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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1990

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RESIDENTS TAKE PART IN CIVIC EDUCATION CARNIVAL

HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS IN WONG TAI SIN TOOK PART IN A "CIVIC EDUCATION DAY" CARNIVAL HELD AT A LOCAL SECONDARY SCHOOL THIS (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON.

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BY THE WORKING GROUP ON THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION OF THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARD'S COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE.

ALSO MARKED THE SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION OF THE DISTRICT'S PROMOTIONAL PROGRAMME ON CIVIC EDUCATION FOR THIS FINANCIAL YEAR.

THERE WAS SINGING, FOLK DANCE PERFORMANCES AND GAME STALLS IN THE CARNIVAL HELD AT THE LOK SIN TONG WONG CHUNG MING SECONDARY SCHOOL.

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GAME STALLS, SET UP BY 11 AREA COMMITTEES, CARRIED THE TWIN-THEME OF ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND PARTICIPATE IN, LOCAL AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, AND PROMOTING SPIRIT OF THE RULE OF LAW.

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SPEAKING AT THE OPENING AND PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE CARNIVAL, THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, DR MICHAEL

LEE, SAID CIVIC EDUCATION HAD BECOME INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT IN VIEW OF THE CHANGES THE TERRITORY WAS FACING.

HE SAID THE DISTRICT BOARD HAD BEEN ENCOURAGING AREA COMMITTEES AND LOCAL BODIES TO ORGANISE MORE CIVIC EDUCATION ACTIVITIES.

"THE DISTRICT BOARD HAS ALLOCATED MORE THAN $160,000 FOR SUCH ACTIVITIES, WHICH HAVE NOT ONLY ENHANCED RESIDENTS' CIVIC CONSCIOUSNESS, BUT ALSO THEIR SENSE OF BELONGING AND INTEREST IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS," DR LEE SAID.

ALSO SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WORKING GROUP, MR ALBERT LI, SAID ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE GROUP INCLUDED A CIVIC EDUCATION SEMINAR FOR AREA COMMITTEES AND THE FORMATION OF CIVIC EDUCATION TEAMS.

"SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS ON CIVIC EDUCATION WERE PUBLISHED IN THE DISTRICT NEWSPAPER WHILE SOUVENIRS BEARING EDUCATIONAL SLOGANS WERE DISTRIBUTED TO RESIDENTS", MR LI SAID.

OTHER OFFICIATING GUESTS AT THE CEREMONY WERE A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE ON PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION, MADAM NORA YAU; WONG ΤΑΙ SIN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR BRIAN LAU; REGIONAL SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER (EAST KOWLOON), MR LOK MAN-PAN; WONG ΤΑΙ SIN POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICER, MR LAW HAY-SING; AND DISTRICT EDUCATION OFFICER FOR WONG TAI SIN, MISS MAN WAI-LING.

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