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The Committee on Promotion of Civic Education was set up in 1986 for
the purpose of advising on matters relating to promoting civic education,
as well as implementing activities in conjunction with the Government
and concerned parties in promoting civic education outside schools with
a view to enhancing civic awareness and civic responsibility in all sectors
of the community.
In 2003, the committee focused its efforts in promoting
good citizenship, civic responsibilities, building a caring and harmonious
society, family cohesiveness, volunteer services, respect for human rights
and the rule of law, as well as better understanding of Chinese culture
and heritage and the Basic Law.
The committee launched a series of television animation
programmes and a website to promote various civic education themes. Other
promotional activities included telephone hotline stories, special features
in newspapers and an interactive drama on the Basic Law. Civic education
reference materials including newsletters for young school children, a
comic series on civic education, a magazine produced by secondary students
and a 2004 calendar on good citizenship were produced during the year.
In response to the SARS outbreak, the committee produced
a number of Announcements in the Public Interest (APIs) to promote civic
responsibility in maintaining community hygiene and published a book entitled
You light up my life — a record of SARS outbreak in Hong Kong
to sustain the resilience, vigilance and unity shown by Hong Kong people
in fighting the disease.
The committee continued to implement the Community
Participation Scheme to encourage community organisations to arrange civic
education activities at the district level.
In late 2003, the committee reviewed its role and
functions, in conjunction with the Government, in the light of latest
community developments. As a result, it decided to strengthen its strategic
planning and research work; to focus more efforts in promoting civic responsibilities
targeting young adults and the working population; to revamp the Community
Participation Scheme; as well as to enhance collaboration with district-based
civic education committees, the education sectors, the media and professionals
in its promotional efforts.
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