MAY 23, 1987
HE PRAISED THE DEPARTMENT FOR MAKING CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT TO ITS CORRECTIONAL PROGRAMMES, AND CITED THE INTRODUCTION OF SCOUTING AND THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S AWARD SCHEME TO YOUNG OFFENDERS AS EXAMPLES.
+1 UNDERSTAND THERE ARE MORE REVIEWS AND MANY INNOVATIONS IN THE PIPELINE,+ MR CHAN SAID, ADDING THAT HONG KONG PEOPLE ARE INCREASINGLY AWARE OF THE DEPARTMENT'S CONTRIBUTION IN PREVENTING CRIME.
TWENTY-ONE OFFICERS AND 63 ASSISTANT OFFICERS WHO HAVE COMPLETED THE DEPARTMENT'S BASIC TRAINING WERE ON PARADE TODAY. TWO BEST RECRUITS, MR YUEN MAN-TAK AND MR LAU WAI-YIN, WERE AWARDED SILVER WHISTLES BY THE DEPUTY CHIEF SECRETARY.
OUTSTANDING CIVIC EDUCATION PROJECTS AWARDED
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THREE OUTSTANDING CIVIC EDUCATION PROJECTS HAVE BEEN SELECTED BY THE COMMITTEE ON THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION FROM A NUMBER OF ENTRIES AND THE WINNERS WERE AWARDED PRIZES OF UP TO $8 000 AT A PRESENTATION CEREMONY TODAY (SATURDAY).
TOP OF THE LIST WAS A CARTOON PICTURE EXHIBITION ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG FEDERATION OF YOUTH GROUPS. THROUGH THE CARTOON CHARACTERS, IT EXPLAINED THE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF A CITIZEN.
THE FIRST RUNNER-UP WAS THE PIONEERING CITIZENSHIP EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT ORGANISED BY THE SHUN LEE TSUEN CENTRE OF THE HONG KONG CHRISTIAN SERVICE. THE PROJECT INCORPORATED A TRAINING PROGRAMME AND A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES WHICH INCLUDED TALKS, SURVEY, EXHIBITION, QUIZ AND FORUM.
THE SECOND RUNNER-UP WAS AN EXHIBITION ORGANISED BY THE Y.M.C.A. THE THEME CENTRED ON REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.
ALL THE PARTICIPATING PROJECTS WERE SUBSIDISED BY THE FIRST TERRITORY-WIDE CIVIC EDUCATION COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION SCHEME CRGANISED BY THE COMMITTEE ON THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION LAST YEAR.
SPEAKING AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY, PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MR PETER TAM, SAID THE PURPOSE OF THE AWARD SCHEME IS TO STIMULATE AND ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS TAKING PART
IN THE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION SCHEME TO ORGANISE BETTER AND MORE INNOVATIVE PROJECTS TO PROMOTE CIVIC EDUCATION. +
/11. AUDRED