Applications invited for Basic Law Promotion Sponsorship Scheme
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     The Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau (CMAB) is inviting the first round applications for 2014-15 under the Basic Law Promotion Sponsorship Scheme.

     "The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government has been promoting the Basic Law to members of the public through various channels. The Sponsorship Scheme aims to promote the Basic Law among different sectors of the community with a view to enhancing public understanding on and support for the 'One Country, Two Systems' principle and the Basic Law," a spokesman for the CMAB said today (February 10).

     Application information can be downloaded from the Basic Law website (www.basiclaw.gov.hk/en/sponsorship/index.html). The deadline for the first round applications is March 31, 2014.

     For enquiries, please contact the subject officer of the CMAB at 2810 2106.

Ends/Monday, February 10, 2014
Issued at HKT 15:00

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