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SOCIAL WELFARE

promotion of young people's interests and stating the roles and responsibilities of all concerned in promoting youth affairs.

The commission has started to build up a liaison network with youth organisations and youth-related organisations to facilitate its work in helping Hong Kong to meet the needs of young people and respond to their aspirations.

Committee on the Promotion of Civic Education

In 1986, the government set up the Committee on the Promotion of Civic Education to encourage all sectors of the community to actively promote civic awareness and responsibility.

Made up largely of non-government members, the committee advises the government and community organisations on the objectives and scope of civic education. It encour- ages, through sponsorship, community effort in organising civic education activities among different age groups.

The committee sponsored 32 projects in 1991 with an allocation of over $990,000. In view of the elections to the three-tier political structure of Hong Kong in 1991, especially the direct elections to the Legislative Council for the first time in history, an exhibition entitled How Much Do You Know About Leg Co was held to encourage greater under- standing of the work of the Legislative Council.

Other promotional activities launched by the committee included four seminars and a number of projects to encourage people's participation in political and community affairs. The work of the committee has received strong support from district organisations, in particular district boards.