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this additional Chinese teacher should be held up for so long.
Is it not logical that when we are encouraging schools to use
Chinese as the medium of instruction, we should ensure the
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standard, so that
that they can fully benefit from the change in the medium of instruction?
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Considerable effort has been devoted by schools to strengthen
civic education. Two evaluation exercises have since been
conducted. In the last evaluation, it was identified that
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financial support, in the form of recurrent
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grants will be used to finance civic education projects 24 carried out by students and enable them
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level of civic awareness through actual participation.
very much in favour of this idea. Based on my experience in promoting civic education in the community in the past few years, I find participation is the most effective way for 29.
achieving better understanding and motivation towards public
30 service. If we want our young people to have a sense of
belonging to Hong Kong, then they must be given the
opportunity to try their hands out in the primary and
secondary schools.
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make this participation' possible for all students, and strengthen this
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