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SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1987

HE ALSO SAID THE COMMITTEE HAD CONDUCTED A SURVEY ON RESIDENTS' CIVIC-MINDEDNESS IN NOVEMBER AND THE FINDINGS WOULD BE RELEASED LATER THIS MONTH.

THE COMMITTEE WAS ALSO COMPILING AN INDEX ON CIVIC EDUCATION MATERIAL AND PRELIMINARY WORK WAS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN MARCH.

ON FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS IN STAGING CIVIC EDUCATION ACTIVITIES, MR MAK SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD DECIDED TO DOUBLE THE ALLOCATION TO $500 000 NEXT FINANCIAL YEAR.

HE SAID A MAJOR PROGRAMME ORGANISED BY THE COMMITTEE WOULD BE A SEMINAR ON FEBRUARY 20 FOR ABOUT 150 PARTICIPANTS WHO WOULD EXCHANGE VIEWS ON CIVIC EDUCATION. THESE VIEWS WOULD BE CONSIDERED WHEN WORKING OUT FUTURE STRATEGY IN PROMOTING CIVIC EDUCATION.

THE CIVIC EDUCATION CARNIVAL WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE KWUN TONG SCHOOL LIAISON COMMITTEE. IT AIMED AT PROMOTING CIVIC AWARENESS AND CIVIC RESPONSIBILITIES AMONG THE STUDENTS.

ACTIVITIES INCLUDED AN EXHIBITION OF ENTRIES IN CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY AND DRAWING COMPETITIONS, AND GAMES STALLS ON THE THEME OF CIVIC EDUCATION.

OFFICIATING WITH MR MAK WERE THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR Y.T. LI, KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR EDDY CHAN, AND DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR LAM HANG-FAI.

PROMOTION OF CARE FOR ELDERLY STRESSED

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THE DEMAND FOR SOCIAL SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE ELDERLY HAD BEEN GREAT IN WAN CHAI AS THEY TOOK UP A SIZEABLE PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION IN THE DISTRICT, WAN CHAI ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER MISS CARMAN CHIU, SAID AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF A FREE FILM SHOW FOR THE ELDERLY THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING.

ABOUT 1 000 SENIOR RESIDENTS ATTENDED THE SHOW, ONE OF THE PROGRAMMES OF THE DISTRICT'S ANNUAL +CARE FOR THE OLD+ CAMPAIGN.

THE CAMPAIGN, CONDUCTED FOR THE PAST 17 YEARS BY THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICE, LOCAL ORGANISATIONS AND SHOPS, HAD BECOME A TRADITION IN THE DISTRICT, MISS CHIU SAID.

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