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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1987

MASS MEDIA WERE CONSIDERED THE MOST EFFECTIVE CHANNEL TO PROMOTE CIVIC EDUCATION AND MAKING CIVIC EDUCATION A COMPULSORY SUBJECT IN SCHOOL WAS ALSO CONSIDERED AN EFFECTIVE MEANS.

ONLY 24 PER CENT OF RESPONDENTS WERE AWARE OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION, BUT MRS FAN CONSIDERED THE RESPONSE SATISFACTORY AS THE COMMITTEE HAD BEEN IN OPERATION FOR ONLY A FEW MONTHS.

ALSO PRESENT AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE WERE A PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MR PETER TAM, A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE, MR CHAN WING-TAI, A REPRESENTATIVE OF AGB MCNAIR HONG KONG LTD.

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MR TAM SAID A TERRITORY-WIDE CIVIC EDUCATION CONFERENCE WOULD BE HELD ON FRIDAY (FEBRUARY 20) AT THE SHANGRI-LA HOTEL TO PROVIDE A FORUM FOR THE DISCUSSION OF FUTURE STRATEGIES FOR THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION IN HONG KONG.

UNDER THE THEME OF THE CIVIC EDUCATION ITS DIRECTION AND SIGNIFICANCE, THE CONFERENCE WOULD PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE FROM VARIOUS SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY TO EXCHANGE VIEWS AND SHARE EXPERIENCE ON THIS SUBJECT.

SENIOR MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MISS LYDIA DUNN, WOULD OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE CONFERENCE AT 9 AM AND WOULD GIVE AN OPENING ADDRESS.

THIS WOULD BE FOLLOWED BY A PLENARY SESSION IN WHICH MR DAVID CHEUNG CHI-KWONG, MRS RITA FAN; MR STEPHEN CHENG PO-HONG DR MARGARET NG DR C.Y. HUANG AND MR ANTHONY NEOH WOULD DELIVER KEYNOTE SPEECHES.

TOPICS WOULD INCLUDE THE CO-ORDINATION OF CIVIC EDUCATION INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE FORMAL SCHOOL SYSTEM; PROMOTION OF PUBLIC CONCERN ABOUT CIVIC RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AT CENTRAL LEVEL, PROMOTION OF PUBLIC CONCERN ABOUT CIVIC RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AT DISTRICT LEVEL CO-ORDINATION BETWEEN HONG KONG'S UNIQUE CULTURE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF CIVIC EDUCATION; CIVIC EDUCATION AND THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOCIETY CIVIC RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DONALD LIAO, WOULD BE MAKING THE CLOSING ADDRESS AT THE CONFERENCE.

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