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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1987

CIVIC EDUCATION PROGRAMMED FOR YOUNG CITIZENS

MORE AND MORE COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS ARE ALERT IMPORTANCE OF CONSOLIDATING CIVIC EDUCATION AND THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT IN BUILDING A BETTER COMMUNITY.

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THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE PROMOTION OF Civic EDUCATION, MRS RITA FAN, MADE THIS OBSERVATION AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF A "CIVIC EDUCATION FOR YOUNG CITIZEN" PROJECT HELD AT THE SHA TIN CITY PLAZA TODAY (SATURDAY).

IT FORMED ONE OF 23 PROJECTS ORGANISED UNDER THE PATRONAGE THE COMMITTER'S COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION SUB-COMMITTEE.

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THE PROJECT ORGANISER, MR LAU KWOK-KUEN OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH SOCIAL SERVICES - HONG KONG, SAID THE PROJECT WAS AIMED AT INSTILLING A SENSE OF CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY AMONG TEENAGERS.

MRS FAN SAID THAT INCULCATION AS SUCH SHOULD GO BEYOND THE MEANS OF SHEER AWARENESS, ENCOURAGING YOUNSTERS TO PUT INTO PRACTICE WHAT THEY HAD LEARNT ABOUT CIVIC EDCUATION.

THIS YEAR, A TOTAL OF $500,000 HAS BEEN BARMARKED FOR THE FINANCING OF CIVIC EDUCATION-ORIENTED PROGRAMMES, IN WHICH TRE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION SCHEME CONSTITUTES A PART OF THIS GOVERNMENT ATTEMPT TO BOOST CIVIC TRAINING IN THE TERRITORY.

IN ORDER THAT CIVIC EDUCATION RELATED MESSAGES CAN BE DRIVEN HOME TO INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS, THE COMMITTEE WILL BE PRODUCING TWO NEW TELEVISION ANNOUNCEMENTS IN PUBLIC INTEREST (API).

IN ADDITION, THREE EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION EPISODES, IN CONJUNCTION WITH RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG, WILL EARLY NEXT YEAR.

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BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, A CIVIC EDUCATION NEWSLETTER PRODUCED. THE PUBLICATION IS ΤΟ BE ISSUED ON A QUARTERLY CARRYING UPDATES ON RELATED ACTIVITIES AND REPORTING THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN CIVIC EDUCATION.

THE QUARTERLY PROVIDES A PLATFORM WHEREBY PEOPLE CAN AIR EXCHANGE THEIR VIEWS ON THE SUBJECT.

MEANWHILE, PREPARATIONS ARE IN HAND FOR A ONE-DAY SEMINAR CIVIC EDUCATION SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER. INTERESTED PARTIES WILL MEETING TO DISCUSS WAYS BY WHICH THE LEVEL OF CIVIC AWARENESS PARTICIPATION CAN BE ENHANCED.

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