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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1986

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THERE WERE NOW 46 FAMILY SERVICES CENTRES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY SERVING ABOUT 30 000 HOUSEHOLDS.

+APART FROM THE SERVICES AND COUNSELLING RENDERED BY SOCIAL WORKERS, THE FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION WORKERS IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS ALSO ORGANISE ACTIVITIES REGULARLY TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF FAMILY LIFE AND TO FOSTER GOOD CITIZENSHIP,+ MR LAW SAID.

HE OBSERVED THAT IT WAS MOST APPROPRIATE FOR THE PENINSULA JAYCEES TO CHOOSE CIVIC EDUCATION AND FAMILY LIFE AS THE THEME FOR THE CARTOON COMPETITION AND A SEMINAR TO BE HELD LATER.

MONG KOK CIVIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN OPENS

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DISTRICT BOARDS HAVE A VITAL ROLE TO PLAY IN HELPING TO PROMOTE CIVIC EDUCATION TO THE PUBLIC, CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION, MRS RITA FAN, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING OF THE MONG KOK DISTRICT CIVIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN, MRS FAN SAID THERE WAS A CERTAIN INTER-RELATING CONNECTION BETWEEN CIVIC AWARENESS OF THE PUBLIC AND THE ACTIVITIES AND WORK OF THE BOARDS.

+MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ATTACH GREAT IMPORTANCE TO ITS COMMUNICATION AND CONTACT WITH DISTRICT BOARDS.

+BESIDES CONTACTING INDIVIDUAL BOARDS AND PARTICIPATING

IN THE IR ACTIVITIES, THE COMMITTEE HAS ARRANGED TWO MEETINGS NEXT WEEK WITH BOARD MEMBERS AND ORGANISATIONS FORMED UNDER THESE BOARDS TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON CIVIC EDUCATION AND TO STRENGTHEN TIES, SHE SAID.

MRS FAN SAID THAT THE COMMITTEE WOULD APPLY FOR MORE FUNDS NEXT YEAR TO SUBSIDISE A GREATER NUMBER OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION PROJECTS ON CIVIC EDUCATION.

SHE SAID THE RESPONSE FROM VARIOUS ORGANISATIONS FOR FUNDS WAS OVERWHELMING.

MRS FAN SAID THAT A CIVIC EDUCATION RESOURCE INDEX WAS SCHEDULED FOR ISSUE IN APRIL NEXT YEAR.

THE INDEX WOULD INCORPORATE DATA AND INFORMATION COLLECTED FROM ORGANISATIONS AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS FOR SOCIETIES INTERESTED IN ORGANISING CIVIC EDUCATION ACTIVITIES.

/MRS AN