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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1985

SECOND CYCLE OF 1.D. CARDS FOR WOMEN TO START

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ABOUT 715 000 WOMEN BORN IN OR BEFORE 1946 WILL BE REQUIRED TO APPLY FOR THE NEW HONG KONG IDENTITY CARDS NEXT YEAR.

THE SECOND CYCLE OF THE NEW 1.D. CARD ISSUE SCHEME FOR WOMEN WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN EIGHT PHASES OVER A PERIOD OF NINE MONTHS.

IT WILL BEGIN SHORTLY AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE PRESENT REPLACEMENT SCHEME FOR MEN ON JANUARY 11.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT SAID ADVANCE NOTICE OF THE COMING SCHEME FOR WOMEN IS GIVEN SIMPLY TO ADVISE WOMEN CONCERNED TO WATCH OUT FOR THE EXACT DATES FOR THEIR

APPLICATIONS.

+FULL DETAILS OF THE INDIVIDUAL PHASES WILL BE WIDELY PUBLICISED ON TELEVISION, RADIO AND NEWSPAPERS IN DUE COURSE, HE SAID.

THE FIRST CYCLE OF THE REPLACEMENT .D. CARD SCHEME FOR WOMEN INVOLVING THOSE BORN IN OR AFTER 1947 WAS COMPLETED IN MARCH THIS YEAR.

PRACTICE, PARTICIPATION VITAL TO CIVIC EDUCATION

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PRACTICE AND PARTICIPATION ARE IMPORTANT ELEMENTS IN STIMULATING STUDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT CIVIC RESPONSIBILITIES AND ENHANCE THEIR COMMUNITY CONSCIOUSNESS, KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR KEVIN MAK, SAID THIS (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF A CIVIC EDUCATION CAMP+ AT WU KAI SHA, MR MAK SAID: THE OBJECTIVES OF CIVIC EDUCATION CANNOT BE ACHIEVED IF IT IS TREATED SIMPLY AS AN ACADEMIC SUBJECT.

+PRACTICE AND PARTICIPATION IS VITAL TO GETTING THE MESSAGE

OF CIVIC EDUCATION ACROSS TO STUDENTS.+

HE SAID THE CIVIC EDUCATION CAMP WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF PRACTICE AND PARTICIPATION. ACTIVITIES LIKE MOCK ELECTIONS HAD BEEN ORGANISED TO ENABLE THE PARTICIPANTS TO GAIN EXPERIENCE IN LOCAL POLITICS.

+APART FROM ENHANCING STUDENTS' UNDERSTANDING OF OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM AND CIVIC DUTIES, CIVIC EDUCATION SHOULD ALSO HELP THEM BUILD A SOUND NEIGHBOURHOOD AND FAMILY RELATIONSHIP,+ MR MAK SAID.

/+ON THE