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SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1986

THE MONG KOK DISTRICT OFFICER, MRS BRENDA FUNG, AND THE DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR CHOW CHUN-FAI, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE OPENING OF THE MONG KOK DISTRICT SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME TO BE HELD TODAY AT 8 PM IN MACPHERSON INDOJK STADIUM, YIM PO FONG STREET.

LOCAL GROUPS CAN HELP PROMOTE CIVIC EDUCATION

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WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ROGER GARCIA, TODAY (SATURDAY) CALLED UPON LOCAL ORGANISATIONS TO JOIN HANDS WITH THE GOVERNMENT TO PROMOTE CIVIC EDUCATION, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MAJOR PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNS THIS YEAR.

SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT SCOUTS ASSOCIATION THIS EVENING, MR GARCIA PRAISED THE CIVIC MINDEDNESS OF THE MEMBERS AND THANKED THEM FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN PARTICIPATING IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.

HE SAID THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICE WOULD BEGIN A SERIES

OF CIVIC EDUCATION PUBLICITY ACTIVITIES THIS MONTH.

+APART FROM AROUSING THE IR CIVIC AWARENESS, IT IS HOPED THAT THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN VARIOUS ACTIVITIES, THE RESIDENTS WOULD LEARN MORE ABOUT THE IR CIVIC RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES, HE SAID.

AN +AN ORIENTEERING COMPETITION WILL BE HELD IN LATE JULY, EXHIBITION IN SEPTEMBER AND A VAR IETY SHOW IN DECEMBER. ALL THESE, TOGETHER WITH OTHER FUNCTIONS, WILL CENTRE ON CIVIC EDUCATION.+

MR GARCIA SAID IT WAS HOPED THAT THE SCOUTS ASSOCIATION WOULD ALSO JOIN WITH THE GOVERNMENT IN PROMOTING CIVIC EDUCATION.

PAPERS SOUGHT FOR INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON LANGUAGE

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LANGUAGE TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS WHO WISH TO SUBMIT ABSTRACTS FOR PAPERS AND WORKSHOPS AT THE SECOND INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION (ILE) INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ARE REMINDED THAT JULY 31 IS THE DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION AND RECEIPT OF PAPERS.

THE SEMINAR WILL BE HELD FROM DECEMBER 15 AND 17 AT THE SHANGRI-LA HOTEL, TSIM SHA TSUI EAST.

/THE OBJECTIVES