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Mrs, Rosanna TAM has suggested that the Administration should

further than this and circulate such letters, confidentially, to school social workers. Such a step would require an examination of broader issues. I can already see several difficulties. First, we doubt whether the inspectors would have powers to require anyone to identify his parents or school. Second, we feel that even if such information were volunteered, it might be inaccurate or misleading, giving rise to the risk of libel action against the Administration if a person were misidentified

in a letter. Finally,

the Director of Education has expressed the view that it might be advisable not to give the impression that the supervision of children's social life is anything other than the responsibility of the parents. Given these difficulties,

I feel there is a need to examine further the feasibility of Mrs. TAM's proposal.

Sir, I will not attempt to respond to Mr. Andrew WONG's lengthy

speech. I will only say that while he may see things differently

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that when he sees the bottle as half-empty, we see it as N 22 half-full. With these remarks, Sir, may I beg to move.

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