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Language in education
(1) A final and definitive decision must be taken on the
question of the language to be used as the medium
of instruction in Forms I III of Anglo-Chinese
schools;
(m) the time is right to consider the teaching of Mandarin,
to put Hong Kong in the mainstream of Chinese cultural
and economic development.
Moral education, school curriculum and juvenile crime
(n) A concern for character development should become
a major objective in education in accordance with
the Chinese concept of education which accepts that
correct behaviour and attitudes could and should be
inculcated and with the simple fundamental requirement
that education must produce good citizens;
(o) the modernisation of Hong Kong is eroding the family
system and forcing it to undergo certain structural
and functional transformations: the resulting
problems could be tackled more effectively if there
was better co-ordination between the various
government departments responsible for providing
services for children;
(p) there is insufficient manpower available to provide
social work services for schoolchildren: the Student
Guidance Officers are not professional social workers;
(q) there is a problem of psychological strain on young
people unable to cope with the rigid academic curriculum
and the pressure of examinations: the fault for the