FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1986
HE SAID THE CAMPAIGN THIS YEAR WOULD STRESS THE PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF CIVIC EDUCATION BY URGING RESIDENTS TO SHOW RESPONSIBLE CITIZENSHIP IN DAILY LIFE, THUS CONTRIBUTING TO THE WELL-BEING OF THE COMMUNITY.
A TOTAL OF 12 ACTIVITIES WOULD BE ORGANISED DURING THE CAMPAIGN PERIOD FROM MID-OCTOBER TO FEBRUARY, HE SAID.
MR HO SAID A SURVEY WAS BEING PLANNED TO COLLECT RESIDENTS' VIEWS ON THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION.
+ THE FINDINGS WILL SERVE AS INDICATORS OF THEIR LEVEL OF CIVIC AWARENESS AND WILL BE USED FOR FORMULATING STRATEGIES TO MOUNT FUTURE PUBLICITY DRIVES ON CIVIC EDUCATION.
A CATALOGUE WAS ALSO BEING COMPILED AND WOULD LIST BOOKS AND READING MATERIALS ON CIVIC EDUCATION THAT WERE KEPT IN THE DISTRICT OFFICE FOR PUBLIC USE, HE SAID.
+ LOCAL ORGANISATIONS AND SCHOOLS WILL RECEIVE COPIES OF THE CATALOGUE FOR REFERENCE.+
MR HO ADDED THAT THE COMMITTEE HAD ENLISTED THE SUPPORT OF DISTRICT ORGANISATIONS, BY ALLOCATING TO THEM FUNDS FOR ORGANISING A WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES.
THESE INCLUDED DEBATES, SEMINARS, LECTURES, CARNIVALS, VISITS AND GAMES.
HE SAID THIS YEAR'S CAMPAIGN WOULD PUT EMPHASIS ON RESIDENTS AGED 15 AND OVER AS CHILDREN WERE NORMALLY ATTENDING SCHOOLS WHERE CIVIC EDUCATION WAS TAUGHT SYSTEMATICALLY.
A BUDGET OF MORE THAN $70 000 HAD BEEN EARMARKED FOR THE PROJECT, WITH $45 800 BEING ALLOCATED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE BALANCE COMING FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICE, HE ADDED.
WAN CHAI FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED
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A FUND-RAISING FILM SHOW AT THE CATHAY THEATRE IN WAN CHAI THIS (FRIDAY) MORNING MARKED THE OPENING OF THE DISTRICT'S FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN THIS YEAR.
THE FILM SHOW WAS THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF PROGRAMMES ORGANISED BY THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE.
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