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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1985
+ALL EDUCATORS SHOULD CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THIS COMMON GOAL,+ DR KONG ADDED.
COMMENTING ON THE IMPLEMENTATION CIVIC EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS, DR KONG SAID THE DEPARTMENT RESPECTED THE RIGHT OF SCHOOL HEADS TO DETERMINE THE CURRICULUM NEED OF PUPILS.
+THERE IS NO INTENTION TO DEPART FROM THIS POLICY BY INTRODUCING A COMPULSORY SUBJECT CALLED CIVIC EDUCATION, HE SAID.
+THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ALSO FIRMLY BELIEVED THAT THE STRATEGY RECOMMENDED IN THE GUIDELINES ON CIVIC EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY OF PROMOTING CIVIC EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS, HE SAID.
+SCHOOLS ARE FREE TO OFFER CIVIC EDUCATION AS AN INDEPENDENT SUBJECT ON THE SCHOOL TIME-TABLE IF THEY WISH PROVIDED THAT THE SYLLABUS IS FIRST SUBMITTED TO THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FOR APPROVAL AS IS THE CASE WITH OTHER SUBJECTS OR SYLLABUS INITIATED BY SCHOOLS,+ HE ADDED.
HUNDREDS REGISTER FOR +CLEAN AND GREEN+ SCHEME
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HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE FLOCKED TO THE 12 DESIGNATED COUNTRY PARKS IN HONG KONG TO BE AMONG THE FIRST TO REGISTER FOR THE POPULAR +CLEAN AND GREEN+ SCHEME WHICH WAS LAUNCHED TODAY (SATURDAY) BY THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR JOHN RIDDELL-SWAN, AND A PARTY OF DIGNITARIES.
FOLLOWING THE LAUNCHING AT SAJ KUNG COUNTRY PARK, MORE THAN 300 YOUNG PARTICIPANTS SET OFF TO COLLECT LITTER IN THE VICINITY TO QUALIFY FOR ENTRY INTO THE SCHEME WHICH WAS DESCRIBED BY CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNTRY PARKS BOARD PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE, MR HOWARD YOUNG, AS +ONE OF THE MOST MEANINGFUL AND ENJOYABLE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PROJECTS FOR STUDENTS AND COUNTRYSIDE LOVERS+,
+WHEN THE COUNTRY PARKS WERE FIRST ESTABLISHED, OUR PUBLIC RELATIONS EFFORT CONCENTRATED ON GETTING PEOPLE TO BE AWARE OF THEM AND TO VISIT THEM.
+ IN RECENT YEARS, WE HAVE PUT THE MAJOR EMPHASIS ON EDUCATING PEOPLE TO USE THE COUNTRY PARKS PROPERLY, MR YOUNG SAID.
/THE CLEAN