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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1987

WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE CIVIC EDUCATION

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THE COMMITTEE ON THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION HAD EMBARKED ON A WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES TOGETHER WITH GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND RESIDENTS BODIES TO PROMOTE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF CIVIC EDUCATION AMONG RESIDENTS, THE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBER, MRS RITA FAN, SAID THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING.

SPEAKING AT A VARIETY SHOW TO MARK THE CLOSING OF THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT CIVIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN, MRS FAN SAID THE COMMITTEE HAD SET ASIDE $250 000 IN 1986-87 TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS IN ORGANISING CIVIC EDUCATION ACTIVITIES.

+AT THE SAME TIME, THE COMMITTEE WILL ALSO REVIEW REGULARLY THE OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE OF CIVIC EDUCATION TO MEET THE RAPID CHANGES OF OUR SOCIETY, SHE SAID.

+IN ADDITION, THE COMMITTEE IS COLLECTING REFERENCE MATERIALS IN PREPARING AN INFORMATION KIT ON A CIVIC EDUCATION RESOURCE INDEX.

*THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION IS ONE OF THE MOST PRESSING TASKS FOR HONG KONG AS THE COMMUNITY IS FACING AN IMPENDING REFORM ON ITS POLITICAL STRUCTURES.

+ IN ORDER TO BUILD A STABLE AND PROSPEROUS SOCIETY, THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE MORE EDUCATED AND INVOLVED IN THESE RESPECTS, SHE SAID.

THE COMMITTEE ON THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION WAS FORMED BY THE GOVERNMENT LAST YEAR. ITS MEMBERS COMPRISE COMMUNITY LEADERS AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.

MRS FAN SAID SHE WAS PLEASED THAT THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT HAD TAKEN THE LEAD IN LAUNCHING A YEAR-LONG CIVIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN IN 1986-87 AND THAT THE CAMPAIGN WOULD CONTINUE NEXT YEAR.

TONIGHT'S VARIETY SHOW FEATURED PERFORMANCES BY POPULAR SINGERS, THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT CHILDREN'S CHORUS AND THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT DANCE GROUP AS WELL AS A DRAMA BY THE HO MAN TIN SOUTH AREA COMMITTEE.

THE SHOW, SPONSORED BY THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD, WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT CIVIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN ORGANISING COMMITTEE AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE.

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