THURSDAY, APRIL 17,
APRIL 17, 1986
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CIVIC EDUCATION DRIVE STARTS NEXT WEEK
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CIVIC EDUCATION SHOULD BE WIDELY PROMOTED TO COPE WITH RAPID CHANGES IN HONG KONG AND TO HELP BUILD A BETTER SOCIETY, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT CIVIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR WU SHING-SHUEN, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF THE DISTRICT'S YEAR-LONG CIVIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN. MR WU SAID EFFORTS SHOULD BE MADE TO COMPLEMENT THOSE MADE BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO INTRODUCE CIVIC EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS.
+KOWLOON CITY'S CIVIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN WILL BE LAUNCHED NEXT WEEK WITH THE AIM OF PROMOTING CIVIC AWARENESS AMONG RESIDENTS AND TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS,+ MR WU SAID.
THE THEME OF THE CAMPAIGN IS +CONCERN FOR THE COMMUNITY, PARTICIPATION BY THE PUBLIC, COURTESY AND CIVIC MINDEDNESS, AND NEIGHBOURLINESS AND PEACE.+
+A SPECTACULAR VARIETY SHOW STAGED BY RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG AT THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY HALL ON APRIL 25 WILL LAUNCH THE CAMPAIGN, AND OVER THE NEXT 11 MONTHS, A NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES WILL BE ORGANISED TO REACH AS MANY PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT AS POSSIBLE, HE ADDED.
+THESE WILL INCLUDE A LOVE YOUR FAMILY PROJECT, CIVIC EDUCATION EXHIBITION, COURTESY CAMPAIGN, CIVIC AWARENESS SCHEME, MODEL STUDENT AWARD AND OUTSTANDING CITIZEN AWARD, HE SAID.
+ IN ADDITION, SOME 80 COLOURFUL COUPLETS WITH THE CAMPAIGN MESSAGE HAVE BEEN PUT UP ON LAMP-POSTS IN VARIOUS MAIN ROADS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, MR WU SAID.
THE KOWLOON CITY CIVIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN IS SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD AND JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE,, LOCAL VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
ALSO PRESENT AT TODAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE WERE THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS DIANA TONG, PROGRAMME SUB-COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MR WONG WING-PIU, PUBLICITY SUB-COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MR LAU CH1-SUM, AND FINANCE SUB-COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MR HUI IN-YING.
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