Speech by the Sacra

Secretary for sducation & Manpowe

:

in legislative Council on 11 November 1987

SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER:

Sir,

INTRODUCTION

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I am not usually long winded, but I'm afraid

that members' enthusiasm for education and labour

matters gives me no choice on this occasion. Even so I

have not been able cover all the points members have

raised. A colleague calculated that my speech, as

originally drafted, would have taken an hour to

Sir, deliver. Even my keenest fans would fall asleep if they

heard me droning on for an hour. I have therefore had

to prune my speech drastically and cut out my response

to

that assurance

my

many members' points. I hope they will accept my

apology and my

colleagues in

branch and the departments concerned have noted

which have been made

them

their points and we will do our best to follow/up.

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