Basic Law promotion continues to youth

The promotion of the Macau Basic Law and younger generations’ knowledge of it continues to be a compelling purpose behind the activities slated to take place on the celebration of the 23rd Anniversary of the establishment of the Macau Basic Law, organizers of the celebrations revealed in a press conference yesterday afternoon at the Legal Affairs Bureau (DSAJ) meeting room.
As has been the case in previous years, this year’s celebrations will be a collaborative effort across four government organizations.  The event will see a large number of activities that range from Seminars on the “13th five-year plan and the stable development of Macau,” to courses on the Basic Law, game, and contests, said Ho Sio Kam, the Secretary-General of the Board of Association of Promotion of the Macau Basic Law.
The chief of the law promotion department and public relations of the Legal Affairs Bureau (DSAJ), Lo Cheng Peng, noted that some of the most anticipated activities are related to the promotion of the Basic Law to the young. She added that one of the primary goals of the activities is to “incentivize the disclosure and the promotion of the [Basic] Law among both the students and the teachers in schools.” She added that “several contests will take place in the schools of the territory from May to December this year.”
The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) will mount a celebratory bazaar with many games, theatre performances and quizzes all of which will seek to “elevate the knowledge of all citizens and get them to know the rights and duties of being a Macau citizen,” in the words of Patsy Ko, Chief of the Citizen Cabinet of IACM.
Also part of the organizing team, the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ), represented by Cheong Kuai San, Director of DSEJ’s Center of Permanent Education, will organize activities for children as young as 7 years old, all of which will also aim to match the knowledge of the basic law with the Chinese traditional art of calligraphy.
The celebratory activity program will extend from March to December this year.
In a separate event at the premises of the Institute for Tourism Studies, the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Identification Services Bureau, the Legal Affairs Bureau and the IFT jointly held a seminar on “Constitution and Basic Law – Fundamental Rights and Duties of Macau Residents, Nationality Law, Consular Protection and Consular Services,” which is part of the thematic seminar series for higher education institutions.
According to the organizers, the series aims to “enrich the knowledge of university students on the fundamental rights and duties of residents, the Nationality Law, consular protection and services under the framework of the [National] Constitution and the Basic Law.”