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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1977
HE URGED THE GOVERNMENT TO DISSOLVE THE MORIBUND INTER- DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE ON SERVICES FOR YOUTH AND APPOINT INSTEAD AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON YOUTH SERVICES WITH UNOFFICIAL REPRESENTATION, SO AS TO STIMULATE CLOSER LIAISON BETWEEN
THE GOVERNMENT AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES INTERESTED IN YOUTH SERVICES.
THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE WOULD MONITOR SPECIAL SERVICES FOR VULNERABLE YOUTH GROUPS AS WELL AS DUPLICATION OF EFFORT IN YOUTH PROGRAMMES, AND SEEK OUT DEFICIENCIES OR NEW APPROACHES.
+ IT WOULD BE A FOCAL POINT TO STRENGTHEN THE CONCEPT OF COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY AND COMMUNITY SERVICE AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE VARIED RANGE OF SERVICES FOR YOUTH AND MAKE THEM REALISE THEY ARE VERY MUCH A PART OF THE HONG KONG COMMUNITY, + HE SAID.
ON EDUCATION, MR. CHEONG-LEEN POINTED OUT THAT THE GAP IN THE PRIMARY EDUCATION SYSTEM FOR CHILDREN OF BOAT PEOPLE HAS TO BE FILLED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, PERHAPS WITH THE HELP OF THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE SCHEME.
HE ASKED THE GOVERNMENT TO RAISE THE PERCENTAGE OF SUBSIDISED PLACES IN FORMS IV AND V FROM 40 TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 PER CENT.
HE SUGGESTED ANOTHER LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF AN OPEN UNIVERSITY IN HONG KONG SINCE THERE WAS BOUND TO BE MORE COMPETITION FOR THE LIMITED PLACES IN THE EXISTING UNIVERSITIES AND THE POLYTECHNIC AS THE RESULT OF 11 YEARS OF UNIVERSAL EDUCATION.
HE ALSO SUGGESTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT ISSUE EVERY TWO YEARS AN ALL-INCLUSIVE WHITE PAPER ON EDUCATION, AFTER THE VARIOUS REPORTS AND GREEN AND WHITE PAPERS ON EDUCATION PRESENTLY EXPECTED WERE COMPLETED, SO THAT PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITY COULD GAIN A CLEARER INSIGHT INTO THE CURRENT STATE OF EDUCATION IN HONG KONG.
ON INDUSTRIAL DIVERSIFICATION, MR. CHEONG-LEEN WAS INTERESTED IN THE FORMATION OF AN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD, A COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, AND THE CARRYING OUT OF A SURVEY ON THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY. TO HELP WITH THE WORK OF THE NEW ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND TO ENSURE THAT HONG KONG DOES NOT FALL BEHIND ITS REGIONAL COMPETITION.
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