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FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1992

AN OPENING CEREMONY AND PRIZE-PRESENTATION

CEREMONY

OF

THE

OUTSTANDING CIVIC EDUCATION AWARD WILL BE HELD AT 11 AM ON SUNDAY.

OFFICIATING WILL BE THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR

HONG

MICHAEL THE TSE;

BAR KONG OF THE LAW DISTRICT GOVERNOR OF THE MR MACAU, KONG AND

SUEN; THE COMMITTEE'S CHAIRMAN, DR DANIEL ASSOCIATION'S CHAIRMAN, MISS JACQUELINE LEONG; PRESIDENT SOCIETY OF HONG KONG, MR AMBROSE LAU, AND LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT STEPHEN CHOW.

303-HONG

ATTENTION NEWS EDITORS:

NEWS MEDIA MEMBERS ARE

INVITED TO COVER

OF THE CIVIC EDUCATION EXHIBITION TO BE HELD AT THE LOW BLOCK, CITY HALL AT 11 AM ON SUNDAY (JULY 5).

STUDENTS URGED TO READ MORE

THE OPENING

CEREMONY

EXHIBITION HALL,

LI

YUET-TING,

MR THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, IMPORTANCE AND VALUE OF A GOOD READING HABIT.

UNDERLINED THE

CEREMONY SPEAKING AT THE PRESENTATION

OF AN ANNUAL READING

TODAY AWARD SCHEME

(FRIDAY), MR LI SAID READING COULD ENHANCE STUDENTS' KNOWLEDGE, HELP THEM DEVELOP ANALYTICAL SKILLS AND FOSTER POSITIVE ATTITUDE TOWARDS LIFE.

A

WAS WHICH

LAUNCHED BY BEEN HAD

WELL RECEIVED BY

HE WAS PLEASED TO SEE THAT THE SCHEME, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FIVE YEARS AGO, SCHOOLS.

"THERE WERE 25,000 STUDENTS FROM 186 PARTICIPATING IN THE DEBUT YEAR. NOW THE FIGURE HAS STUDENTS FROM 212 SCHOOLS," MR LI SAID.

SCHOOLS RISEN TO 34,000

SECONDARY

HAVE ALSO INCREASED PRESENT 44,000 AND 227

PRIMARY STUDENTS AND SCHOOLS TAKING PART FROM THE FIRST YEAR'S 26,000 AND 112 TO THE RESPECTIVELY.

ROLE

HAD

TO READ BUY BOOKS FOR

MR LI SAID THE LIBRARY SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT BEEN TAKING AN ACTIVE

IN ENCOURAGING STUDENTS HAD BEEN GIVEN GRANTS TO EXTENSIVELY AND THAT SCHOOLS THEIR LIBRARIES.

SECONDARY NINETY-FOUR

AWARDS UNDER

THE SCHEME

EDUCATION AND CHARITY FUND.

AND PRIMARY STUDENTS WHICH WAS

SPONSORED BY

TODAY RECEIVED THE SHUN

HING

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