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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1983.
+ALL RELIGIOUS BODIES IN HONG KONG HAVE TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITIES TO INFLUENCE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE FOR THEIR GOOD.
+REGULATIONS AND CODES OF AID ARE INTRODUCED TO ENSURE THAT PUBLIC MONEY IS NOT USED WASTEFULLY, UNMORALLY OR ILLEGALLY,
+CLEARLY BAPTIST COLLEGE AND THE OTHER INSTITUTIONS TO WHICH I HAVE REFERRED DO NOT WISH TO MISUSE PUBLIC MONEY- THEY DESIRE THE GOOD OF THEIR STUDENTS, SHE SAID.
MISS BENNETT SAID THAT BAPTIST COLLEGE DESERVED TO BE UPGRADED AND PLACED UNDER THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE.
DR HO KAM-FAI SAID THAT THE BILL WOULD LEAD TO THE PROVISION OF A BETTER TRAINED MANPOWER TO HONG KONG'S COMMUNITY AND THE ASPIRATIONS OF ITS YOUNG PEOPLE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION BEING MET.
+FIRSTLY, THE BILL INTRODUCES A LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK WHEREBY THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE OF THE COLLEGE WILL BE BROUGHT
IN LINE WITH OTHER PUBLICLY FUNDED HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS.
+WITH THAT THE STATUS OF THE COLLEGE WILL BE CONSIDERABLY ENHANCED, HE SAID.
TO THE STUDENTS, THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE COLLEGE WILL WIDEN THEIR OPPORTUNITIES FOR A RECOGNISED HIGHER EDUCATION; TO THE COLLEGE, IT WILL ENABLE STUDENTS OF THE HIGHER CALIBRE TO BE ATTRACTED.
+SECONDLY, PUBLIC FUNDS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE BAPTIST COLLEGE THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE.
+THIS STEADY SOURCE OF FUNDING WILL ALLOW THE COLLEGE TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN A HIGH QUALITY TEACHING STAFF AND TO BUILD UP A WELL-STOCKED LIBRARY.
+BOTH IMPROVEMENTS WILL NOT ONLY BENEFIT THE STUDENTS IN THE COLLEGE, BUT ALSO CONSOLIDATE ITS STANDING AS AN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC INSTITUTION,+ DR HO SAID.
CRITERIA FOR TRANSLATING LAWS INTO CHINESE
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THE GENERAL PRINCIPLE IN DECIDING WHETHER A CERTAIN PIECE OF LEGISLATION SHOULD BE TRANSLATED INTO CHINESE IS WHETHER IT IS CONSIDERED TO BE OF WIDE PUBLIC INTEREST TO ENABLE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE LAW BY THOSE AFFECTED BY IT.
THIS WAS STATED TODAY IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BY THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, THE HON DAVID AKERS-JONES, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON WONG LAM.
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