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THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1747

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CIVIC EDUCATION BECOMING EVERYONE'S CONCERN

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CIVIC EDUCATION HAS BECOME EVERYBOBY'S CONCERN AS A COROLLARY OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS, CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR LAM KAM-KWONG, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF AN EXHIBITION ENTITLED +WE LOVE OUR HOME + AT THE SHUN TAK CENTRE, MR LAM SAID THAT CIVIC EDUCATION NOW MEANT MUCH MORE THAN A TOPIC IN THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM.

HE SAID THAT THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION WAS A LONG-TERM TASK AND SUCCESS HINGED ON THE CONTINUOUS SUPPORT AND ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF LOCAL ORGANISATIONS AND RESIDENTS AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL TO COMPLEMENT THE EFFORTS OF THE GOVERNMENT.

HE ADDED THAT HE WAS VERY IMPRESSED BY YOUNG PEOPLE'S ENTHUSIAU. IN PUTTING UP SUCH A MEANINGFUL EXHIBITION.

MR LAM ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THE DISTRICT BOARD, THE COUNCIL OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT SCHOOL HEADS AND THE 13 SECONDARY SCHOOLS WHO ORGANISED AND ASSISTED IN THE PROJECT.

ALSO SPEAKING AT THE OCCASION, CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR VINCENT KO, SAID THE BOARD SPENT ABOUT $110 111 LAST YEAR TO SUPPORT VARIOUS CIVIC EDUCATION ACTIVITIES IN THE DISTRICT.

OTHER GUESTS INCLUDED THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS ELIZABETH TSE, CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT SCHOOL HEADS, MR LEE SHUNG-TAK, A SENIOR EDUCATION OFFICER, MR WONG WING-TIM, AND THE MANAGER OF THE SHUN TAK ENTERPRISES CORPORATION LIMITED, MR SHUM YUE-TIM.

THREE SCHOOLS - THE HENRIETTA SCHOOL, THE ST. PAUL'S COLLEGE AND THE YING WA GIRLS' COLLEGE - WERE AWARDED PRIZES FOR THE IR OUTSTANDING PRESENTATION WHILE OTHERS RECEIVED SOUVENIRS AT THE CEREMONY.

SPONSORED BY THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT BOARD AND THE SHUN TAK ENTERPRISES CORPORATION LIMITED, THE PROJECT WAS ORGANISED BY THE BOARD'S COMMUNITY BUILDING AND SERVICES COMMITTEE AND ASSISTED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE THE COUNCIL OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT SCHOOL HEADS, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND ICAC.

THE THREE-DAY EXHIBITION WILL BE HELD AT THE SHUN TAK CENTRE UNTIL SATURDAY.

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