MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1986
SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION, MRS FAN SAID THAT THE OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE FORMULATED BY THE COMMITTEE WERE MEANT FOR THE CURRENT PHASE OF THE CIVIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN, AND WERE BY NO MEANS HARD AND FAST RULES BINDING ALL PARTIES CONCERNED.
+ THE SPIRIT OF THE COMMITTEE IS TO STIMULATE AND TO ENCOURAGE, RATHER THAN TO DIRECT OR TO INSTRUCT INDIVIDUALS OR ORGANISATIONS IN THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION, SHE SAID.
THE COMMITTEE ON PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION WHICH WAS SET UP IN MAY THIS YEAR WOULD CONTINUE TO EXPLORE THE ISSUE THROUGH REGULAR REVIEWS SO THAT IT WOULD FEEP UP WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY.
TO PROMOTE CIVIC EDUCATION, THE COMMITTEE WAS PROVIDED WITH FUNDS TOTALLING $750 000 OF WHICH $250 000 WILL BE USED TO SUBSIDISE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION ACTIVITIES PROJECTS ON CIVIC EDUCATION.
FUTURE PLANS ALSO INCLUDE A MAJOR CONFERENCE ON CIVIC EDUCATION TO BE HELD EARLY NEXT YEAR, A TERRITORY-WIDE PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN FEATURING ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF DAILY LIFE, A SURVEY OF PUBLIC VIEWS ON CIVIC EDUCATION BY AN INDEPENDENT RESEARCH COMPANY AND THE COMPILATION OF A SET OF REFERENCE MATERIAL FOR USE BY THE PUBLIC.
AS THE IMPORTANCE OF CIVIC EDUCATION LIES IN ITS PRACTICAL APPLICATION, MRS FAN HOPED THAT THE PUBLIC WOULD TAKE THE INITIATIVE IN ORGANISING VARIOUS ACTIVITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION.
SHE ALSO CALLED ON ORGANISATIONS INTERESTED IN PROMOTING CIVIC EDUCATION TO HELP PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR ORGANISING VARIOUS ACTIVITIES ON CIVIC EDUCATION.
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ALSO PRESENT AT TODAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE WERE THE CONVENORS OF THE FOUR WORKING GROUPS OF THE COMMITTEE ON PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION.
ELABORATING ON THE OBJECTIVES OF CIVIC EDUCATION, THE CONVENOR OF THE STUDY GROUP ON GUIDELINES FOR CIVIC EDUCATION, MR CHENG KAI-NAM, SAID THE BASIC CONTENT AND SCOPE OF CIVIC EDUCATION SHOULD ENABLE THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND AND PRACTISE +RESPONSIBLE CITIZENSHIP+ TO UNDERSTAND THE MAJOR ELEMENTS THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED IN MAKING HONG KONG AN OPEN, COSMOPOLITAN AND MODERN SOCIETY, SUCH AS THE SOCIAL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND LEGAL SYSTEMS.
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