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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1987

AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, MR LEUNG REPORTED THAT IN THE PAST YEAR,

MANY THE ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN BY THE

WORKING GROUPS FORMED UNDER THE AEGIS OF EITHER DISTRICT BOARDS OR DISTRICT OFFICES HAD PROVED BE WELL SUPPORTED BY THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.

THE HALF-DAY WORKSHOP WAS ORGANISED TO EXPLORE BETTER MEANS

AND RESPONSIBILITIES AS PROMOTE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF CIVIC RIGHTS FOLLOW-UP TO A CONFERENCE ON CIVIC EDUCATION HELD EARLIER THIS YEAR.

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ABOUT 100 PARTICIPANTS, INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVES FROM DISTRICT CIVIC EDUCATION BODIES NOMINATED BY DISTRICT BOARDS, ORGANISERS OF CIVIC EDUCATION PROJECTS SPONSORED BY THE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION SCHEME AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL SECTORS, AND PROFESSIONAL BODIES, ATTENDED THE WORKSHOP.

SESSIONS,

THEY

OF

DURING THE GROUP DISCUSSIONS AND PLENARY

ASPECTS THE DIFFERENT EXCHANGED VIEWS AND SHARED EXPERIENCE ON CIVIC EDUCATION AND THE WAYS TO PROMOTE IT IN THE CONTEXT OF HONG KONG AS WELL AS HOW TO ENCOURAGE AND SUSTAIN COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION.

QUEST

HONG

TWO KEY-NOTE SPEECHES WERE DELIVERED BY

SPEAKERS ON THE SUBJECT DR DANIEL TSE AND MR S.L. WAN WHO RESPECTIVELY SPOKE OF "PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF KONG" AND "IMPROVEMENT OF ENVIRONMENT" IN THE CONTEXT OF CIVIC AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

RIGHTS

IN-SERVICE TRAINING GOOD FOR TEACHERS' CAREER DEVELOPMENT

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TEACHERS NEEDED TO DEVELOP AS PROFESSIONALS THROUGHOUT THEIR CAREERS AND ALL TEACHERS MUST AVAIL THEMSELVES OF IN-SERVICE TRAINING FROM TIME TO TIME, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR Y. T. LI, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

IN-SERVICE

HONG HONG

MANAGEMENT

SPEAKING AT THE LAUNCHING CEREMONY OF THE 1988 TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMME (INSTEP) ORGANISED BY THE UNIVERSITY AT ITS RAYSON HUANG THEATRE, MR LI SAID THE COMMITTEE OF INSTEP HAD TAKEN FULLY INTO ACCOUNT THE CHALLENGES PRESENTLY FACING TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM AND THE BUGGESTIONS WHICH TEACHERS HAD MADE FOR COURSES TO SUIT THEIR NEEDS.

MR LI SAID THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WAS HAPPY TO GIVE INSTEP DIRECT SUPPORT, BY ENCOURAGING THE PARTICIPATION OF TEACHERS, BY DISSEMINATING INFORMATION TO THEM CONCERNING THE PROGRAMME AND BY PROVIDING HALF OR FULL-FEE REFUNDS FOR RELEVANT COURSES.

/MR LI