+
17
-
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1977
THE SETTING UP OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON DIVERS IF ICATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF LANTAU ISLAND AND PROVISION OF LAND FOR NEW
INDUSTRIES SHOULD MEET URGENT NEEDS, HE SAID.
HE SUPPORTED THE INTRODUCTION OF NINE YEARS OF COMPULSORY EDUCATION WHICH HE THOUGHT MIGHT BE MORE BENEFICIAL THAN TO PROMOTE FIVE YEARS OF SUBSIDISED SECONDARY EDUCATION.
HE EXPLAINED THAT JAPANESE WORKERS GENERALLY HAVE A HIGHER STANDARD OF EDUCATION WHICH PUT THEIR COUNTRY IN A MOST ADVANTAGEOUS POSITION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORE SOPHISTICATED
INDUSTRIES.
IF MOST OF HONG KONG'S WORKERS HAVE AT LEAST NINE YEARS' EDUCATION, HONG KONG WILL ALSO HAVE BETTER CHANCES OF DEVELOPING SIMILAR INDUSTRIES, HE SAID.
/18