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SUNDAY, JUNE 29, 1986

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EDUCATION TEAMS TO FOSTER GOOD CITIZENSHIP

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THIRTEEN CIVIC EDUCATION TEAMS, COMPRISING ABOUT 130 MEMBERS, WERE OFFICIALLY FORMED TODAY (SUNDAY) AT AN INAUGURATION CEREMONY ORGANISED BY THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARD'S WORKING- GROUP ON THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION.

THE CEREMONY, HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH A CIVIC EDUCATION SEMINAR, WAS THE FIRST ACTIVITY ORGANISED BY THE WORKING GROUP FOR 1986-87.

THE CIVIC EDUCATION TEAMS WOULD HELP THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE GOVERNMENT TO DETERMINE THE SCOPE OF CIVIC EDUCATION THAT WAS NEEDED, THE ACTING DISTRICT OFFICER, MR NG HON-WAH, SAID.

+THE FORMATION OF THE TEAMS WILL PROVIDE A CHANCE FOR THE RESIDENTS TO BECOME MORE INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND MORE WILLING TO PUT THE PUBLIC INTEREST BEFORE THEIR OWN, MR NG SAID.

THE CIVIC EDUCATION TEAMS WERE SET UP UNDER THE 13 AREA COMMITTEES IN WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT.

MEMBERS COME FROM A CROSS-SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND INCLUDE FACTORY WORKERS, LAWYERS, TEACHERS, SOCIAL WORKERS, COMMUNITY LEADERS, MERCHANTS AND HOUSEWIVES.

THE DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR MICHAEL CHENG, PRAISED THE TEAM MEMBERS FOR THEIR ENTHUSIASM.

+THEIR PARTICIPATION IN CIVIC EDUCATION SETS AN EXAMPLE IN GOOD CITIZENSHIP, HE SAID.

+ THE DISTRICT BOARD PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN ADVISING THE GOVERNMENT AND IN ASSISTING PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES IN CIVIC EDUCATION,+

MR CHENG NOTED THAT A WORKING GROUP ON THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION WAS SET UP UNDER THE BOARD'S COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE IN DECEMBER.

A NUMBER OF PUBLIC MEETINGS HAD BEEN ORGANISED BY THE GROUP FOR THE URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS IN MARCH AND THESE HAD DRAWN A GOOD RESPONSE FROM RESIDENTS.

+THE FORMATION OF THE CIVIC EDUCATION TEAMS IS THE SECOND STEP TO FURTHER ENHANCE THE CIVIC AWARENESS OF THE COMMUNITY, + HE SAID.

/THE LEADER