THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1975
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MR. WU DID NOT DISCOUNT THE IMPORTANCE OF ENVIRONMENT ON THE BEHAVIOUS OF PEOPLE, BUT HE BELIEVED THAT CHINESE CULTURE AND TRADITIONS HAVE A POWER WHICH CAN AND SHOULD BE USED.
AS FOR THE PART PLAYED BY THE GOVERNMENT, MR. WU SAID HIS OWN CALCULATIONS SHOWED THAT $77 MILLION, OR MORE THAN ONE PER CENT, OF THE CURRENT BUDGET WAS SPENT ON CULTURAL AFFAIRS.
ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT COMPLAIN THE SUM, HE SUGGESTED THAT THERE COULD BE MORE COMMON SENSE AND ECONOMIC ACUMEN IN ITS EMPLOYMENT FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF CULTURE.
BESIDES, HE SAID, WITH CONCERTED EFFORT, THE ARTIFICIAL BARRIERS AND RED TAPE WHICH HINDER THE CREATIVITY OF TALENTED PEOPLE MUST BE REMOVED.
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HE POINTED OUT THAT THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, IN ADDITION TO THEIR COMMERCIAL GENIUS, ALSO HAD A REAL CAPACITY FOR CULTURAL EXPRESSION, BUT SOMEONE MUST GIVE A LEAD.
HE REMINDED EDUCATIONAL WORKERS THAT CULTURE WAS NOT JUST A LUXURY WHICH MUST TAKE A POOR SECOND PLACE TO MATERIAL PROGRESS AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION.
MR. WU NOTED THAT THE REORGANISATION OF THE POLICE FORCE AND THE NEW ROLES THE FORCE WAS EXPECTED TO PERFORM WOULD TAKE SOME TIME TO IMPLEMENT, AND HE WONDERED WHETHER CONSIDERATION COULD BE GIVEN TO EMPLOYING THE AUXILIARIES TO AN EVEN GREATER EXTENT TILL THE REORGANISATION OF THE REGULAR FORCE WAS COMPLETED.
HE ALSO ASKED IF IT WAS POSSIBLE TO RECRUIT THOSE SERVICEMEN WHO WOULD BECOME REDUNDANT AS A RESULT OF THE RUNDOWN OF THE GARRISON, TO SERVE IN POLICE TACTICAL UNITS SO AS TO RELEASE EXPERIENCED POLICEMEN FOR BEAT DUTY.
+ THE INCREASED FREQUENCY OF PATROLS COULD MAKE A GREAT DIFFERENCE TO THOSE WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE BE ATTACKED AND INJURED,+ HE SAID.
HE WARNED THAT PEOPLE BECOME SUSPICIOUS AND DISTRUSTFUL OF THE AUTHORITIES WHEN THEY WERE CONSTANTLY EXPOSED TO THE THREAT OF VIOLENCE.
+SUCH AN ATTITUDE CAN ONLY BE DETRIMENTAL TO OUR SOCIETY BECAUSE PEOPLE STOP THINKING OF THE COMMON GOOD AND ARE CONCERNED ONLY WITH PROTECTING THEIR INDIVIDUAL INTERESTS.
+ IF SUCH AN ATTITUDE BECOMES WIDESPREAD, THE FABRIC OF SOCIETY MUST DETERIORATE AS A RESULT,+ HE WARNED. +AT ALL COSTS, WE MUST ENDEAVOUR TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING IN HONG KONG.+
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