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THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1986
CIVIC EDUCATION DRIVE FOR EASTERN DISTRICT
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IN VIEW OF RAPID PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT IN HONG KONG, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE TO PREPARE THEMSELVES TO BE RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS AND TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT CIVIC EDUCATION PROMOTION WORKING GROUP, MR PAUL YIN, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF THE +86 CIVIC EDUCATION IN EASTERN DISTRICT+, MR YIN SAID BOTH THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD AND THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICE FULLY SUPPORTED THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION BY ORGANISING AND CO-ORDINATING CIVIC EDUCATION ORIENTED COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PROJECTS.
THE CAMPAIGN WILL BE LAUNCHED THIS SATURDAY (MAY 31) TO HELP THE PUBLIC BECOME MORE AWARE OF AND TO FULFIL THEIR CIVIC RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS.
MR YIN SAID THAT TO MARK THE OPENING OF THE YEAR-LONG CAMPAIGN, A SEMINAR ON CIVIC EDUCATION WOULD BE HELD ON SATURDAY AT DR SEAKER CHAN MEMORIAL HALL.
+A SERIES OF CIVIC EDUCATION ACTIVITIES CO-ORDINATED BY THE SUB-GROUPS ON YOUTH, SCHOOLS, AREA COMMITTEES, COMMUNITIES AND INDUSTRY, WILL ALSO BE HELD THROUGHOUT THE COMING 10 MONTHS,+ HE SAID.
ALSO SPEAKING AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE, THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR BOWEN LEUNG, SAID THAT THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICE FULLY SUPPORTED THE CAMPAIGN AND WAS PLANNING A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS SETTING UP A CIVIC EDUCATION INFORMATION CENTRE, ORGANISING SCHOOL TALKS AND SEMINARS ON GOVERNMENT'S WORK AND CO-ORGANISING A CIVIC EDUCATION FUN DAY WITH THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS IN VICTORIA PARK.
IN ADDITION, MORE THAN 100 COLOURFUL COUPLETS WITH THE CAMPAIGN MESSAGE HAVE BEEN PUT UP ON LAMP-POSTS ALONG PROMINENT ROADS IN THE DISTRICT,
TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE LAUNCHING OF +86 CIVIC EDUCATION IN EASTERN DISTRICT+ A TEAM OF YOUNG CIVIC PIONEERS WILL RIDE AN OPEN-TOP DOUBLE DECKER BUS TOMORROW (FRIDAY) MORNING ALONG MAIN ROADS AND TO DISTRIBUTE PUBLICITY HANDOUTS TO RESIDENTS IN THE DISTRICT.
THE +86 CIVIC EDUCATION IN EASTERN DISTRICT+ IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD, EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICE, LOCAL VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
ALSO PRESENT AT TODAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE WERE MR ERIC LEE, THE CONVENER OF YOUTH SUB-GROUP; MRS CHOW SUN FONG-CHUNG, THE CONVENER OF SCHOOLS SUB-GROUP; MR YUE HUI-KWONG, THE CONVENER OF AREA COMMITTEE SUB-GROUP AND MR YUEN KEE-KWONG, THE CONVENER OF COMMUNITY SUB-GROUP.
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