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+T HE INCREASE IN FUNDS TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE FAVOURABLE RESPONSE RECEIVED IN THE FIRST TERRITORY-WIDE CIVIO EDUCATION COMMUNITY PROJECTS SCHEME ORGANISED LAST YEAR AND THE HIGH QUALITY OF THE PROJECTS COMPLETED, HE ADDED.
AFTER CAREFUL VETTING OF MORE THAN 120 APPLICATIONS, 30 PROJECTS WERE SELECTED LAST YEAR BY THE COMMITTEE. THESE INCLUDED EXHIBITIONS, VOLUNTEER TRAINING SCHEMES, SEMINARS, SURVEYS, PRODUCTION OF AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS, PUBLICATION OF HANDBOOK ON CIVIC EDUCATION AND MANY OTHER DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACTIVITIES.
*WITH INCREASED RESOURCES THIS YEAR, THE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION GROUP IS ABLE TO RAISE THE MAXIMUM GRANT PER PROJECT FROM $10 000 TO $50 000, + MR MAK ADDED.
+THIS, WE HOPE WOULD ATTRACT PROJECTS OF A LARGER SCALE AND TERRITORY-WIDE IN NATURE, HE CONTINUED.
APPLICATIONS FOR THE SUBSIDY ARE NOW OPEN AND THE DEADLINE IS JUNE 16, 1987.
THE AIM OF THE SCHEME IS TO STIMULATE ORGANISATIONS FROM VARIOUS SECTORS TO PROMOTE CIVIC EDUCATION, AND TO ENCOURAGE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN SOCIAL AND POLITICAL AFFAIRS.
+THE BASIC CONTENTS OF THESE PROJECTS SHOULD ENABLE PARTICIPANTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PRACTISE 'RESPONSIBLE CITIZENSHIP' TO UNDERSTAND AND UPHOLD CIVIC RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND TO' UNDERSTAND THE MAJOR ELEMENTS THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO MAKING HONG KONG AN OPEN, COSMOPOLITAN AND MODERN SOCIETY,+ MR MAK SAID.
+IT SHOULD ALSO ENABLE PARTICIPANTS TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF POLITICS, THE RULE OF LAW AND SOCIAL JUSTICE- TO UNDERSTAND THE DEVELOPMENT AND ASSOCIATED CHANGES AND CHALLENGES THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IN HONG KONG AND TO UNDERSTAND CHINA'S PAST AND PRESENT, TO COMPREHEND HER TRADITION AND CULTURE AND TO BE CONCERNED FOR HER FUTURE DEVELOPMENT,+ MR MAK SAID.
+SUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS WILL BE INFORMED BY THE END OF JULY AND ALL PROJECTS MUST BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, - HE SAID.
+IN DECIDING THE SUBSIDY, EACH APPLICATION WILL BE ASSESSED ACCORDING TO THE CONTENT OF THE PROJECT, THE TARGET GROUP AND NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS, THE AMOUNT OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE REQUIRED AND THE FEASIBILITY AND COST EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROGRAMME.
+PREFERENCE WOULD BE GIVEN TO PROJECTS WITH SNOWBALL OR MULTIPLIER EFFECT, MR MAK ADDED.
/SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS