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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1975
ON CAREERS FOR GIRLS, HE SAID: THE EMPHASIS ON FEMALE REPETITIVE LABOUR MUST REDUCE AS AUTOMATION ADVANCES. WE THEREFORE HAVE A SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY TO ENCOURAGE GIRLS TO LOOK TO NEW HORIZONS IN THEIR CAREERS AND SPECIFIC CONCENTRATION ON THIS AREA IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT.+
THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR. IAN PRICE, INTRODUCING DR. LEGG WHO WAS AN ENGINEERING APPRENTICE FROM 1940 TO 1945, COMMENDED HIM AS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT APPRENTICES COULD ACHIEVE.
+ STRESS THIS POINT BECAUSE IN HONG KONG THERE IS STILL PREJUDICE ON THE PART OF PARENTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE AGAINST DOING WORK WHICH DIRTIES ONE'S HANDS,+ MR. PRICE SAID.
TRANSPORT WHITE PAPER EXPECTED IN DECEMBER 1976
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A WHITE PAPER ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT WILL BE PUBLISHED TOWARDS THE END OF NEXT YEAR ACCORDING TO PRESENT PLANS.
REPLYING TO QUESTIONS BY THE HON. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY, THE SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, THE HON. JAMES ROBSON, SAID SEVEN OUT OF NINE TESTS TO BE CONDUCTED BY CONSULTANTS WITHIN A COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORT STUDY HAD ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED,
HE UNDERSTOOD THAT THE FINAL TWO TESTS WOULD
BE COMPLETED WITHIN A MONTH OR SO.+
+THE CONSULTANTS WILL BE SUBMITTING A REPORT ON THE CONCLUSIONS TO BE DRAWN FROM THEIR RESEARCHES ON SUCH MATTERS AS THE FUTURE ROLE FOR THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY. FOR THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY, FOR THE PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES AND FOR THE FRANCHISED BUSES, HE SAID.
THERE WOULD ALSO BE INDICATIONS OF THE REQUIRED ROAD EXPENDITURE AND ANY NECESSARY LIMITATIONS ON ROAD USE, SUCH AS RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF PRIVATE CARS, IF PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES WERE TO BE PROVIDED AT ACCEPTABLE SPEEDS OVER THE YEARS AHEAD.
+THE POLICY RECOMMENDATION OF THE TRANSPORT WHITE PAPER WILL BE BASED BOTH ON THIS REPORT AND ON FURTHER TESTS TO BE CARRIED OUT BY A BACK-UP TEAM OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS,+ MR. ROBSON SAID.
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