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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1989

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NEW CIVIC EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTRE OPENS NEXT WEEK

THE COMMITTEE ON THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION HAS RECENTLY IMPROVED THE FACILITIES OF ITS CIVIC EDUCATION RESOURCE ROOM AT A COST OF MORE THAN $200,000.

IT HAS ALSO SET ASIDE $100,000 IN 1989-90 FOR POSSIBLE FURTHER EXPANSION OF THE RESOURCE ROOM.

THE RESOURCE ROOM IS NOW KNOWN AS THE CIVIC EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTRE, AND IS SITUATED AT CNTA HEADQUARTERS ON THE 29TH FLOOR OF SOUTHORN CENTRE IN WAN CHAI, OCCUPYING AN AREA OF 98 SQUARE METRES.

THE NEW CENTRE WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPENED BY THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR DONALD LIAO, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE, DR DANIEL TSE, AND THE CONVENER OF THE RESOURCE CENTRE SUB-COMMITTEE,

MR CHAN WING-TAI, ON THURSDAY (OCTOBER 12).

FOLLOWING THE RECENT EXPANSION PROGRAMME, THE CENTRE BAS BECOME AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF RESOURCE MATERIALS FOR THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION IN THE TERRITORY.

THE EQUIPMENT AND REFERENCE MATERIALS OF THE CENTRE HAVE GREATLY IMPROVED IN TERMS OF QUALITY AND QUANTITY, WITH ITS RESOURCE ITEMS HAVING BEEN INCREASED FROM ABOUT 140 TO OVER 1,700 IN TWO YEARS.

ONE OF THE MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS AT THE CENTRE IS THE COMPUTERISATION OF ITS LIBRARY SYSTEM, WITH THE GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING AGENCY HAVING SPECIALLY DESIGNED A LIBRARY CATALOGUE SYSTEM.

THE EQUIPMENT OF THE CENTRE HAS ALSO BEEN INCREASED WITH THE PURCHASE OF TELEVISION SETS, VIDEO-TAPE RECORDERS. CASSETTE TAPE RECORDERS AND SLIDE PROJECTORS.

THE CENTRE ALSO HAS REPORTS OF CIVIC EDUCATION PROJECTS SPONSORED UNDER THE COMMITTEE'S COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION SCHEME, AND A COMPLETE SET OF DISTRICT BOARD MINUTES AND PAPERS, BOTH OF WHICH ARE NOT AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE IN THE TERRITORY.

OTHER REFERENCE MATERIALS COVER GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS, WHICH INCLUDE CONSULTATION PAPERS ON POLICIES AND INFORMATION PAPERS, REFERENCE BOOKS, AND CASSETTES AND VIDEO-TAPES ON RADIO AND TELEVISION PROGRAMMES RELATED TO CIVIC EDUCATION.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

OPENING NEXT WEEK. SUB-COMMITTEE, AND OF THE CENTRE AND

MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE INVITED TO ATTEND A PREVIEW OF THE CENTRE AT 11 AM TOMORROW (SATURDAY) PRIOR TO ITS MR CHAN WING-TAI, CONVENER OF THE RESOURCE CENTRE CNTA STAFF WILL BE ON HAND TO GIVE A GUIDED TOUR PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.

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