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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1986

ALSO SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT'S CIVIC EDUCATION CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE, MRS ENA CHAN, SAID THE COMMITTEE HAD CHOSEN THE FORMAT OF A FESTIVAL TO PROMOTE CIVIC EDUCATION SO THAT PARTICIPANTS COULD LEARN ABOUT THEIR CIVIC RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES BY TAKING PART IN LIVELY AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

SHE SAID SHE HOPED THE FESTIVAL WOULD ALSO STIMULATE OTHER ORGANISATIONS TO ORGANISE MORE CIVIC ACTIVITIES.

PRESENT AT THE CEREMONY ALSO WERE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR AUGUSTINE CHENG, DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR YIP WAH, AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD'S COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE, MR SO so CHUNG-PING.

AFTER THE CEREMONY, PARTICIPANTS TOOK PART IN VARIOUS CIVIC GAMES AT GAME STALLS AND WATCHED A VARIETY SHOW STAGED BY VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND THE +TVB CARES+ TEAM.

EARLIER, A QUIZ FINAL ON CIVIC EDUCATION WAS HELD AND PRIZES WERE PRESENTED TO THE WINNING TEAMS TODAY.

BESIDE THE CARNIVAL, A WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES INCLUDING A FAMILY CAMP, A CIVIC IMPLEMENTATION SCHEME FOR YOUTH AND A SEMINAR WOULD BE HELD DURING THE FESTIVAL WHICH WOULD LAST UNTIL NOVEMBER 23.

THE ENTIRE PROGRAMME COST ABOUT $110 000, OF WHICH $70 000 WAS FROM DISTRICT BOARD FUNDS.

30 PROJECTS SELECTED FOR CIVIC EDUCATION

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THE FIRST TERRITORY-WIDE CIVIC EDUCATION COMMUNITY PROJECTS SCHEME ORGANISED BY THE COMMITTEE ON THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION HAS DRAWN CONSIDERABLE INTEREST FROM THE PUBLIC, THE CONVENOR OF THE PARTICIPATION GROUP, MR MAK HOI-WAH, SAID TODAY.

+ A TOTAL SUBSIDY OF $250 000 HAS BEEN EARMARKED FOR THIS YEAR'S PROJECTS. BUT THE COMMITTEE HAS RECEIVED MORE THAN 120 APPLICATIONS, REQUESTING FOR SUBSIDIES AMOUNTING TO ONE MILLION DOLLARS, HE SAID.

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