MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1986
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INSIGNIA PRESENTATION
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SEVENTY-FOUR PEOPLE DECORATED BY THE QUEEN FOR SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC WILL RECEIVE THEIR INSIGNIA FROM THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, AT A PRESENTATION CEREMONY AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE TOMORROW (TUESDAY) EVENING.
AMONG THE RECIPIENTS WILL BE THE DEPUTY FINANCIAL SECRETARY MR SELWYN ALLEYNE, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF BAPTIST COLLEGE'S BOARD OF GOVERNORS, DR LAM SEE-HIN, BOTH OF WHOM WERE AWARDED THE C.B.E.
FIRST-HAND LOOK AT CIVIC EDUCATION
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KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS VISITED THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S CIVIC EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTRE THIS (MONDAY) AFTERNOON TO SEE HOW THE GOVERNMENT PROMOTES CIVIC EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS.
THE VISIT WAS PART OF A PROGRAMME ARRANGED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE TO FAMILIARISE BOARD MEMBERS WITH THE OPERATION OF VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
ACCOMPANIED BY DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF, BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR WONG SIK-KONG AND MEMBERS FIRST WENT TO THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT EDUCATION OFFICE IN THE TO KWA WAN GOVERNMENT OFFICES, WHERE THEY WERE BRIEFED BY THE DISTRICT EDUCATION OFFICER, MR G. SINGH, AND SENIOR EDUCATION OFFICER, MR LEUNG KA-KUI, ON THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
THEY THEN WENT TO THE DEPARTMENT'S CIVIC EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTRE AT PAK FUK ROAD, NORTH POINT, WHICH PROVIDES A CENTRAL REFERENCE, INFORMATION AND ADVICE SERVICE ON ALL MATTERS RELATING TO TEACHING CIVIC EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS.
BOARD MEMBERS TOURED THE CENTRE AND SAW AN EXHIBITION ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ORGANISATION AND STRUCTURE OF GOVE' NMENT, AND HOW DECISIONS TAKEN BY THE LEGISLATURE AFFECT THE EVERYDAY LIFE OF THE COMMUNITY.
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