FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1980
THE JUNIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION ASSESSMENT SYSTEM WHICH IS BEING INTRODUCED THIS YEAR WOULD BE SIMILARLY REVIEWED BY 1983, HE SAID.
HE NOTED THAT AMONG THE COUNTRIES AND PLACES IN THE REGION, HONG KONG IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST OPEN AND DEMOCRATIC AS FAR AS FORMULATION OF EDUCATION POLICIES AND PLANS WAS CONCERNED.
+THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IS VERY GRATEFUL ABOUT THE FACT THAT SCHOOLS, EDUCATION BODIES AND THE PUBLIC HAVE ALWAYS RESPONDED SO ENTHUSIASTICALLY TO EDUCATION GREEN PAPERS AND WORKING PARTY REPORTS ON MAJOR EDUCATIONAL ISSUES, MR LI SAID.
HE HOPED THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO DO SO IN FUTURE, AND THAT COMMENTS WOULD BE EVEN BROADER AND WOULD INCLUDE SUGGESTIONS ABOUT NOT ONLY WHAT THINGS NEEDED TO BE DONE BUT ALSO HOW THEY SHOULD BE DONE.
THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ALSO URGED STUDENTS AND GRADUATES TO TAKE A STRONG INTEREST IN COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
+YOU SHOULD TRY TO FIND OUT WHAT THE ISSUES ARE, AND YOU SHOULD TRY TO ASSESS AS COOLLY AND AS OBJECTIVELY AS POSSIBLE THE ARGUMENTS ON BOTH SIDES BEFORE YOU FORM YOUR OWN OPINIONS AND COME TO YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS, + HE SAID.
IN A BIG AND CROWDED CITY SUCH AS HONG KONG, WE MUST LEARN TO RESPECT OTHER PEOPLE'S VIEWS BEFORE WE COULD ALL LIVE TOGETHER HARMONIOUSLY, MR LI SAID.
ONE OUT OF FOUR DEATHS CAUSED BY CANCER
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CANCER REMAINS THE MAJOR HEALTH PROBLEM IN HONG KONG, CLAIMIN € 203 LIVES LAST YEAR AND ACCOUNTING FOR ABOUT 24 PER CENT OF ALL DEATHS, THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR K.L. THONG, WARNED THIS EVENING.
BASED ON DATA KEPT BY THE ANTI-CANCER SOCIETY REGISTRY, DR THONG ESTIMATED THAT THERE WOULD BE ABOUT 16 000 NEW CASES IN THE LOCAL POPULATION IN THE CURRENT YEAR.
IN HIS PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY, HE SAID IT IS NOT MAN'S INHERENT FATE THAT HE CONTRACTS CANCER.
+ABOUT 90 PER CENT OF CANCERS OCCUR BECAUSE OF SOMETHING WE DO, EAT DRINK OR SMOKE. ABOUT 50 PER CENT OF CANCERS CAN BE CONTROLLED BY PERSONAL DECISIONS REFRAIN FROM SMOKING FOR EXAMPLE, HE SAID.
HE POINTED OUT THAT IN THE PAST, EMPHASIS ON THE SEARCH FOR A PANACEA TO +CURE+ CANCER WAS WRONGLY PUT.
TO IDENTIFY CANCER INDUCING AGENTS IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND TO FIND WAYS AND MEANS OF MINIMISING AND ELIMINATING SUCH AGENTS ARE THE MORE EFFECTIVE WAYS TO PREVENT THE DISEASE, HE SAID.
/THE ANTI-CANCER