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Civic Education Exhibition moves to Ma On Shan
The Committee on the Promotion of Civic Education (CPCE) will stage its latest round of exhibition in Ma On Shan tomorrow (Friday) focusing on the promotion of the concepts of human rights and equal opportunities, and the Basic Law.
Entitled Civic Education Exhibition '97, the event will be held with free admission from 10 am to 8 pm until March 2 (Sunday) on Level 2 of Sunshine City Plaza in Ma On Shan.
On display will be the full text of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Basic Law, as well as easy to understand visual presentations on the protection of privacy in relation to personal data.
An introduction to the major principles of the Sex Discrimination Ordinance and the Disability Discrimination Ordinance will be on display to enable visitors to acquaint themselves with the rights and protections enshrined in these two ordinances.
There will also be exhibits showing the three winning projects of the Community Participation Scheme '96 and the work of the Equal Opportunities Commission.
Three publicity films on the importance of the rights of the individual, equal opportunities and protection of privacy, together with a TV series, "Know more about Basic Law" will be screened during the exhibition designed in the ancient Greek architectural style.
Another attraction will be a garden-like setting showing life-size models of a four-member family the "Human Rights Family"
the "Human Rights Family" together with the sunflowers which featured prominently in the Committee's publicity films.
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Souvenirs, cassette tapes, leaflets on the Committee and the Civic Education Resource Centre as well as pamphlets on sexual orientation and protection of privacy rights will be distributed to visitors at no cost.
The exhibition is the last of the series organised by CPCE. Two previous exhibitions mounted in Whampoa Garden and Taikoo Shing in November and December respectively last year attracted a total of 12,000 visitors.
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