the : : Other amendents ‘include:
Motor Vehicle Act. * . —triaking it aa offence for
Bill 44, introduced in the ari employer to hire a driver] |
legislature today by -High-. who is‘not properly licensed
ways Minister Alex Fraser, for the trick he is expected
includes a provision allowing - to operate; |
cabinet to make‘regulations’.” —giving municipalities the
covering. avery aspect of the “authority ‘to adopt’ bylaws
capability of a vehicle ‘to: allowing for parking of small
retain or contain its load.- vehicles such’ as mopeds in| -
The bill. also authorizes designated street - areas,

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. Get his shoe.”

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7. neighborheod. Th: Bane:
. kindergarten -t gether,
played after school:

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"Britigh Columbia: govern:
mn ‘hent, ..
_ moaning the financial blues,

which has ib een.
endéd the first quarjer! June

|. W:with-a surplus. af $4.9

‘}: The- “quarterly “saport, .

UE the: ‘government, collected
me billion ‘in Fevenie, and

- Spent $1.2 billion, ,
“Revenue was #40 'n
‘mote than anticipated | in the

. spuidget | presented: tp. the.

legislature ‘March * ly ~and

“spending: ‘Was $21.4 |
- more than’ planned. **.
‘In releasing there Fi-
nance Minister Hugh is,
under repeated qu

was five -wheh Jet

ether, -

and for the next four years ~

‘virtually lived . in’ each |

other’a houses.

- Jeffrey's. faraily! has jiant

moved to Toronto, ‘The effect -
on the two nine-yea ‘old boys: .
has been devastatli ne
“1 knew Jeffry * woul
miss Ian, the ve. -been .
friends for so | ie
Jeffrey's mother, Susan,
would be
but Wefirey's ee ube sya y, and
‘doesn’t make" pew friends
“Otten ru go! in to wal

“easily.
him in the’ morning and

mumbles something shot
fan . aleeping ' over and
realize he's been Teng

“dan’ § mother: agrées it's a

"” gifficult time for the boy,
- thi SE ee ae he
ase he

ghbo
; lian ‘hasn't sald a great «

Sf deal about Jeffrey, ‘He’s just
much quieter than usual,
*... “He has written him 4

couple of letters in which be

- has said he's lonely. I never

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Eto reake
oe are often underestimated. A

oftheir Ereridehip. They had
- tog much fur,”

Psychologist Zick ‘Rubin
says in‘ his book, Children’s

: Friendships; that a reaction:

such as Lan’s and Jeffrey's to
separation isa

genuine
grief that ‘parents should .

"* take gertously, although it

may’ last for only a ‘Short
time. a

‘He, advises. ‘parents: to.
convey an understanding of
the ‘child's lose and to

- suggest that intime he'll find .

but nota
jent:.” .

—SemiforConmly and San
psychologists at

* Children’ 8
say the skills
a friend

tal

~_." person lal not bord with these

d. must, learn. them.
‘kids just learn
ther: earller than . others.

letig ‘ieacues
“however, -‘that® “there “has
- peen ‘a: deteriqration in‘ the -
province's. expected . fiscal
“position since the budget was

cuatro,

“warn Qttawa away.”

i i Premier...
7 predicted. the damage: would:
be $800. million Neither

. “General

atin

" wiirned,

introduced in Mareh,'"..'-..
He denied:the: “doom and
gloom’: atatements: ‘were’

"made to convince Ottawa’ not

to'impose an‘export, tax an

atm not! = that:

“Machiavellian,” he said.

“This: is not sone’ plot, to

. The B.C, government. bas
been: attacking”: Ottada~ in

prevent the impoaltion by ‘the
-pentral gavernment: ofa tax

. O@ energy. exports. --

‘Biergy.. Minister: ‘nob
McClelland has;, estimated -

_ duck a fax would cost B.C.

$200 ralllion: while:
Bill -. Bennett .

 Wor.tne ent wiio. nes. ‘dit
_ ficulty-asaking fiends, the

thing can “0 - “around
“vicious. circles. Because it's
“a ‘skill; it needs to be prac-

, ised, yet some children are.

hesitant to try.
’ “When we deal with shy

* ghildren we try:to explain -

” that’ making a friend fs-kind

‘of ke: learning to ride 8 , “a

bie

~ toach a s variety of itepe: they" r

*- ean take, ‘like introducing
‘! thempelyes, inviting the
person home, sharing: 4 Fe

0888. |
; “We shift from what a.

person is to what he goes.

And we always make the’
point that it's never too late’

to ‘make a friend; you can
jearn. to do it at any ‘age,”’.

’ Children jearn’ to -make-
friends from being with
other.c

in the home. A

‘parents, however, can give
them the security and self-

confidence to explore new
. borizons: .

“Parents are always
“worrying about. - their
children's friends-¢ lack.of
them,"’ Ms. Connolly" aye

speaking, unt
about nine, ‘toe
r have quite a few
while girls are usu-
“ally happy with only a few.”

‘Bruce Shore, associate
professor of educational
piychology at MeGill
University, says gifted
children frequently choose to
have only one or two friends.

“They're very selective
about their friends. . They
don’t. enjoy working of
playing In large. groups;
- they're often happiest alone.

“They also tend to seek out,
their intellectual peers, not
their ‘chronological peors.
Children their age may bore .
the pants off them.
mt think we all: worry too

uch about the number ‘of
friends ow children have.
What counta is - whether
they're ‘happy and . ‘well-

bicycle.
‘ sine the begitining: you
ou'll never get the
fn ‘a a tt, but; Seat iattre. We it
it~ for the adolescent male.

Hard. times
for movies |

hildren,.Me..Connally. ..

BAYS, not from what goes on:
‘good .

relationship with “the

‘would ony how he e arrived at
the figure..

‘The ‘province collected‘

$452. millign from .sale of
petroleum and natural gas

during the fiscal year which _

ended March 31.:

The first “quarterly report .

‘showed that’ revenue irom
natural: gas and oil was
$153.6 million, down from the
$178.1 million. collected
during’ the corresponding
-period last year and $51.6
million, [eas than the gov-"

. ernment had anticipated.

: However, revenue from all
natural resources < totalled.

. Fecent weeks in dttemipts to, $944.8: million, up $53.1:

million’... from the.
_corresponding period last
year and $4.6 million less
than the: government an-
Heipated in its budget. The,
increase ; is’ due mainly ‘to.

higher: -Stumpage: ‘revenue. $96.

Health, : municipal affairs
“and transportation and high-
“ways ‘wolnlstries overspent

adjusied I's normal for an
adult to prefer a small circle
of friends; : Why should a

: lg be. any different?”

Soult having nnn ip im-

‘portant at elementary-school

ages, it becomes even more

crucial during, adolescence:
: when peer pressure reaches
ak, says Diane
crisis interventionist Sat
-High School. in
Pierréfonds. -

“There's no question atout

“MANILA (Reuter) —
Increasing production’ costs
and competition from

foreign films
Philippines’ movie industry
into hard times.

The government has been
urged to provide tax and
other incentives following an
industry @lump that has

. affected at least «20,000

- workers -- ‘technicians,
directors, script writers,
stuntmen and actors. _

. Annual production in the

- past has been about 200
films, but producers now are
managing to turn out only
half that figure.

Sources close to - the in-
dustry say the main ‘cause
forthe. crisis is the un:
controlled import of foreign
pictures, including the
popular Chinese martial arts

‘movies. Domestic ‘produc-
ions take less than a quarter

-of. the market in the
Phill pines, the sources kay;
‘trouble is that we
allow foreign films to crowd
local ones out of our own
market,"*hne = Filipine

_ producer complains.

Another major problem,
say local film-makers, is the
high cost of production, not
‘so much because of the in-
creasing price of raw
materials’ and equipment
rentals but because of “ex: .

are pushing the- -

their sg,
rter ¥.

nd universities, science ad

“communications

motte two major obstacles

that might prevent Us from
doing 50 — both th completely
beyond our control -— are the
possibillty . of the U.S.
recession proving: morg :
severe thal expected,
. the possibility that the
federal government : will ':
carry out its threat to’ fe
empt ‘the
revenues by - imposing - an,
export tax on nataral gas.
The government spent F150
million of the $925.2 million ig +
hain thea inthe Soren,

set eee
"Friends w a
student to see her and offe
‘aupport and ian
around the clock. © =.
* “Often they're
counselling and Pm just re
bystander. There's & basic
goodness about‘, many. of ~
these friendahips that aives '
_ me;hope:” :

ochitent fees’ neid.ta stars.
Industry sources say stare. :
demand anywhere frorti*

$4,000- to “$136,000-for one" —

picture.

Moviemakers also face the -

problem of finding goad -
theatres in which to’ show:
thelr productions. Because
of the high cost of produc:
tion, the sources say that:
about 40 per cent of a film's
capital Investment must-be
recovered in metropolitan.
Manila and must therefore:
be shown in the capital's
first-class theatres. ‘

But even the recovery oe
that 40 per cent is.no easy -
feat. Local producers are at .
the mercy of first-class.
theatre ‘operatora because...

foreign films have priority, ;

the sources say.

’ Film-makers, also. com-
plain about heavy cen--
sorship, Official cengors
often butcher story lines to
eliminate scenes of ex-
cessive violence .or sex,
making the films less likely
to attract an audience. =~

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