28.
Promotion of the Basic Law
Following is a question by the Hon Ambrose Lau and a reply by the acting Secretary for Home Affairs, Mrs Stella Hung, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Question:
The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China adopted the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (the Basic Law) in 1990, and promulgated its taking effect from 1 July 1997. In view of the impending implementation of the Basic Law, will the Government inform this Council:
Reply:
(a)
(b)
(c)
Mr President,
of the measures taken to publicise and promote the Basic Law, and the effectiveness of such measures;
whether there are further actions to step up the publicity and promotion of the Basic Law in the coming months; if so, what the details are; and
whether, apart from publicising the Basic Law to the public in the territory, the Government has introduced the Basic Law to countries and investment organisations which have close ties with the territory; if so, what the details are?
The Government fully recognises the importance of the Basic Law. Our efforts to promote awareness of the Basic Law have been made mainly on three fronts: through civic education, in the context of school education, and in the training of civil
servants.
Through the Committee on the Promotion of Civic Education, a variety of programmes have been undertaken to promote the Basic Law to members of the public. These include teaching materials, information booklets, videos, roving exhibitions, and media publicity campaigns such as TV and radio programmes, radio and TV APIs, electronic display boards, and teleline stories. The Committee has also sponsored projects organised by non-government organisations under the Community Participation Scheme and participated in Basic Law-related programmes organised by outside bodies.
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