WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1990
FROM
OF
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MR LAN NOTED THAT THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS DISTRICTS HAD INCREASED ESTABLISHMENT IN 1982.
URBAN
SLC'S IN THE 10 871 SINCE THEIR
THE PUBLICATION OF
1985 IN
AND THE CURRICULUM IN THE
FOR THE COMMUNITY NEED
CIVIC
ALSO SPEAKING AT THE SEMINAR, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (SCHOOLS) OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, MR LUCAS CHAN, SAID
CIVIC EDUCATION THE "GUIDELINES ON
IN SCHOOLS" INTRODUCTION OF THE GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS FOLLOWING EDUCATION.
YEAR HAD
ΤΟ BEEN
MEET
WHICH
IN SCHOOLS PROVIDE CONCRETE
ATTENTION "CIVIC EDUCATION HAS BEEN GIVEN GREATER FOLLOWING THE PUBLICATION OF THE GUIDELINES PRINCIPLES AND DIRECTIONS ON THE SUBJECT, MR CHAN SAID.
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THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC IN EDUCATION, DR DANIEL TSE, WHO ALSO SPOKE AT THE SEMINAR, SAID THAT THE SHORT TERM, THE EMPHASIS OF CIVIC EDUCATION SHOULD KNOWLEDGE OF MATTERS SUCH AS INCREASING CITIZENS' SYSTEM, BASIC LAW, HUMAN RIGHTS, THE RULE OF AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
LAW,
AND
BE PLACED ON THE POLITICAL CIVIC RIGHTS
"IN THE LONG RUN, THE EMPHASIS SHOULD BE ON EVALUATION, CRITICAL THINKING AND PARTICIPATION," HE SAID.
DR TSE SUGGESTED
THAT
CIVIC EDUCATION SHOULD BE MADE A SEPARATE SUBJECT IN THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM.
DISTRICTS TOOK ABOUT 200 MEMBERS OF THE 10 SLC'S IN THE URBAN
WAS ORGANISED BY THE CITY AND PART IN TODAY'S SEMINAR WHICH
NEW HALL OF HENRY G. LEONG TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION AND HELD AT THE YAUMATEI COMMUNITY CENTRE.
THE REPRESENTATIVES OF
SLC'S REPORTED ON THE THREE CIVIC EDUCATION TOPICS WHICH THEY HAD EARLIER DISCUSSED IN THEIR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS.
▬▬
COMMUNITY
AND FUTURE:
CIVIC
THE
THE TOPICS ARE: ROLE OF SLC IN
BUILDING
EDUCATION
VISION OF THE A REVIEW OF THE PAST AND A WAYS TO ACHIEVE BETTER UTILISATION OF DISTRICT RESOURCES IN PROMOTING EFFORTS INSIDE CIVIC EDUCATION; AND HOW TO INTEGRATE CIVIC EDUCATION AND OUTSIDE SCHOOLS.
IN THE SLC'S, WHICH WERE SET UP SIGNIFICANT ROLE
INTER-SCHOOL
BUILDING.
IN PROMOTING
1982, HAVE BEEN PLAYING A LIAISON AND COMMUNITY
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