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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1985
ANTI-NARCOTICS EXHIBITION AT KWAI CHUNG ****
A PICTORIAL EXHIBITION SHOWING THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF DRUGS WILL BE MOUNTED ON THE PODIUM OF CHOI YIU ESTATE IN KWAI CHUNG TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON.
THE EXHIBITION, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI DSTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE AND THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS, WILL BE HELD FROM 2 TO 6 PM.
A DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE SPOKESMAN SAID THE AIM OF THE EXHIBITION IS TO AROUSE AWARENESS AMONG RESIDENTS ESPECIALLY YOUNGSTERS, ON THE DANGERS AND DESTRUCTIVE EFFECTS OF TAKING DRUGS.
SIMILAR EXHIBITIONS WILL BE HELD AT THE CHEUNG CHING COMMUNITY CENTRE ON DECEMBER 21- THE TAI WO HAU COMMUNITY CENTRE ON DECEMBER 28, AND SHEK LEI COMMUNITY CENTRE ON JANUARY 4.
YOUTHS URGED TO JOIN CIVIC AFFAIRS
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SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT_ADMINISTRATION, MR DONALD LIAO, TODAY (FRIDAY) STRESSED THE IMPORTANT ROLE YOUNG SCHOOL GRADUATES HAVE TO PLAY IN PROMOTING AND PARTICIPATING IN CIVIC AFFAIRS.
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WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT REPERTOIRE OF ACTIVITIES AND CHANNELS FOR PARTICIPATION HAVE INCREASED, HE SAID.
SPEAKING AT THE ST STEPHEN GIRLS' COLLEGE SPEECH DAY, MR LIAO URGED YOUNG PEOPLE TO EXERCISE THE IR CIVIC RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS IN CIVIC AFFAIRS AND HELP BUILD A FULL AND HAPPY LIFE FOR THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.
INVOLVEMENT IN SCHOOL ACTIVITIES HAS HELPED TO ENHANCE CIVIC VALUES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF STUDENTS, HE SAID.
+MORAL AND CIVIC AWARENESS START FROM THE INDIVIDUAL'S WILLINGNESS TO CARE AND TO RESPOND TO OTHER PEOPLE'S NEEDS, WHILE UPON LEAVING SCHOOL, RESPONDING TO OTHER'S NEEDS IS LESS CONFINED TO THOSE IN YOUR IMMEDIATE ENVIRONMENT, BUT RATHER SOCIETY AT LARGE,+ HE SAID.
MR LIAQ SAID IN A FREE SOCIETY, ONE COULD CHOOSE TO LEAD A MATERIALISTIC AND INWARD LOOKING LIFE OR A MORE BALANCED ONE BY EXERCISING ONE'S CIVIC RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS.
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