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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1988

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CIVIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE SENSE OF BELONGING

A FIVE-MONTH CIVIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN WILL BE LAUNCHED IN KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT TOMORROW (SATURDAY) WITH AN OPENING CEREMONY AT THE MARTHA BOSS COMMUNITY CENTRE TO PROMOTE AMONG KOWLOON CITY RESIDENTS A SENSE OF BELONGING TO THE DISTRICT.

THE CAMPAIGN IS ORGANISED BY THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT CIVIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN ORGANISING COMMITTEE AND SPONSORED BY THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD.

OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES WILL BE ORGANISED FOR LOCAL YOUTHS, STUDENTS, WORKERS AND ELDERLY PEOPLE.

THE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE A CIVIC FORERUNNERS SCHEME, CIVIC EDUCATION TRILOGY FOR THE ELDERLY, OUTSTANDING CITIZENS AWARD SCHEME, PRODUCTION OF A KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT HANDBOOK, CIVIC EDUCATION PROJECTS PARTICIPATION SCHEME AND A CLOSING CEREMONY FOR CIVIC EDUCATION DAY.

AT TOMORROW'S OPENING CEREMONY, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION, DR DANIEL TSE, WILL GIVE A SPEECH ON CIVIC EDUCATION, AND PARTICIPANTS WILL BE INVITED TO TAKE PART IN A DISCUSSION BASED ON THE SPEECH.

OTHER PROGRAMMES INCLUDE A PUBLICITY BUS TOUR OF THE DISTRICT TO PUBLICISE CIVIC EDUCATION MESSAGES, AND ERECTION OF BANNERS AT FOUR BUSY SPOTS IN EACH SUB-DISTRICT IN KOWLOON CITY,

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A BRIEF CEREMONY TO MARK THE ERECTION OF TWO BANNERS WILL BE HELD AT THE KOWLOON CITY URBAN COUNCIL COMPLEX IN NGA TSIN LONG ROAD AT 4 PM TOMORROW.

OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY WILL BE THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ALEX FONG; DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR WONG SIK-KONG; AND PRESIDENT OF THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT CIVIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR WU SHING-SHUEN.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT CIVIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN OPENING CEREMONY TO BE HELD AT 2.30 PM TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AT MARTHA BOSS COMMUNITY CENTRE, 89 CHUNG HAU STREET, HO MAN TIN, AND THE ERECTION OF BANNERS AT THE KOWLOON COUNCIL COMPLEX, NGA TSIN LONG ROAD, AT 4 PM.

CITY URBAN

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