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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1987

ROVING CIVIC EDUCATION CARNIVALS IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES

TWO FULLY-DECORATED AUTOMOBILES WILL BK PLYING NINE MAJOR PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES THROUGHOUT KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES ON SUNDAY (SEPTEMBER 13) AFTERNOON, PROVIDING ENTERTAINMENT AND AT THE SAME TIME PROMULGATING MESSAGES ON CIVIC RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES TO RESIDENTS.

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PATRONISED BY THE COMMITTEE ON THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION AND ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG PEOPLE'S COUNCIL IN HOUSING POLICY, THE MOBILE CARNIVAL WAS ONE OF 23 SUBSIDISED COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION PROJECTS ON CIVIC EDUCATION THIS YEAR.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE, MRS RITA FAN, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY TO BE HELD IN THE AFTERNOON AT THE TAI WO HAU ESTATE IN TSUEN WAN. ALSO PRESENT WILL BE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTER'S COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION PROJECTS SUB-COMMITTEE, MR MAK HOI-WAH.

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SPEAKING ON THE OBJECTIVES OF THE CARNIVAL, MRS FAN SAID: INTER-DISTRICTS CARNIVAL AIMS AT FORTIFYING PEOPLE'S AWARENE99 ABOUT THEIR CIVIC RIGHTS, IN PARTICULAR, THEIR RIGHTS TO KNOW AND ΤΟ EXPRESS.

"HOWEVER, AN EQUILIBRIUM SHOULD BE STRUCK BETWEEN WHAT WE ARE ENTITLED TO AND WHAT WE OUGHT TO CONTRIBUTE. IT'S TIME THAT PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE A MORE ACTIVE PART IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS."

THE ORGANISING EXECUTIVE OF THE CARNIVAL, MR CHUNG MAN-FAI. SAID THE TWO PURPOSE-BUILT AUTOMOBILES WOULD BE VISITING WONG TAI SIN, TUNG TAU, CHOI HUNG AND TAI HANG TUNG ESTATES IN KOWLOON AND TAI WO HAU, BUTTERFLY, YAU OI, SHEK LI AND LAI KING ESTATES IN THE NEW

TERRITORIES.

RESIDENTS OF THESE ESTATES WOULD BE TREATED TO A VARIETY OF ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMMES INCLUDING DRAMA, SINGING, LION-DANCE,

GAMES, QUIZ AND EXHIBITIONS.

IN THE SAME AFTERNOON, THE RESPECTIVE HOUSING ESTATES WILL ALSO HOLD DISCUSSION FORUMS FOR RESIDENTS TO EXCHANGE AND SHARE THEIR VIEWS ON CIVIC EDUCATION.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE INVITED ΤΟ COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY TO BE HELD AT 12.30 PM ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF FU KEUNO IN TAI WO HAU ESTATE IN TSUEN WAN .

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