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Commission also assisted the work of the Joint
completed this summer and test points have
Coalition for the Promotion of Democracy and been set up in some schools to evaluate the
ratified the " Proposal for the Political System for response. In addition, the Committee has also
The Hong Kong Special Administrative launched a programme on civic education for
Region".
church youth, including courses and a civic
education camp.
The first meeting of the 86-87 session was
held in early December. The Commission had Further, the Committee has also joined the
tendered several plans to the Executive Joint Conference on Promotion of Civic
Education and Joint Conference on the Review
Committee for approval. However, only the
Seminar on Reform of the Political System and of 9-year Free Education so as to broaden the
the opinions on the Public Order (Amendment) impact of the work.
Ordinance were accepted. The other plans
were shelved since the approval from the Ex­
ecutive Committee was not obtained. We hope 5. ‘ ‘Message’， Editorial Committee
that the Executive Committee may forward more
guidance and give a freer hand to the Commis­ "Message" was reorganized in 1979. The
sion to work so that it may live out a good characteristics of ‘'Message，’ were then
testimony during this important historical period. described by the Editorial Board as follows:
"Christian publications in Hong Kong are
mostly of a devotional and evangelistic nature,
or they might have some particular inclinations,
4. Educational Concerns Committee
subjects such as church growth and overseas
mission work. Amongst these, we find an
The work of the Committee is mainly to
respond to the education policies formulated important space that "Message" might be able
to fill, and that is to explore how should Chris­
by the government and to promote civic
education. tians live here and now."
This year, the Editorial Committee has
The Committee has responded to the
Education Commission No. 2 Report and the discussed whether ‘‘Message’’ should continue
Report on the Review of the Assessment of to provide a forum for discussion, or to play the
role of an organization newsletter. After heated
Junior Secondary Schools by submitting its
opinions. During the past year, several discussions, the Committee resolved that the
consultative papers have been published to traditional direction should continue so as to
provide a platform for Christians to explore how
solicit public comment. However, as only three they should live in the Hong Kong context.
out of ten members were members of last
year's session, the continuity of research work
During the past year, the "Message" has ex­
was disrupted and thus weakened the plored the following themes:
response of the Committee towards the relevant
policies. 1986
July-August Church, Nuclear Energy and
As for civic education, the Committee set up Daya Bay
a co-ordinating group to design a civic September Evangelism and Practice of
education curriculum for secondary schools in Faith
August last year. The draft of the first project October Political Theology in Hong
on Human Right and Civic Rights was Kong

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