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Traditional
Asian family values investigated on 91热爆 World Service
Asian
family values and the effects of modernisation, marriage, children
and education are investigated in The Asian Family
beginning 3 September.
Tony
Barrell travels to Australia, Singapore, Vietnam, South Korea and
Japan in this five part series, looking at the role Confucianism
plays in the modern day Asian family and its longevity across the
Far East.
The
journey begins in his homeland Australia where the stresses and
strains of modern suburban life would be expected to take their
toll on old family values.
However
Australia has its own Asian heartland in Cabramatta, a suburb of
Sydney, with 75% of residents coming from overseas.
The
local Vietnamese still respect the old ways and a modern young man
like Thang Ngo, one of Australia's few Asian politicians, has rediscovered
the values of Buddhism.
In
Singapore people are facing a different manifestation of modernity.
The small island state has a seriously declining birth rate as young
women are delaying marriage and motherhood.
Vietnam
is a country that for a long time vilified the feudal tenets of
Confucius.
"The
status of women continues to be undermined by his legacy,"
says Tony Barrell.
Confucius
is supposed to have said that every child needs three parents: a
mother, a father and 'heaven'.
In
the paddy fields and on the streets of Hanoi it is women who do
all the hard work.
In
South Korea, Confucianism manifests itself in the belief that education
is the path to success. Children as young as twelve go to bed at
midnight having attended after-school classes and done their homework
supervised by anxious parents.
In
Japan there is concern about the ageing population. On the Japanese
island of Okinawa people live to be older than anywhere else in
the world. A woman recently celebrated her 115th birthday there.
It
is said the islanders flourish because they live a slow life and
have a diet of fish and green vegetables.
The
Asian Family is a co-production between 91热爆 World Service and the
Australian Broadcasting Corporation's (ABC) premier network Radio
National.
Presenter
Tony Barrell has been making award-winning programmes from around
the globe for ABC for the past 20 years.
Last
year, he reported from Japan and South Korea for an earlier 91热爆/ABC
co-production, Edge of Asia, in the run-up to the World Cup.
Notes
to Editors
The
Asian Family is a series of five programmes, 23 minutes each.
The
presenter is Tony Barrell and the producer is Sue Waldram.
International
Broadcast Times
West
Africa: | Wed 09:06 rpt 16:06 | Thur 00:06 | Sun 09:06
Europe: | Wed 08:06 rpt 13:06, 18:06 | Thur 00:06 | Sun 09:06
E and S Africa: | Wed 07:06 rpt 16:06 | Thur 00:06 | Sun 07:06
Middle East: | Wed 07:06 rpt 16:06 | Thur 00:06 | Sun 07:06
South Asia: | Tue 23:06 rpt Wed 05:06, 09:06, 14:06| Sat 21:06 |
Sun 05:06
East Asia: | Wed 02:06 rpt 07:06, 12:06, 18:06 | Sun 01:06
Americas: | Wed 14:06 rpt 19:06 | Thur 00:06, 05:06 | Sun 21:06
Listen
online from 3 September (updated weekly on Wednesdays) at
- choose The Asian Family from the drop down list of programmes.
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