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FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1986

RESIDENTS ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND THE FIRE PREVENTION DAY HELD AT 2 PM. ADMISSION IS FREE.

THE EVENT, WHICH FORMS PART OF THE KWUN TONG FIRE PREVENTION CAMPAIGN, IS ORGANISED BY THE CAMPAIGN'S ORGANISING COMMITTEE AND SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD.

THIS YEAR'S CAMPAIGN IS AIMED AT PROMOTING FIRE PREVENTION IN SQUATTER AREAS, PLACING EMPHASIS ON ILLEGAL ELECTRICITY TAPPING.

TOMORROW'S EVENT WILL BE OFFICIATED BY THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICE, MR ERNEST HUNG: DISTRICT COMMANDER (KOWLOON EAST) OF THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT,

MR PAUL CHAN DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR LAM HANG-FAI; AND CHINA LIGHT'S CHIEF ENGINEER (TRANSMISSION AND DEVELOPMENT),

MR A.D. LONGMORE.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE KWUN TONG FIRE PREVENTION DAY AT 2 PM TOMORROW (SATURDAY) IN THE TSUI PING ROAD PLAYGROUND.

OPEN GOVERNMENT PROMOTES CIVIC EDUCATION

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THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SYSTEM OF OPEN GOVERNMENT IN HONG KONG HAS HELPED TO PROMOTE CIVIC EDUCATION IN THE TERRITORY, REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM SAID TODAY.

SPEAKING AT A LUNCH MEETING OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF HONG KONG ISLAND WEST, MR WIGGHAM SAID CIVIC EDUCATION WAS AN ON-GOING PROCESS OF LEARNING TO PREPARE INDIVIDUALS TO BE RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS.

+ IT HAS TO DO WITH DEVELOPING IN THE INDIVIDUAL A PROPER SENSE OF PERSONAL AND SOCIAL VALUES, AS WELL AS A PROPER AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH HE LIVES, ITS SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT AND HIS OWN RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS AS A MEMBER OF THAT COMMUNITY, HE SAID.

*THE OPEN MEETINGS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, ITS FINANCE AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEES, THE DISTRICT BOARDS AND THE REGIONAL AND URBAN COUNCILS HAVE GIVEN MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THE OPPORTUNITY TO OBSERVE, AT FIRST HAND, THE FUNCTIONING OF THE VARIOUS LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, HE ADDED.

/+ALTHOUGH EXECUTIVE