TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1980
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TO ADVISE ON:
(1) THE ADEQUACY OF THE PRESENT PATTERN AND RANGE OF INSTITUTIONAL PROVISION FOR POST-SECONDARY
(2)
EDUCATION-
CURRENT AND PROJECTED EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING NEEDS AT DIFFERENT LEVELS, INCLUDING UNIVERSITY EDUCATION, TEACHER EDUCATION, VOCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AND TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION=
(3) STUDENT ENROLMENT TARGETS FOR THE DECADE
COMMENCING WITH THE NEXT TRIENNFUM IN 1984 IN THE RANGE OF AVAILABLE AND PROSPECTIVE COURSES=
(4) POLICY OPTIONS WITH RECOMMENDATIONS RELATING TO
(A) THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING INSTITUTIONS-
(B) THE CREATION OF NEW INSTITUTIONS-
(C) RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN INSTITUTIONS-
(D) THE USE OF DISTANCE LEARNING-
(E) ALTERNATIVE COURSES OF ACTION OR DEVELOPMENT-
(5) THE FEASIBILITY OR DESIRABILITY OF INSTITUTING
PUBLIC SCHOLARSHIPS (OR OTHER SCHEMES) FOR DEGREES OVERSEAS EITHER GENERALLY OR IN PARTICULAR FIELDS OF STUDY,
AND TO REPORT WITHIN SIX MONTHS.
SIR JACK OPENS NEW SHIPYARD ON TSING YI ***
THE OPENING OF A NEW SHIPYARD ON TSING YI BY HONGKONG UNITED DOCKYARDS REPRESENTS AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE NOT ONLY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMPANY, BUT ALSO IN THE FURTHERANCE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S PLANS TO SEE THE ISLAND DEVELOPED AS AN INDUSTRIAL AREA, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR JACK CATER SAID TODAY.
SPEAKING AT THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE YARD THIS MORNING, SIR JACK SAID SHIP REPAIRING WAS AS OLD AS HONG KONG ITSELF: +INDEED SLIPWAYS CAPABLE OF LIFTING 300 TONS WERE IN OPERATION
IN 1841, THE YEAR IN WHICH HONG KONG WAS FOUNDED.
+THE INDUSTRY BOASTS THE FIRST BUSINESS REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE EVER ISSUED IN HONG KONG IT REMAINS OUR MAJOR HEAVY INDUSTRY, HE SAID.
/SIR JACK