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WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1989

BIG GATHERING FOR AREA COMMITTEE MEMBERS PLANNED

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COMMITTEES IN THE 10 ABOUT 1,800 MEMBERS FROM 89 AREA KONG AND KOWLOON URBAN DISTRICTS WILL BE ABLE TO MEET IN NOVEMBER SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE IN SERVING RESIDENTS.

HONG ΤΟ

THE GATHERING WILL PROVE TO BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST PUBLI FUNCTIONS EVER ORGANISED BY THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES

HAVE PLAYED ADMINISTRATION SOLELY FOR AREA COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO IMPORTANT ROLE IN DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION.

AN

THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR DAVID LAN. TOLD A SEMINAR FOR WONG TAI SIN AREA COMMITTEES TODAY (WEDNESDAY: THAT THE FUNCTION WOULD BE A CLIMAX FOLLOWING THE SUCCESS OF A SERIES OF "A STEP CLOSER" SEMINARS ORGANISED BY THE CNTA TO STRENGTHEN RELATIONS WITH ALL AREA COMMITTEES IN HONG KONG AND KOWLOON.

"PREPARATION WORK IS WELL IN HAND TO MAKE THE GATHERING A SUCCESS," HE SAID.

MR LAN ADDED THAT THE IDEA OF HOLDING THE GATHERING CAME IN RESPONSE TO SUGGESTIONS MADE BY SOME AREA COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND

ΤΟ DISTRICT OFFICERS THAT "SOMETHING MEMORABLE SHOULD BE DONE"

MARK

THE CONCLUSION OF THE SERIES.

"THERE IS NOTHING BETTER THAN HAVING A BIG GATHERING FOR ALL AREA COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO MEET EACH OTHER AND TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE IN DEALING WITH DISTRICT PROBLEMS, HE NOTED.

MR LAN POINTED OUT THAT THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE GATHERING WOULD

CHARACTERISTICS BE A SLIDE SHOW FEATURING THE DIFFERENT

OF EACH OF

THE SEMINARS.

ALSO, AREA COMMITTEES FROM EACH OF THE 10 URBAN DISTRICTS WILL PRESENT AN ENTERTAINMENT ITEM TO ADD A LIGHTER TOUCH TO THE GATHERING.

TODAY'S SEMINAR WAS THE NINTH OF THE SERIES, WITH "OUTLOOK FOR CIVIC EDUCATION" AS ITS THEME.

SPEAKING ON THE SUBJECT, MR LAN SAID THE DEVELOPMENT OF CIVIC EDUCATION REQUIRED IN-DEPTH STUDIES IN MANY AREAS.

CONSIDERATION WOULD BE GIVEN TO A NUMBER OF MAJOR ISSUES. THESE INCLUDED WHETHER CIVIC EDUCATION SHOULD BE MADE A COMPULSORY TEACHING SUBJECT FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS, AND HOW TO PROMOTE IT AT THE CENTRAL AND DISTRICT LEVELS TO TIE IN WITH THE 1991 DIRECT ELECTIONS.

"HOW TO EFFECTIVELY

YOUNGER GENERATION AND

WHETHER

AROUSE THE CIVIC CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE BETTER CO-ORDINATION IS NEEDED 1N THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION AT VARIOUS LEVELS ARE ALSO MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED. HE SAID.

MR LAN