FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1986
+THE COMMITTEE'S AIM WILL BE TO STIMULATE INITIATIVES FROM THE COMMUNITY ON HOW TO FORMULATE THE GUIDELINES ON CIVIC EDUCATION THROUGH DISCUSSION, HE ADDED.
WITH PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT IN HONG KONG MOVING RAPIDLY, MR CHAU SAID MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY THE YOUNG, HAVE REALISED THE IMPORTANCE OF PARTICIPATING IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.
+ IT IS THEREFORE URGENT TO PROMOTE CIVIC EDUCATION IN ORDER TO BETTER PREPARE OUR PEOPLE AND TO IMPROVE SOCIETY, MR CHAU SAID.
HE SAID HE WAS PLEASED THAT THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT HAD TAKEN THE INITIATIVE TO LAUNCH A YEAR-LONG CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE CIVIC EDUCATION.
IN THE NEXT 11 MONTHS, THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT CIVIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN ORGANISING COMMITTEE WILL ORGANISE SEVERAL MAJOR EVENTS TO PUBLICISE THE THEMES OF +CONCERN FOR THE COMMUNITY: PARTICIPATION BY THE PUBLIC COURTESY AND CIVIC MINDEDNESS; AND NEIGHBOURLINESS AND PEACE+.
THESE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE A LOVE YOUR FAMILY PROJECT, CIVIC EDUCATION EXHIBITION, COURTESY CAMPAIGN, CIVIC AMBASSADOR SCHEME, MODEL STUDENT AWARD AND AN OUTSTANDING CITIZEN AWARD.
+ HOPE, THROUGH ALL THESE INTERESTING AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, THE PUBLIC WOULD BE ABLE TO GAIN MORE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AND DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, TO BECOME MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR OWN COMMUNITY, AND AS A RESULT, CO-OPERATE TO BUILD A BETTER AND MORE HARMONIOUS SOCIETY,+ MR CHAU SAID.
THE HIGHLIGHT OF TONIGHT'S VARIETY SHOW WAS A SONG SPECIALLY COMPOSED FOR THE CAMPAIGN. OTHER PERFORMANCES INCLUDED SINGING, DANCING AND DRAMA BY POPULAR SINGERS AND ARTISTS, KOWLOON CITY CHILDREN'S CHORUS, WINNERS OF A SINGING COMPETITION RECENTLY HELD IN THE DISTRICT AND STUDENTS OF A LOCAL SCHOOL.
THE SHOW WAS RECORDED BY RTHK AND WILL BE BROADCAST ON TVB'S JADE CHANNEL AT 8.35 PM ON SUNDAY (APRIL 27).
THE VARIETY SHOW, PRODUCED BY RTHK, WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT CIVIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN ORGANISING COMMITTEE, DISTRICT OFFICE AND SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD AND ACADEMIC COMMUNITY HALL.
OTHER OFFICIATING GUESTS AT THE OPENING CEREMONY INCLUDED KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT OFFICER, MR GORDON JONES, DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR WONG SIK-KONG, CHAIRMAN OF THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT CIVIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR WU SHING-SHUEN, AND ACTING ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF RTHK, MISS MARIA WAN.
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