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+ IF HONG KONG IS TO PLAY ITS INTERNATIONAL ROLE EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY, THE STANDARD OF ENGLISH OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD NOT ONLY BE MAINTAINED BUT SHOULD BE IMPROVED.+
IN PARALLEL WITH ITS USE, THE USE OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE MUST BE PROMOTED SO THAT HONG KONG CAN CONTINUE TO OFFER ITS SECONDARY AND TERTIARY INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES, AS WELL AS SERVING SUCCESSFULLY AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN CHINA AND OTHER COUNTRIES.
+THIS FACTOR HAS GAINED PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE NOW THAT CHINA HAS LAUNCHED HERSELF INTO THE FULL SPECTRUM OF WORLD ACTIVITIES AND WILL REMAIN IN ALL PROBABILITY AS A PROMINENT FIGURE IN THE WORLD SCENE, HE SAID.
SCHOOLS PARITY OF SUBSIDY REVIEW COMMITTEE APPOINTED
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, HAS APPOINTED A COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE APPLICATION OF THE PARITY OF SUBSIDY PRINCIPLE TO THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING SCHOOLS, UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF MR. Q.W. LEE.
THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE: MR. ROGER LOBO- MR. CHARLES YEUNG- MRS. KATHERINE YAU- MR. D.R.Y. BLUCK- MR. C.M. GUILFORD THE SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES, MR. E.P. HO- THE SENIOR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. D.B.M. BOARD AND PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY, SOCIAL SERVICES BRANCH, MR. CLIVE OXLEY.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THE COMMITTEE HELD ITS FIRST MEETING YESTERDAY, AND IT HOPED THAT ITS REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR EARLY NEXT YEAR.
LIMITED SIZE FOR GRAVE MONUMENTS
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THE PUBLIC ARE REMINDED THAT GRAVE MONUMENTS IN PUBLIC CEMETERIES SHOULD NOT EXCEED 900 MM IN LENGTH OR WIDTH AND A HEIGHT OF 1 500 MM.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT A TOTAL OF 61 URN GRAVE MONUMENTS IN WO HOP SHEK CEMETERY WERE FOUND TO BE OVER-SIZED.
+TO MAINTAIN UNIFORMITY OF GRAVE MONUMENT SIZES IN PUBLIC CEMETERIES, A REGULATION WAS GAZETTED ON MARCH 31 THIS YEAR TO LIMIT THE SIZES OF GRAVE MONUMENTS, HE SAID.
THERE ARE ALTOGETHER FOUR PUBLIC CEMETERIES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES - WO HOP SHEK CEMETERY, CHEUNG CHAU CEMETERY, SANDY RIDGE CEMETERY AND TAI O CEMETERY.
/+HOWEVER,