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WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1989
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IN THE RUN UP TO 1997, LOCAL RESIDENTS SHOULD. STEP RECOGNISE THEIR RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS AS PROTECTED UNDER THE SAID,
AHEAD TO
LAW, HE
DR TSE ALSO OUTLINED THE COMMITTEE'S WORK PRIORITIES FOR THE NEXT 12 MONTHS.
THESE INCLUDE THE NEED то STRENGTHEN THE PEOPLE'S UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT CONTRIBUTES TO HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC SUCCESS AND CONTINUED STABILITY.
ALSO IMPORTANT IS THE NEED TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT THE CONTINUED WELL-BEING OF HONG KONG DEPENDS ON THE PEOPLE'S RATIONAL PARTICIPATION IN ITS ADMINISTRATION AT VARIOUS LEVELS AND THEIR DETERMINATION TO UPHOLD THE SPIRIT OF THE RULE OF LAW.
FURTHERMORE, RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO TAKE AN ACTIVE PART IN THE 1991 DIRECT ELECTIONS, PARTICULARLY IN TERMS OF VOTING. ALSO THE BASIS FOR DEVELOPING THEIR INDEPENDENT THINKING OVER THES.. ISSUES SHOULD BE PROVIDED.
DR TSE SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD ALLOCATED $2.1 MILLION FOR THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION IN 1989-90.
THE COMMITTEE HAS AGREED THAT IN 1989-90 MORE RESOURCES SHOULD BE DEVOTED TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF, AND PARTICIPATION IN, THE POLITICAL AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS OF HONG KONG; AND TO PROMOTE THE SPIRIT OF THE RULE OF LAW.
PREPARATION FOR AREA COMMITTEE GATHERING UNDERWAY
THE CITY AND
NEW TERRITORIES
ADMINISTRATION AND THU 1,800
DISTRICIN
URBAN
COMMITTEES IN THE 10 MEMBERS OF THE 89 AREA
ARE WORKING TOGETHER TOWARDS MAKING THE FORTHCOMING BIG GATHERING FOR AREA COMMITTEES A SUCCESS.
FOR HONG KONG AND
AT LAN,
AN KOWLOON. MR DAVID
FOR SEMINAR
AREA COMMITTRES IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT THIS (WEDNESDAY) EVENING.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE REGIONAL SECRETARY
"A STEP CLOSER"
HE SAID THE GATHERING WAS SCHEDULED TO BE AS ELIZABETH STADIUM IN WAN CHAI ON NOVEMBER 18 SERIES OF "A STEP CLOSER" SEMINARS.
HELD
THE IN THE CLIMAX TO
QUEEN THE
THE
BY HEADED
PRINCIPAL RAYMOND WONG, HAD
MR LAN SAID AN ORGANISING COMMITTEE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR BEEN FORMED WITH MEMBERS DRAWN FROM VARIOUS DISTRICT OFFICES.
THE COMMITTEE