SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1986
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WAN CHAI STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT CIVIC EDUCATION
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THE WORKING GROUP ON CIVIC EDUCATION OF THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT BOARD HAS EMBARKED ON A CIVIC EDUCATION PROGRAMME FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT BEGINNING THIS MONTH.
DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WILL VISIT THE SCHOOLS AND GIVE A SHORT TALK ON DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION. A 20-MINUTE VIDEO DOCUMENTARY ON THE DISTRICT BOARD OUTLINING ITS ROLE IN DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AND THE WORK OF ITS FOUR COMMITTEES WILL ALSO BE
SHOWN,
AN INFORMATION FOLDER PRODUCED BY THE WORKING GROUP AND CONTAINING A SET OF PAMPHLETS ON GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE, THE DEVELOPMENT OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AND THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT BOARD WILL ALSO BE DISTRIBUTED.
IN ADDITION, AN EXHIBITION ON CIVIC RIGHTS AND RESPONIBILITIES WILL BE MOUNTED IN THE SCHOOL PREMISES DURING THE VISIT.
A DISTRICT BOARD SPOKESMAN SAID THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROGRAMME IS TO INCREASE AWARENESS ABOUT CIVIC EDUCATION.
+ IT IS ALSO HOPED THAT STUDENTS WILL HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE FUNCTION AND WORK OF THE DISTRICT BOARD AND DISTRICT AFFAIRS AND BE MOTIVATED TO PARTICIPATE IN DISTRICT ACTIVITIES,+ HE ADDED.
+SO FAR, RESPONSE FROM SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN MOST ENCOURAGING AND VISITS HAD ALREADY BEEN MADE TO A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE PROGRAMME CAN BE MADE TO THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT BOARD SECRETARIAT ON 5-8921239.
PROCESSION TO LAUNCH TSUEN WAN ARTS FESTIVAL
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A WIDE VARIETY OF INDOOR AND OUTDOOR PERFORMANCES FEATURING RENOWNED INTERNATIONAL AND LOCAL ARTISTES WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE NINTH TSUEN WAN ARTS FESTIVAL NEXT MONTH.
RESIDENTS WILL BE TREATED TO CHINESE ARTS AND CULTURAL EVENTS AS WELL AS WESTERN CULTURAL ENTERTAINMENT FROM JANUARY 11 TO FEBRUARY 22 AT VENUES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT INCLUDING THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL.
THE FESTIVAL