MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1986
IT SHOULD ALSO ENABLE THE PUBLIC TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF POLITICS THUS ENHANCING THE IDEA OF FREEDOM, DEMOCRACY, THE RULE OF LAW AND SOCIAL JUSTICE TO UNDERSTAND THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IN HONG KONG IN THE FUTURE, AND THE ASSOCIATED CHANGES AND CHALLENGES AND TO UNDERSTAND CHINA'S PAST AND PRESENT. TO COMPREHEND HER TRADITION AND CULTURE AND TO BE CONCERNED FOR HER FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
HE REITERATED THAT THERE WAS NO NEED TO INSIST ON A UNIFORM STARTING POINT AND DEPTH OF THE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION. HE BELIEVED THAT WITH THE PASSAGE OF TIME, THE PUBLIC WOULD EVENTUALLY REACH A COMMON CONSENSUS.
HE SAID THE STUDY GROUP WAS PLANNING A TERRITORY-WIDE SURVEY OF PUBLIC VIEWS WHICH WOULD BE THE FIRST OF ITS KIND TO BE CONDUCTED AMONG ALL SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY.
THE AIM OF THE SURVEY WAS TO ASCERTAIN THE LEVEL OF PUBLIC AWARENESS ON CIVIC EDUCATION OF 1 000 RESPONDENTS SELECTED FROM DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE.
ON THE PUBLICITY SIDE, CONVENOR OF THE PUBLICITY WORKING GROUP MR GEORGE YUEN, SAID THE CIVIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN WAS ONE OF GOVERNMENT'S MAJOR CAMPAIGNS THIS YEAR.
THE WORKING GROUP PLANS TO INCULCATE THE CORRECT CONCEPT OF CIVIC AWARENESS VIA PUBLICITY THROUGH THE MASS MEDIA AND DEVISE A COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION SCHEME TO ENCOURAGE VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS TO ORGANISE ACTIVITIES ON
CIVIC EDUCATION.
SOME CIVIC-ORIENTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF PUBLIC INTEREST (API'S) WOULD BE PRODUCED BY INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT INCLUDING FOUR 60-SECOND API'S AND A 90-SECOND MUSIC VIDEO FOR THE CAMPAIGN.
THE FOUR API'S WOULD INFORM THE PUBLIC HOW A CITIZEN COULD, THROUGH EXISTING CHANNELS SUCH AS OWNERS' CORPORATIONS. MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND REFLECT HIS VIEWS ON LIVING CONDITIONS AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS TO DISTRICT BOARDS, URBAN COUNCIL, REGIONAL COUNCIL, AND UMELCO.
THE MUSIC VIDEO WOULD FEATURE THE THEME SONG OF THE CAMPAIGN SUNG BY WELL-KNOWN SINGERS MICHAEL KWAN, ALBERT AU AND LOWELL LO.
EXPLAINING THE SUBSIDY SCHEME FOR CIVIC EDUCATION PROJECTS, CONVENOR OF THE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION GROUP, MR MAK HOI-WAH, SAID THE COMMITTEE HAD SET ASIDE A TOTAL OF $250 000 FOR THE SCHEME.
THE MAXIMUM