FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1987
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PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION
THE NEW COMMITTEE ON THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION HELD ITS FIRST MEETING TODAY (FRIDAY) AFTER IT WAS RECONSTITUTED RECENTLY.
MRS RITA FAN WAS RE-APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE. FIVE NEW MEMBERS WERE APPOINTED TO THE COMMITTEE TO REPLACE THREE OUTGOING MEMBERS AND TO BRING IN NEW EXPERTISE FOR THE EFFECTIVE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION.
THE NEW MEMBERS ARE MR TAI CHIN-WAH, LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR MR IP KING-MAN OF THE HONG KONG JAYCEE; MR POON KAI-TIK, A DIRECTOR OF AN ADVERTISING COMPANY; MR JUSTEIN C.WONG, SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER; AND MR PETER YEUNG KWOK-HUNG, A LIBRARIAN OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.
THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE COMMITTEE AS LAID DOWN IN ITS TERMS OF REFERENCE IS TO PROMOTE CIVIC EDUCATION OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. TO THIS END THE COMMITTEE SET UP AT ITS MEETING TODAY FOUR SUB-COMMITTEES ON OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE: PUBLICITY; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; AND CIVIC EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTRE.
THE COMMITTEE AGREED TO STRENGTHEN LIAISON WITH DISTRICT ORGANISATIONS INVOLVED IN CIVIC EDUCATION ACTIVITIES, TO CONTINUE TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN CIVIC EDUCATION PROJECTS AND TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY SUPPORT TO ACTIVITIES AIMED AT THE PROMOTION OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP.
MRS FAN SAID THE RECENTLY-PUBLISHED CIVIC EDUCATION RESOURCE INDEX WAS BEING WIDELY USED BY MANY ORGANISATIONS.
"THE INDEX WILL BE UPDATED PERIODICALLY AND PLANS ARE TO DEVELOP A FULL-SCALE RESOURCE CENTRE ΤΟ PROVIDE MATERIALS FOR THE ORGANISATIONS OF CIVIC EDUCATION PROJECTS.
"FOR THE YEAR 1987/88, A TOTAL OF $500,000 HAS BEEN SUBSIDISING CIVIC EDUCATION PROJECTS UNDER THE PARTICIPATION SCHEME, MRS FAN SAID.
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EARMARKED COMMUNITY
THE NEW COMMITTEE COMPRISES 13 NON-GOVERNMENT MEMBERS AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS. THEY ARE:
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