FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1987'
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EFFECTIVE CIVIL SERVICE NEEDED FOR CHALLENGES AHEAD
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HONG KONG HAS ENTERED INTO A MOST IMPORTANT PERIOD IN ITS HISTORY AND A RESPONSIBLE AND EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT IS NEEDED FOR THE CHALLENGING TIMES AHEAD, THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, MR HARNAM GREWAL, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
SPEAKING AT AN ANNUAL SPRING RECEPTION HE HOSTED FOR REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CIVIL SERVICE STAFF ASSOCIATIONS, MR GREWAL SAID: +AND MORE THAN EVER BEFORE, THE CIVIL SERVICE WILL BE CALLED UPON TO SHOW ITS METTLE AND CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY WITH A RESPONSIVE, EFFICIENT AND STABLE ADMINISTRATION.
+THIS IS A HEAVY BURDEN BUT I AM SURE WE CAN AND SHALL RISE TO THE CHALLENGE.+
MR GREWAL SAID HE WAS KEENLY AWARE THAT THERE WERE A NUMBER OF BURNING ISSUES THAT WERE OF DEEP CONCERN TO THE CIVIL SERVICE.
+ I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THE ADMINISTRATION WILL DEAL WITH THESE ISSUES IN A SENSIBLE AND FAIR MANNER, HAVING REGARD TO THE ASPIRATIONS AND CONCERNS OF THE CIVIL SERVICE AND THE WIDER PUBLIC INTEREST, + HE SAID.
ABOUT 250 GUESTS REPRESENTING CIVIL SERVICE STAFF ASSOCIATIONS, SECRETARIAT BRANCHES AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS ATTENDED THE RECEPTION.
PARTICIPATION THE KEY IN DEVELOPING CIVIC EDUCATION
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A VITAL INGREDIENT IN CIVIC EDUCATION IS PARTICIPATION, THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MISS LYDIA DUNN, TOLD A CONFERENCE ON CIVIC EDUCATION TODAY (FRIDAY).
+IT (CIVIC EDUCATION) CANNOT BE DONE BY EDUCATION IN THE CLASSROOM OR BY THE CREATION OF NEW POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS ALONE, IMPORTANT THOUGH THE THEORY OF HOW A SOCIETY WORKS AND THE FRAMEWORK IN WHICH IT WORKS MAY BE.
+THE VITAL INGREDIENT OF CIVIC EDUCATION IS PARTICIPATION, AND IN THIS SENSE CIVIC EDUCATION IS AS PRACTICAL AN ACTIVITY AS SPORT OR MUSIC,+ SHE SAID DURING THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE DAY-LONG CONFERENCE.
/SI SAID