The Government will review the allocation of resources required in the coming year for promoting the Basic Law with a view to supporting new strategies and promotion programmes devised by the Basic Law Promotion Steering Committee.

Secretary for Constitutional Affairs Stephen Lam told legislators today the committee will strengthen co-operation with community organisations to further enhance public awareness of the Basic Law.

It will also ensure the public gains a comprehensive and in-depth knowledge of the Basic Law as well as the One Country, Two Systems formula.

Mr Lam said about 100 activities have been organised to promote the Basic Law in recent years.

To promote a better understanding of the subject amongst young people, the Government has already introduced a number of Basic Law elements into the curriculum for primary and secondary students.

Basic Law elements are also incorporated into teacher training programmes and teaching materials. Related promotional activities for tertiary students are organised by tertiary institutions and community organisations through the Basic Law Promotion Funding Scheme.

For the years 2002/03 and 2003/04, a provision of $8.92 million has been made for Basic Law promotional activities. The total allocation set aside for this purpose since 1998 amounts to $28.5 million.