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SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1990

THE TOP FOUR AMONG THE 10 WILL JOIN A FREE STUDY TOUR то THAILAND NEXT MONTH. THEY ARE MR LEUNG YU-CHEUNG OF KING'S COLLEGE, MR LUI KIN OF

WAH MIDDLE SCHOOL, MISS WAT TSUI-YUNG OF ST STEPHEN'S CHURCH COLLEGE AND MISS WAN SHUK-FUN OF SIR ELLIS KADOORIE SECONDARY SCHOOL.

HON

THIS YEAR'S GOOD STUDENT AWARD SCHEME, HELD BETWEEN DECEMBER AND JANUARY, ATTRACTED MORE THAN 100 SCHOOL-NOMINATED ENTRANTS.

SCHOOL PARTICIPATION IN CIVIC EDUCATION ESSENTIAL

IN

DAVID

SCHOOLS PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN PROMOTING CIVIC EDUCATION HONG KONG, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR LAN, TOLD TEACHERS OF ST FRANCIS XAVIER'S COLLEGE.

THEM

THAT EXTRA-CURRICULAR

HE ALSO REMINDED STUDENTS FORMED AN INTEGRAL PART OF CIVIC EDUCATION,

ACTIVITIES

FOR

IN A TALK ON CIVIC EDUCATION TO THE TEACHERS EARLIER THIS WEEK,

OUT THAT

FOR THE OF THE COMMITTEE MR LAN POINTED

THE VIEW IN

SHOULD, AMONG PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION, A GOOD HONG KONG CITIZEN

HAVE A OTHER THINGS, CARE ABOUT, AND PARTICIPATE IN, PUBLIC AFFAIRS;

HONG KONG: AND STRIVE FOR A SENSE OF BELONGING AND COMMITMENT TO BETTER FUTURE FOR THE TERRITORY.

PLACED ON ENABLING

OF KNOWLEDGE

THE EMPHASIS ON CIVIC EDUCATION SHOULD BE THE PUBLIC ΤΟ HAVE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE PROMULGATING FREEDOM, DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHT AND JUSTICE, AS MOTIVATING AN ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN SAID.

POLITICS, WELL AS ELECTIONS BY THE PUBLIC, HE

MR LAN DESCRIBED A

SCHOOL AS

AN IDEAL PLACE FOR MOULDING

WOULD WHO

DISCHARGE THEIR CIVIC

YOUNG STUDENTS INTO GOOD CITIZENS RESPONSIBILITIES AND CARE ABOUT SOCIETY.

INSTILLING THE CONCEPT HE NOTED THAT MOST LOCAL SCHOOLS WERE

SUBJECTS OF "ECONOMIC OF CIVIC EDUCATION AMONG STUDENTS THROUGH THE

WHICH AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS" OR "GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS", BOTH OF ENABLED THEM TO GAIN A

OF THE STRUCTURE BETTER KNOWLEDGE OPERATIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT, AND A BASIC CONCEPT OF CIVIC EDUCATION.

AS

AND

BE

UNION THEIR

ON EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, MR LAN SAID STUDENTS SHOULD

ΤΟ

STUDENT ENCOURAGED

PART

ACTIVITIES TAKE

IN SUCH ELECTIONS AND STUDIES OF THE SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENT PROBLEMS IN SCHOOL'S DISTRICT.

SUPPORT THE BE READY

IN CONCLUSION, MR LAN URGED THE TEACHERS TO FULLY PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION SO THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WOULD TO TAKE UP THE CHALLENGE THAT LAY AHEAD.

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