SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1985
CALL TO PARTICIPATE IN CIVIC AFFAIRS
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THE GOVERNMENT'S ROLE IN PROMOTING CIVIC EDUCATION IS TO GENERATE INTEREST AMONG PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN CIVIC AFFAIRS, DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR T. H. CHÁU, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE BISHOP HALL JUBILEE SCHOOL SPEECH DAY, MR CHAU SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD BEEN MAKING AN EFFORT TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT CIVIC RIGHTS AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT, SO THAT PEOPLE COULD GROW WITH A MORE OPEN GOVERNMENT AND PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC MATTERS.
SINCE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICT BOARDS, MORE CHANNELS HAD BEEN PROVIDED FOR THE PUBLIC TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ON POLICIES, MR CHAU SAID.
+BY VOICING THEIR OPINIONS, THE PUBLIC WOULD LEARN AND PROMOTE THE SPIRIT OF CIVIC EDUCATION, HE SAID.
MR CHAU URGED YOUNG PEOPLE TO ATTEND OPEN MEETINGS OF DISTRICT BOARDS, URBAN COUNCIL AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO SEE HOW REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT OPERATES.
+PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNS SUCH AS FIGHT CRIME, CLEAN HONG KONG, ANTI-NARCOTICS, AND ANTI-SMOKING ARE ANOTHER FORM OF CIVIC EDUCATION WHICH HAS THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY, + HE SAID.
MR CHAU SAID CIVIC EDUCATION ALSO ENHANCED MORAL STANDARD.
+THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AND ESTABLISHMENT OF HUMAN RELATIONS, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO BUILD UP OUR MORAL STANDARDS AND VALUES, HE SAID.
FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEES MEET IN CONFERENCE ***
MEMBERS OF THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE AND 19 DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEES WILL MEET IN A CONFERENCE TO BE HELD AT THE SHERATON HOTEL, TSIM SHA TSUI, ON MONDAY (DECEMBER 9).
THE PURPOSE OF THE CONFERENCE IS TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO GET TOGETHER AND EXCHANGE VIEWS.
THE PROGRAMME OF THE CONFERENCE CONSISTS OF THREE PARTS OPENING SESSION, GROUP DISCUSSION AND PLENARY SESSION.
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