MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1982
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GOVERNOR STRESSES COMMITMENT TO TECHNICAL TRAINING
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, THIS (MONDAY) EVENING REAFFIRMED THE GOVERNMENT'S CONTINUING COMMITMENT TO AND INVESTMENT IN THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.
+THIS IS A COMMITMENT FROM WHICH WE SHALL NOT FALTER, HE SAID AT A DINNER COMMEMORATING THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC.
SIR EDWARD SAID 1982 MARKED A MILESTONE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE POLYTECHNIC WHICH HAD SEEN A RAPID RATE OF ADVANCE BOTH IN NUMBERS AND QUALITY.
+THESE CAN BE NO BETTER EVIDENCE OF THE HIGH DEGREE OF COMMITMENT WHICH HAS BEEN SHOWN BY ALL THOSE CONCERNED AND OF THE SUCCESS OF THEIR EFFORTS.+
THE GOVERNOR NOTED THAT THE PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR THE SECOND POLYTECHNIC, APPOINTED THIS YEAR AND CHAIRED BY SIR S.Y. CHUNG, HAD ALREADY MADE GOOD PROGRESS IN ESTABLISHING THE FRAMEWORK WITHIN WHICH THE POLYTECHNIC WILL DEVELOP.
THE TWO POLYTECHNICS ARE WELL ON COURSE, HE SAID, AND WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE A CAPACITY OF 27 000 FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT PLACES.
FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH:
+1 AM DELIGHTED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN YOU THIS EVENING TO COMMEMORATE THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC.
+1 NOTE THAT AT THE RECENT GRADUATION CEREMONY YOU, SIR S.Y., LIMITED SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE TO AN ORATION OF TEN MINUTES ONLY, MINDFUL OF THE MERITS OF BREVITY, PARTICULARLY AT SUCH A PLEASANT DINNER, I SHALL BE EVEN BRIEFER.
+1982 MARKS A MILESTONE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE POLYTECHNIC. YOU HAVE VIVIDLY DESCRIBED ITS RAPID RATE OF ADVANCE BOTH IN NUMBERS AND QUALITY. THESE CAN BE NO BETTER EVIDENCE OF THE HIGH DEGREE OF COMMITMENT WHICH HAS BEEN SHOWN BY ALL THOSE CONCERNED- AND OF THE SUCCESS OF THEIR EFFORTS. THIS YEAR HAS ALSO SEEN THE APPOINTMENT OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR THE SECOND POLYTECHNIC, UNDER YOUR DISTINGUISHED CHAIRMANSHIP, SIR S.Y. THE COMMITTEE HAS ALREADY MADE GOOD PROGRESS IN ESTABLISHING THE FRAMEWORK WITHIN WHICH THE NEW POLYTECHNIC WILL DEVELOP.
+SO THE TWO POLYTECHNICS ARE WELL ON COURSE. THEY COULD EVENTUALLY HAVE A CAPACITY OF 27 000 FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT PLACES.
/+WE LIVE