TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1974
SCHOOLS, PARENTS URGED TO SUPPORT SECONDARY EDUCATION EXPANSION *******
THE GOVERNMENT'S AIM OF PROVIDING THREE YEARS OF SECONDARY EDUCATION FOR EVERY CHILD IN HONG KONG WILL DEPEND ON THE SUPPORT AND CO-OPERATION OF SCHOOL MANAGEMENTS, PARENTS AND THE TAXPAYER, THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, SAID TODAY.
+WE CAN ONLY REACH IT THROUGH MUCH EFFORT AND SOME PERSONAL INCONVENIENCE. BUT THIS APPLIES TO EVERYTHING OF REAL VALUE, HE SAID.
SIR MURRAY, WHO WAS SPEAKING AT THE GOLDEN JUBILEE SPEECH DAY OF WAH YAN COLLEGE, DESCRIBED THE THREE YEARS OF SECONDARY EDUCATION AS A +FINE GOAL AND ONE WHICH COMMANDS GENERAL SUPPORT.+
HE SAID IT HAD BEEN DEFINED ONLY AFTER LONG ANXIOUS THOUGHT AND CONSULTATION,
THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH
+1 AM MOST HONOURED TO BE INVITED TO THIS SPEECH DAY, PARTICULARLY SINCE IT IS ALSO YOUR GOLDEN JUBILEE.
+IT IS A GREAT OCCASION FOR THIS SCHOOL WHICH HAS COMPLETED FIFTY YEARS OF SERVICE AND A GREAT OCCASION FOR THE BOYS WHO HAVE COMPLETED THEIR SCHOOLING AND GRADUATED. THIS IS AN OCCASION ON WHICH SCHOOL AND PUPILS ALIKE MAY BOTH LOOK BACK WITH GRATITUDE AND FORWARD WITH CONFIDENCE.
+FATHER REID HAS DESCRIBED THE HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL. IT IS A PROUD AND SUCCESSFUL STORY. I AM GLAD THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS PLAYED A HELPFUL PART IN IT.
+NOW WE HAVE TO THINK OF THE FUTURE. THE SCHOOL MUST THINK OF THE PART IT WILL PLAY IN THE YEARS TO COME AND THE PUPILS AND GRADUATES OF THE SORT OF LIFE THEY WISH TO LEAD. YOUR GOVERNMENT TOO IS FACING THE FUTURE, AND IN PARTICULAR WHAT MUST BE DONE TO GIVE EVERY BOY AND GIRL IN HONG KONG THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AT LEAST THREE YEARS OF SECONDARY EDUCATION. AND TO DO IT AS QUICKLY AS ITS RESERVES ALLOW.
OF
+THE GOVERNMENT CAN ONLY ACHIEVE THIS WITH THE HELP AND CO-OPERATION AND SUPPORT OF SCHOOL MANAGEMENTS AND PARENTS, AND COURSE, OF THE TAXPAYER. BUT IT SEEMS TO ME A FINE GOAL AND ONE WHICH COMMANDS GENERAL SUPPORT DEFINED ONLY AFTER LONG ANXIOUS THOUGHT AND CONSULTATION. WE CAN ONLY REACH IT THROUGH MUCH EFFORT AND SOME PERSONAL INCONVENIENCE. BUT THIS APPLIES TO EVERYTHING OF REAL VALUE. WE ALL OF US, THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, CANNOT ACCEPT THAT SOME YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE NO SECONDARY EDUCATION, AND WE MUST ALL OF US WORK TO PUT THIS RIGHT. I AM SURE YOUR GOVERNMENT CAN COUNT ON YOUR SUPPORT.
/+PERHAPS