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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1988
CONTINUED GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR CIVIC EDUCATION
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THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE COMMITTEE ON PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION WITH THE RESOURCES IT NEEDS FOR ITS WORK, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
THE GOVERNOR WAS SPEAKING AT THE "TO CARE AND TO GIVE: CIVIC EDUCATION DAY" AT VICTORIA PARK ORGANISED BY THE COMMITTEE TO PROMOTE A SENSE OF MUTUAL HELP AND CARE.
SIR DAVID PRAISED THE COMMITTEE FOR THE WORK IT HAS DONE IN THE PAST TWO YEARS. "SINCE IT WAS SET UP IN MAY 1986, THE COMMITTEE HAS DONE A GREAT DEAL TO FOSTER CIVIC AWARENESS AND PROMOTE GOOD CITIZENSHIP, HE SAID.
NOTING THAT THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE WAS IMPORTANT, THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION WAS ALSO ESSENTIAL IF CIVIC EDUCATION WAS TO BE A SUCCESS.
BETWEEN THE GROUPS HAVE
"IT IS GOOD TO SEE THE INCREASING CO-OPERATION COMMITTEE AND COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS. 17 LOCAL SERVICE CONTRIBUTED TO THE CIVIC EDUCATION DAY : AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OR CO-OPERATION, SIR DAVID SAID.
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HE NOTED THAT HONG KONG WAS KNOWN AROUND THE WORLD FOR ITS ECONOMIC SUCCESS BUT VERY FEW PEOPLE REALISED THAT THE HARDWORKING AND RESOURCEFUL PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WERE ALSO PREPARED TO SPEND MUCH OF THEIR LEISURE TIME HELPING OTHERS.
"IT IS A NOTABLE FEATURE OF HONG KONG THAT PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS, AND FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, PARTICIPATE ACTIVELY IN A WIDE RANGE OF VOLUNTARY SERVICES."
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"HONG KONG'S WILLINGNESS ΤΟ RESPOND ΤΟ APPEALS FOR WORTHY CAUSES HAS EVEN EARNED US A PLACE IN THE GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS, SIR DAVID SAID.
"IN ORGANISING TODAY'S CIVIC EDUCATION DAY ACTIVITIES, THE COMMITTEE ON THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION IS GIVING ADDED IMPETUS TO THIS FINE TRADITION OF MUTUAL HELP AND CARE IN THE COMMUNITY.
'WE HAVE HERE TODAY EXHIBITIONS SHOWING THE LARGE RANGE OF VOLUNTARY SERVICES WHICH EXIST IN HONG KONG TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR CITIZENS. BUT IT WILL NOT JUST BE PASSIVE VIEWING.
"EVERYBODY LOOKING AT THE EXHIBITS WILL ALSO HAVE A CHANCE TO RESPOND POSITIVELY TO REQUESTS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS OF MONEY, BLOOD DONATIONS AND, ABOVE ALL, OUR INVITATION THAT THEY SHOULD GIVE SOME OF THEIR TIME FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE IN NEED OF HELP, HE ADDED.
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THE CONCEPT OF THE TWO-WAY EXHIBITION AS AN IMAGINATIVE" ONE, THE GOVERNOR HOPED THAT EVERYONE WOULD ENJOY BOTH SEEING AND RESPONDING AND BENEFITTING FROM BOTH.
"I HOPE THAT THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WILL JOIN ALL OF US HERE TODAY IN WORKING TOGETHER TO BUILD A MORE HARMONTOUS AND CARING COMMUNITY FOR OURSELVES AND OUR CHILDREN, SIR DAVID SAID.
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