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HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 25 May 1988
SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INFORMATION: Sir, I can assu Members that the work on this particular subject is being undertaken enthusiastically, thoroughly and carefully. I would suggest that internally, we should be able to come to a view well before the timetable set by Mr. Hilton CHEONG-LEEN.
HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT: I have the names of two more Members who wish to ask supplementary questions. I will draw a limit at that point.
MRS. TAM: Sir, since the Administration is now actively studying the feasibility of Hong Kong hosting a World Exhibition, have any problems relating to the organisation of the Expo in Hong Kong so far been identified? And if so, what are they?
SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRAtive Services AND INFORMATION: Sir, we have had one meeting under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary involving all the secretaries concerned with the subject matters that might conceivably be covered in such a study. We will be having another meeting shortly. At this stage, Sir, it is too early to say whether any problems are going to arise.
MR. CHEONG: Sir, I cannot understand why the Secretary cannot give this Council a timetable for the completion because after a few weeks they have only had one meeting. Can I seek an assurance from the Secretary that this is not going to be a delaying tactic deployed to kill the idea in its infancy?
SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INFORMATION: Sir, at the first meeting we were each told to go away and do our individual work. For example, the Secretary of Lands and Works was asked to investigate into the question of possible sites. Other secretaries were instructed to deal with other aspects of the project such as air-transport, finance and so on. And this is why I say work is not being delayed; it takes time for these answers to come back and it is right for the Chief Secretary, I think, to hold another meeting shortly to get answers from various officials involved. I can assure Mr. CHEONG that there is no inten- tion whatsoever to kill the project. Quite to the contrary, we are working enthusiastically, carefully and thoroughly, with a view to seeing whether or not the project, in fact, is feasible.
Part-time degree programme in primary education for school heads and senior teachers
5. MR. SZETO asked (in Cantonese): It is recommended in the Education Commission Report No. 2 that a degree course on primary education programme for primary school heads and senior teachers should be introduced in a university. In the recent enrolment of students to this degree course in the Chinese University