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Today, I would like to focus, particularly on tertiary sector
education as I believe this is where we train the
professionals, the managers and the leaders of tomorrow. many years, I have been
I have been observing the progress that we have
made in the tertiary education sector.
I must say. I commend
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the achievements made in such a short period of time.
However, I am of the opinion that we have not paid much
attention to research and development, mainly because it is very expensive, and our high-ranking civil servants cannot see the return. This philosophy, Sir, in my view, is shortsighted and will hurt Hong Kong in the long term..
And, in fact,
I welcome the
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University
We have already experienced the effects of lagging behind our main competitors in research and development, we are behind in every aspect of technology.
establishment of the Hong Kong University
Technology and I supported the Hong Kong
Science and Technology Bill on 1 July 1987. I believe that
it is this type of commitment to higher education which is the
best guarantee of the future. I want to stress here that I
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also believe we should target ourselves a much higher percentage in post-graduate studies for this university, and suggest that we should set the goal at 50% To achieve this, strong research and development is required. This investment
will bring Hong Kong to another plateau in the field of higher
education. It can also attract famous professors to come to 27 Hong Kong to teach.
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Sir, there is much talk these days about brain/drain and
emigration.
We must acknowledge that this is a fact and a 31 problem for Hong Kong. I do not believe that anyone has the 32 solution to stop the brain/drain. In fact, we should not
interfere. Emigration is a very personal decision. I have
been asked by many of my acquaintances whether
acquaintances whether or not they should emigrate.
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