WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1985
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RESOURCES DEPLOYED TO PROMOTE CIVIC EDUCATION
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THE GOVERNMENT AND DISTRICT BOARDS HAVE ALLOCATED FUNDS TO ORGANISE PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNS TO PROMOTE CIVIC AWARENESS AND RESPONSIBILITY AT ALL LEVELS, SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, THE HON DONALD LIAO, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON SZETO WAH ON THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES FOR THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION, MR LIAO SAID EXISTING RESOURCES HAVE ALREADY BEEN DEPLOYED TO PROMOTE CIVIC EDUCATION.
+FOR INSTANCE, IN EDUCATION, RESOURCES HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED IN STAFF TRAINING AND PRODUCTION OF RELEVANT TEACHING MODULES AND EDUCATION TELEVISION PROGRAMME ON CIVIC EDUCATION,+ HE SAID.
+ALL THESE DEVELOPMENTS AND FUTURE EFFORTS WILL OBVIOUSLY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND NECESSARY FUNDS ARE ALREADY BEING SOUGHT IN THE 1986-87 ESTIMATES, HE ADDED.
MR LIAO SAID THAT PROMOTING CIVIC EDUCATION WAS A CONTINUOUS EXERCISE.
+ IN STEPPING UP OUR EFFORTS NOW WITH A VIEW TO REAPING EVEN MORE POSITIVE RESULTS IN FUTURE, SUPPORT FROM ALL SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY IS NEEDED,+ HE SAID.
NO PLANS TO FILL SCIENTIST POST
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THERE ARE NO IMMEDIATE PLANS TO FILL THE POST OF GOVERNMENT SCIENTIST, PENDING A FRESH LOOK AT THE NEED FOR SUCH AN APPOINTMENT, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE HON SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY PROF THE HON C.K. POON IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, SIR DAVID SAID THAT THE REVIEW WILL COVER AN EXAMINATION OF THE FUNDAMENTAL ROLE OF THE GOVERNMENT SCIENTIST IN RELATION TO THE WORK OF OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WITH RESPONSIBILITIES IN THIS AREA, SUCH AS THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT, THE GOVERNMENT LABORATORY, THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.+
+A FURTHER CONSIDERATION IS WHETHER A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ADVICE ON THE MANY DISCIPLINES OF SCIENCE WHICH ARE OF A HIGHLY SPECIAL ISED NATURE, OR WHETHER WE SHOULD RELY ON CONSULTANTS FOR A BROADER FIELD OF ADVICE, HE ADDED.
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