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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1987
THE CONFERENCE WAS ORGANISED BY THE COMMITTEE ON THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION TO PROVIDE A FORUM FOR DISCUSSING AND FORMULATING FUTURE STRATEGIES.
FOCUSSING ON THE THEME OF CIVIC EDUCATION, ITS DIRECTION AND SIGNIFICANCE+, THE CONFERENCE DREW NEARLY 200 PARTICIPANTS FROM A WIDE RANGE OF BACKGROUNDS.
THEY INCLUDED EDUCATIONALISTS, SOCIAL WORKERS AND MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS, URBAN COUNCIL, REGIONAL COUNCIL AND DISTRICT BOARDS.
MAIN SPEAKERS INCLUDED MR DAVID CHEUNG CHI-KWONG, MRS RITA FAN, MR STEPHEN CHENG PO-HONG, DR MARGARET NG, DR C.Y. HUANG AND MR ANTHONY NEOH.
TOPICS INCLUDED THE CO-ORDINATION OF CIVIC EDUCATION INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE EDUCATION SYSTEM; PROMOTION OF PUBLIC CONCERN ABOUT CIVIC RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AT BOTH CENTRAL AND DISTRICT LEVELS, HOW TO BLEND HONG KONG'S UNIQUE CULTURE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF CIVIC EDUCATION, AND CIVIC EDUCATION AND THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIETY AND CIVIC RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
AG CALLS FOR GREATER COMMUNAL AWARENESS OF LAW
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THE LAW IS THERE TO SERVE THE PEOPLE AND IT IS IMPORTANT THAT ORDINARY PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO IT, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, MR MICHAEL THOMAS, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
+WE NEED TO BUILD. UP A GREATER COMMUNAL AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE LAW, MR THOMAS SAID IN AN ADDRESS TO POLITICAL SCIENCE STUDENTS OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.
+AND TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ORDINARY PEOPLE, I THINK WE NEED NOT ONLY MORE LAWYERS, BUT AS A COMMUNITY, WE NEED TO BE BETTER EDUCATED ABOUT THE LEGAL SYSTEM.
+THAT IS A PROCESS THAT MUST BEGIN IN THE SCHOOLS. IT IS JUST AS VALUABLE TO KNOW ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE LAW AS IT IS TO KNOW ABOUT MONEY, TRADE, HYGIENE AND HEALTH. +
/MR THOMAS