XN000022-1987-01-25 — Page 2

SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 1987

JLG EXPERTS TO MEET IN PEKING

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BRITISH AND CHINESE TEAMS OF EXPERTS WILL MEET IN PEKING TOMORROW (MONDAY) TO FOLLOW UP DISCUSSIONS THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE FIFTH MEETING OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP ON LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE RIGHT OF ABODE ENDORSEMENT.

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE BRITISH TEAM WOULD BE LED BY MR A.J. CARTER, THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION.

CIVIC EDUCATION NEEDS GREATER BOOST IN MONG KOK

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MOST MONG KOK RESIDENTS BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A GREAT NEED TO PROMOTE CIVIC EDUCATION AS IT IS TIME TO RAISE PEOPLE'S LEVEL OF CIVIC-MINDEDNESS, ACCORDING TO A SURVEY CONDUCTED IN THE DISTRICT.

THE SURVEY, PART OF THE MONG KOK DISTRICT CIVIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN, WAS TO FIND OUT RESIDENTS' VIEWS ON THE MATTER AND THEIR PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.

ANNOUNCING THE FINDINGS TODAY (SUNDAY) AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE CAMPAIGN, DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER MR JACOB CHAN, WHO SUPERVISED THE PROJECTS, INDICATED THAT ONE-FIFTH OF THE 1 000 RESPONDENTS HAD NEVER HEARD OF THE TERM +CIVIC EDUCATION+ AND MORE THAN 95 PER CENT FELT THERE WAS A NEED TO PROMOTE CIVIC EDUCATION.

+SEVENTY-SIX PER CENT OF THOSE WHO KNEW IT SAID THEY LEARNED OF IT FROM THE MASS MEDIA, AND THE REST FROM SCHOOLS AND YOUTH COMMUNITY CENTRES.

+ HOWEVER, IT IS VERY ENCOURAGING TO NOTE THAT THE YOUNGER AND BETTER-EDUCATED GENERATION ARE MORE RECEPTIVE TO CIVIC EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, HE SAID.

MOST RESPONDENTS POINTED OUT THAT THE MAIN CONTENT OF CIVIC EDUCATION SHOULD PRIMARILY BE LOCAL AFFAIRS.

+THEIR CHOICES OF CONTENT WERE PUBLIC AFFAIRS, MORAL EDUCATION, DEMOCRACY AND THE DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL SYSTEM, THE STRUCTURE AND THE OPERATION OF POLITICAL AND FINANCIAL SYSTEMS, AS WELL AS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHINA AND HONG KONG, MR CHAN EXPLAINED.

/ON CIVIC