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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1992

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ERECTING RAILINGS AND BARRIERS то DETER PARKING FOOTPATHS IN AREAS WHERE THIS IS A PARTICULAR PROBLEM, AND ON STEEP ROADS WHERE ILLEGAL PARKING MAY BE A SAFETY HAZARD; AND

CONSIDERING AN INCREASE IN THE LEVEL OF FIXED PENALTY FINES FOR ILLEGAL PARKING SO AS TO MAINTAIN THEIR DETERRENT EFFECT.

LEUNG POINTED OUT THAT THE POLICE WOULD ALWAYS TAKE ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST ILLEGAL PARKING IN SITUATIONS WHERE EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS MIGHT BE AFFECTED, OR WHERE ILLEGAL PARKING POSED A DANGER TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

IN OTHER CASES, HE SAID, THE GENERAL ENFORCEMENT POLICY MUST BE A MATTER OF POLICE PRIORITIES.

EFFORTS TO ENHANCE POLITICAL AWARENESS

THE GOVERNMENT

HAS ALWAYS ATTACHED GREAT IMPORTANCE ΤΟ THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN HONG KONG, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SUEN, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON PANG CHUN-HOI IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR SUEN SAID LAST YEAR THE GOVERNMENT SPENT $15.91 MILLION IN PROMOTING VOTER REGISTRATION AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN ELECTIONS.

VOTER VISITS.

FOR

PROMOTION ACTIVITIES INCLUDED A WIDE DISTRIBUTION NETWORK REGISTRATION FORMS, AND EXTENSIVE HOME, OFFICE AND FACTORY

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THERE WERE ALSO LARGE-SCALE PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGNS AT BOTH CENTRAL AND DISTRICT LEVELS, SUCH AS BROADCASTING OF ANNOUNCEMENTS THE PUBLIC INTEREST, SCREENING OF SLIDES AT CINEMAS, DISTRIBUTION POSTERS, PUBLICATION OF PRESS ADVERTISEMENTS, ORGANISATION CANDIDATE FORUMS FOR EVERY CONSTITUENCY AND THEIR BROADCAST ON TELEVISION AND RADIO.

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IN ADDITION, MR SUEN SAID SPECIAL EFFORTS WAS TARGETED AT CULTIVATING PROPER UNDERSTANDING AND INTEREST IN POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT AMONG THE YOUNG PEOPLE.

ELEMENTS OF HONG KONG'S POLITICAL STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT ARE INCORPORATED IN THE SCHOOL CURRICULA FOR SUBJECTS LIKE SOCIAL STUDIES, ECONOMIC AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT BOTH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY LEVELS.

STUDENTS ARE ALSO EDUCATION PROGRAMMES.

EDUCATED ON THIS THROUGH SCHOOL CIVIC

/TO HEI "