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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1980
REVIEW COMMITTEE WELCOMES PUBLIC VIEWS
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INTERESTED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND EDUCATIONAL ORGANISATIONS ARE WELCOME TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS TO THE NEWLY SET UP COMMITTEE TO REVIEW POST-SECONDARY AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION. +
THEY SHOULD FORWARD THEIR VIEWS TO THE COMMITTEE SECRETARY, GPO BOX 7070, HONG KONG.
MR KENNETH TOPLEY, WHO HEADS THE 12-MEMBER COMMITTEE, SAID TODAY:
+1 AM EAGER THAT EDUCATORS AND ALL WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF POST-SCHOOL EDUCATION IN HONG KONG SHOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THEIR VIEWS TO THE COMMITTEE AT AN EARLY STAGE.
+wE WELCOME NEW IDEAS AND ALL VIEWS WE RECEIVE WILL BE STUDIED CAREFULLY. THE COMMITTEE MAY DECIDE AT A LATER STAGE TO INVITE
INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS TO AMPLIFY THEIR VIEWS.+
THE COMMITTEE'S TERMS OF REFERENCE REQUIRE IT TO LOOK AT THE FULL RANGE OF RPOVISION FOR VOCATIONAL AND GENERAL EDUCATION IN THE UNIVERSITIES, POLYTECHNIC, POST-SECONDARY COLLEGES AND TECHNICAL
INSTITUTES.
THE COMMITTEE WILL BE TAKING A PARTICULAR INTEREST IN THE TOTAL PROVISION OF PLACES, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EXISTING INSTITUTIONS, THE POSSIBLE CREATION OF NEW INSTITUTIONS, AND THE USE IN EDUCATION OF DISTANCE LEARNING TECHNIQUES,
PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN TSUEN WAN RECEIVES UTMOST ATTENTION
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THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN IS RECEIVING THE UTMOST ATTENTION OF MANY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS COMMUNITY LEADERS AND LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS.
KWAI CHUNG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR FRED TING, TOLD THE ROTARY CLUB OF TSUEN WAN THIS TODAY.
+WHEN ONE LOOKS BACK AT THE DEVELOPMENT OF TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN ONE WILL NO DOUBT AGREE THAT IT HAS NOT ONLY GROWN AT ENORMOUS SPEED BUT ALSO IN SIZE FOR THE PAST FEW DECADES,+ HE SAID.
IN 1930 THE POPULATION WAS IN THE REGION OF 5 000. EVEN BY 1961 IT STOOD AT ONLY 24 000.
+HOWEVER, TODAY THE POPULATION IS 700 000. MORE SIGNIFICANT STILL, AS FAR AS THE PLANNING OF COMMUNITY SERVICES IS CONCERNED, THIS IS A RELATIVELY YOUNG POPULATION AS ABOUT 200 000 OF THE RESIDENTS ARE IN THE SIX TO 23 YEARS AGE GROUP AND ABOUT 68 PEP CENT OF THE TOTAL POPULATION ARE RESIDENTS OF PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES.+
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