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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1975.

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PROMOTING CIVIC CONSCIOUSNESS

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A SERIES OF SEMINARS TO PROMOTE CIVIC CONSCIOUSNESS WILL BE HELD THIS MONTH IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE +OUR CITY OUR CONCERN' PROJECT ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT.

THE SEMINARS WILL BE HELD ON A REGIONAL AND DISTRICT BASIS WITH THE AIM OF FOSTERING GREATER PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE · SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT AND THE JUDICIARY, AND GREATER AWARENESS OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

THE THEME OF THE REGIONAL SEMINARS IS +GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE+ AND DISCUSSIONS WILL FOCUS ON THE SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT, THE JUDICIARY IN A CHANGING SOCIETY, AND GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC OPINION.

THREE REGIONAL SEMINARS WILL BE HELD SIMULTANEOUSLY FROM 2 P.M. TO 5 P.M. THIS SATURDAY (JANUARY 18) AT THE CARITAS CENTRE IN CAINE ROAD, THE HO LAP. COLLEGE IN TSEUK LUK STREET, SAN PO KONG, AND AT WAH YAN COLLEGE IN WATERLOO ROAD, KOWLOON.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND THE SEMINARS AND TO TAKE PART IN THE DISCUSSION. ADMISSION TICKETS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM ANY OF THE TEN CITY DISTRICT OFFICES.

THE DISTRICT SEMINARS WILL BE HELD ON JANUARY 25 IN THE

10 CITY DISTRICTS - WESTERN, CENTRAL, WAN CHAI, EASTERN, YAU MA TEI, SHAM SHUI PO, WONG TAI SIN, KOWLOON CITY, MONG KOK AND KWUN TONG. *THE THEME OF THESE SEMINARS WILL BE +YOUR DISTRICT AND YOU+.

THE RESULTS OF THE SEMINARS WILL BE COMPILED INTO A BOOKLET FOR DISTRIBUTION TO THE PARTICIPANTS, AND WILL ALSO BE FORWARDED TO THE GOVERNMENT FOR CONSULATION IN POLICY DECISION MAKING.

NOTE TO EDITORS

MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE WELCOME TO COVER THE SEMINARS.