SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1987
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CIVIC EDUCATION BREEDS GOOD CITIZENS
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THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY OF TRAINING YOUNG PEOPLE TO BECOME GOOD CITIZENS IS TO PROMOTE CIVIC EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR LI YUET-TING, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE CIVIC EDUCATION CARNIVAL ORGANISED BY KWUN TONG SCHOOLS LIAISON COMMITTEE AT KWUN TONG PLAYGROUND, MR LI SAID SCHOOLS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN ENHANCING CIVIC AWARENESS AMONG STUDENTS.
TO ASSIST SCHOOLS IN PROMOTING CIVIC EDUCATION, MR LI SAID THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAD ISSUED A SET OF GUIDELINES ON CIVIC EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS IN 1985.
IT WAS ENCOURAGING TO SEE THAT AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF SCHOOLS USED THE GUIDELINES TO PROMOTE CIVIC EDUCATION, AS INDICATED IN THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE DEPARTMENT LAST YEAR, HE SAID.
THE SURVEY ALSO SHOWED THAT A VAST MAJORITY OF SCHOOLS ADOPTED THE CROSS-CURRICULAR APPROACH, AS RECOMMENDED IN THE GUIDELINES, TO TEACH CIVIC EDUCATION IN CLASSROOM AND THROUGH EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE CLASSROOM, HE ADDED.
10 000 STUDENTS ATTEND CIVIC EDUCATION CARNIVAL,
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ABOUT 10 000 SECONDARY AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS STUDENTS TOOK PART IN A CIVIC EDUCATION CARNIVAL IN KWUN TONG TODAY (SATURDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR KEVIN MAK, SAID CIVIC EDUCATION WAS CLOSELY RELATED TO DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION.
THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIC EDUCATION, SET UP BY THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION IN MAY LAST YEAR, HAD ALREADY BUILT A SOLID FOUNDATION FOR PROMOTING CIVIC EDUCATION IN FUTURE, HE SAID.
MR MAK SAID THE COMMITTEE'S TOTAL EXPENDITURE WOULD INCREASE FROM $750 000 THIS FINANCIAL YEAR TO $1 MILLION NEXT YEAR IN VIEW OF ITS EXPANDING COMMITMENT.
/HE ALSO