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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1993

THE CAMPAIGN IS ONE OF THE COMMEMORATIVE TO MARK THE DEPARTMENT'S 125TH ANNIVERSARY.

ACTIVITIES ORGANISED

ON DISPLAY TODAY WERE INFORMATION ON FIRE EQUIPMENT AND HISTORICAL FIRE SERVICES PHOTOGRAPHS.

PROTECTION, RESCUE

CIVIC EDUCATION MESSAGES SPREAD ACROSS KOWLOON CITY

ROLE

THE TASK OF PROMOTING CIVIC EDUCATION PLAYS AN IMPORTANT IN HELPING HONG KONG PEOPLE TO KEEP PACE WITH THE TERRITORY'S POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION, DR DANIEL TSE CHI-WAI, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT CIVIC EDUCATION DAY TODAY (SUNDAY).

DR TSE SAID HE WAS GLAD THAT THE DISTRICT HAD HELPED PROMOTE THE TWO MAIN THEMES SET BY THE COMMITTEE THIS YEAR THE SPIRIT OF RULE OF LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION,

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THE RULE OF LAW IS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN SECURING THE STABILITY AND PROSPERITY OF THE TERRITORY.

ITS SPIRIT LIES IN THE FACT THAT EVERYONE IN THE SOCIETY IS PROTECTED UNDER THE LAW AND ACTS ACCORDING.

"AND THE PURSUIT FOR JUSTICE AND FAIRNESS IS THE MAIN THEME FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, tt DR TSE SAID.

THEREFORE, THE RULE OF LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS ARE CLOSELY RELATED BECAUSE HUMAN RIGHTS NEED TO BE ASSERTED BY LAW AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION RELIED ON A SOUND SYSTEM OF LEGISLATION, HE ADDED.

OVER 5,000 RESIDENTS

TOOK PART IN TODAY'S ACTIVITY WHICH FEATURED A HUMAN RIGHTS EXHIBITION, GAME STALLS AND QUIZZES ON CIVIC EDUCATION.

YOUNGSTERS ALSO JOIN HANDS TO COMPLETE A LARGE DRAWING ON THE TOPIC OF CIVIC EDUCATION AND A PUBLICITY BUS ALSO TRAVELLED AROUND THE DISTRICT TO SPREAD CIVIC EDUCATION MESSAGES.

THE CIVIC EDUCATION DAY IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT CIVIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN ORGANISING COMMITTEE, THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE.

A NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING FILM SHOWS, A SLOGAN COMPETITION AND AN INTER-SCHOOL DEBATE, WILL BE HELD IN THE DISTRICT TO PROMOTE THE CAUSE.

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