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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1988

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SHAM SHUI PO COMMITTEE TO PROMOTE CIVIC EDUCATION

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A COMMITTEE HAS BEEN SET UP IN SHAM SHUI PO TO PROMOTE CIVIC EDUCATION IN THE DISTRICT A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT OFFICE SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

THE COMMITTEE WILL ADVISE THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT OFFICER ON THE STRATEGY FOR PROMOTING CIVIC EDUCATION OUTSIDE SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT, CARRYING OUT RESEARCH AND COLLECTING INFORMATION ON MATTERS RELATING TO CIVIC EDUCATION.

IT ALSO AIMS AT FOSTERING AWARENESS OF CIVIC EDUCATION IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY BY PARTICIPATING IN, AND SUBSIDISING AND ORGANISING, COMMUNITY BUILDING PROJECTS.

AT THE SAME TIME, IT WILL MAINTAIN CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE COMMITTEE ON THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON POLICIES ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CIVIC EDUCATION PROGRAMMES AND RELATED MATTERS.

AT ITS FIRST MEETING HELD RECENTLY, THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT COMMITTEE ON THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION AGREED ΤΟ ORGANISE A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES TO ACHIEVE ITS OBJECTIVES.

COMPETITION, A

THE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE AN EXHIBITION, A SLOGAN VISIT TO THE CIVIC EDUCATION INFORMATION CENTRE, A MOCK DISTRICT BOARD MEETING AND VARIOUS SEMINARS.

THE COMMITTEE, WHICH IS APPOINTED BY THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT OFFICER, IS CHAIRED BY A SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, MR WU MAN-YUNG.

THE OTHER 17 MEMBERS ARE DRAWN FROM A WIDE CROSS-SECTION OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT BOARD, AREA COMMITTEES, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS.

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