WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1975
EARLIER, THE HON. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, WHO RAISED THE MATTER OF +SOCIAL PLANNING AND POPULATION GROWTH IN THE DEBATE, CALLED FOR A +POSITIVE EXPRESSION BY GOVERNMENT OF A POPULATION POLICY SUITED TO THE VITAL NEEDS OF HONG KONG FOR THE COMING YEARS,+
HE SAID +WITHOUT A WELL-DEFINED AND WELL-ACTIVATED POPULATION POLICY, OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WILL HAVE NO MORE THAN HALF-A-CHANCE TOWARDS ACQUIRING EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY.+
MR. CHEONG-LEEN SAID THAT IN SO FAR AS THE CONTROL OF LEGAL AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION WAS CONCERNED, THE GOVERNMENT HAD ADOPTED AND CONTINUED TO ADOPT THE MOST PRACTICABLE MEASURES AVAILABLE UNDER CONDITIONS AS THEY VARIED FROM TIME TO TIME.
+YET,+ HE SAID, +IN REGARD TO INTERNAL POPULATION GROWTH, THE GOVERNMENT HAS SO FAR SHOWN A SHYING AWAY ATTITUDE IN EXAMINING AND PROPOSING MORE EFFECTIVE MEASURES AT POPULATION GROWTH. +
MR. CHEONG-LEEN SAID HE DID NOT PROPOSE THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD FOLLOW WHAT OTHER COUNTRIES WERE DOING TO TACKLE PROBLEMS C. POPULATION GROWTH. +OUR POPULATION POLICY SHOULD BE TAILORED TO OUR OWN CIRCUMSTANCES AND SPECIFIC NEEDS,+ HE SAID.
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