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The committee ran a website to promote various civic education themes. Other promotional activities included manning a telephone hotline to relay stories about good civic practices and holding an exhibition of literature and other publicity materials on themes such as 'harmonious society' and 'Olympic spirit' as well as civic education materials.
During the year, the committee completed a survey on Hong Kong companies' corporate culture and values, their policies and practices, as well as their awareness of, and views on, corporate citizenship. The committee also organised a meeting, entitled 'Adding Value to Your Business Seminar on Corporate Citizenship 2007, which was attended by representatives from business associations, corporations and non-governmental organisations.
The Working Group on National Education, comprising members of the committee and the Commission on Youth, produced the fourth series of TV APIs (Announcements in the Public Interest) entitled 'Our Country Our Glory' which used the national anthem as the theme music. In addition, the committee organised a territory-wide Basic Law Video Production Contest, jointly with the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau, Department of Justice, Education Bureau and Radio Television Hong Kong, which carried the slogan 'learn the Basic Law, know your rights and duties'. These events were complemented by a series of workshops.
The committee also continued to run the Community Participation Scheme to encourage community organisations to carry out civic education activities at the district level. To create a stronger impact, the scheme adopts a new topical theme each year. The theme for 2007 was 'harmonious community'.
Commission on Youth
The main task of the Commission on Youth is to give advice on matters concerning young people. It initiates studies about them, helps improve services provided for young people and serves as a point of contact for exchange programmes with international youth organisations. The Government works closely with the commission to achieve these objectives.
The commission has published a report entitled Youth in Hong Kong - A Statistical Profile 2005 which provides a broad range of data and useful material on matters such as poverty, substance abuse, unemployment, human capital, cultural capital and social capital.
To follow up on the findings of the first-ever benchmarking survey of the civic engagements and social networks of Hong Kong's young people, a further study was conducted to track Hong Kong young people's accumulation and development of social capital.
The commission continued to implement youth programmes to bring out and cultivate young people's potential. These included the International Youth Exchange Programme aimed at broadening young people's outlook and world perspective. During the year, three groups comprising 51 youth delegates visited Britain, Ireland
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