WICHESDAY, OCTOCER 16, 1974
GOVERNMENT TO PUSH AHEAD WITH LONG TEPM SOCIAL PROGRAMMES
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, TODAY LOOKED TO THE FUTURE WITH CONFIDENCE AND PLEDCED THAT THE COVERMENT WOULD PRESS FORWARD WITH ITS LONG TERM PROGRAMES TO FURTHER IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.
IN HIS WIDE RANGING REVIEW AT THE OPENING SESSION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, SIR HURRAY SAID THE COMING YEAR WOULD BE ONE OF CONSOLIDATION RATHER THAN ONE OF LAUNCHING INTO NEW FIELDS OF ENDEAVOUR.
WHILE HE DID NOT EXPECT THE YEAR TO BE AN EASY ONE, HE WAS CONVINCED THAT HONG KONG WOULD FARE MUCH BETTER THAN HANY OTHER CITIES IN THE WORLD.
THE COVERNMENT'S APPROACH AT THIS THE + IS ONE OF DETERMINATION, BUT OF PRUDENT AND HARD-HEADED DETERMINATION TO PRESS ON TOUARDS THE OBJECTIVES,+ HE SAID, STRESSING THAT IT WOULD BE A KOST SERIOUS STAKE AT THIS STAGE 10 ALLOU THE PRESENT WORLD ECONOMIC SITUATION TO DEFLECT US FROM OUR LONG TERI AINS +EXCEPT TO THE MINIMUM EXTENT THAT COM.ON PRUCE..CE VILL DICTATE.+
DESPITE PRESENT DIFFICULTIES, HE NOTED, CAREFULLY CONCEIVED PLANS FOR HOUSING, SECONDARY AND TERTIARY EDUCATION, EDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, AND SOCIAL WELFARE WERE ALL COING FORWARD. +THE SCALE OF THIS SHOULD BE APPRECIATED BECAUSE IT IS AN INDICATION OF OUR CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE,+ HE SAID.
IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION, THE COVER OR ANNOUNCED PLANS TO PROVIDE EVERY CHILD IN HONG KONG WITH ASSISTED SECONDARY EDUCATION FROM FORIS 1 TO 3, LOST LIKELY BY 1979. BY THAT TIME IT WAS ENVISAGED THAT THE EXTRA TEACHERS REOJINED WOULD HAVE BEEN TRAINED. AND BY HAY 1978, FRIMARY 6 LEAVERS WOULD PROJADLY HAVE SAT THE PRESENT SECONDARY SCHOOL EMMAMIJE EXAMINATIONS FOR THE LAST TIME.
SIR MURRAY WAS EQUALLY OPTIMISTIC OVER THE PROSPECT OF PROCRESSIVE IMPROVEMENT IN THE HOUSING SITUATION OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, AND HE WAS CONVINCED THAT DY 1984 1HE ROUSING SITUATION +WILL HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY TRANSFORMED.+
CONTRACTS NOW LET THROUGHOUT HONG KONG WOULD PROVIDE HOMES FOR UP TO 100,000 ORE PEOPLE IN 1975/76 AID FOR ANOTHER 140,000 IN 1976/77. DETAILED PROPOSALS VORE ALSO ESING PREPARED FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF A NULCER OF OLD TERENT BUILDINGS.
FOR HONG KONG'S LARCE LADOUR FORCE, FURTHER BENEFITS AND PROTECTION ARE ON THE WAY, INCLUDING SHORTER OVERTILE WORKING HOURS FOR WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS FRO:1 300 10 250 HOURS A YEAR FROM THE BEGMING OF 1975 AND TO 200 HOURS 14 1976- A NEU LACOUR RELATIONS BILL GIVING STATUTORY BACKING TO THE LADJUR RELATIONS SERVICE AND FOR PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED IN A LABOUR DISPUTE WHEN CO..CILIATION HAS FAILED= FURTHER ROJSTRIAL SAFETY REGULATIONS COVERING CARCO HALLES AT CILAVES, QUAYS AND GODOUNS NEW REGULATIONS PLOVIDING A LEGISLATIVE PRATELORK FOR APPRENTICES.IIP SUMFILES AND A SPECIAL COMENSATIGH SCHULE FOR THOSE SUFFERING Foil SILICOSIS.
/ON TRANSPORT