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MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1984
SIR EDWARD SAID THAT ULTIMATELY, THE RANGE OF COURSES WOULD BE EXPANDED TO COVER A WIDER VARIETY OF ACADEMIC SUBJECTS AT DEGREE, PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMA, HIGHER DIPLOMA AND HIGHER CERTIFICATE LEVELS.
IN LINE WITH THE NEEDS OF HONG KONG'S SOCIETY, COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY AND THE GOVERNMENT, ALL THE COURSES WOULD HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL PRACTICAL CONTENT, HE ADDED.
HE ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THE PLANNING COMMITTEE LED BY SIR S.Y. CHUNG, AND THE DIRECTORATE OF THE CITY POLYTECHNIC, UNDER THE FOUNDING DIRECTOR DR DAVID JOHNS, AND HIS SENIOR STAFF FOR THEIR HARD WORK.
DRAFT AGREEMENT PROVIDES
FOR CONTINUATION OF ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS
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THE DRAFT AGREEMENT ON HONG KONG'S FUTURE PROVIDED FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THOSE ELEMENTS WHICH THE COMMUNITY HERE REGARDED AS ESSENTIAL, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
+ IN DOING SO IT HAS REMOVED THE UNCERTAINTY ABOUT 1997 WHICH, FOR A WHILE, HAD DETERRED CONFIDENCE AND PROGRESS,+ SIR PHILIP SAID.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE THIRD CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF COMMONWEALTH VALUATION DEPARTMENTS AT THE REGENT HOTEL.
SIR PHILIP TOLD DELEGATES FROM SOME 20 COUNTRIES THAT A SENSE OF UNCERTAINTY BEGAN TO EMERGE AS HONG KONG ENTERED THE 1980'S. HE THEN BRIEFED THE DELEGATES THE PROBLEMS CONCERNING HONG KONG'S FUTURE AND THE EVENTS LEADING TO THE INITIALLING OF THE DRAFT AGREEMENT.
+NOW AFTER TWO WORRYING YEARS, HONG KONG CAN MOVE AHEAD ONCE MORE,+ SIR PHILIP SAID.
+ OF COURSE INTENTIONS HAVE TO BE CONVERTED INTO REAL LIFE DECISIONS, BUT THERE ARE COMPELLING REASONS TO SUPPOSE THEY WILL BE.
+SO BELIEVE HONG KONG'S DESTINY REMAINS TO BE THE COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL CAPITAL CITY OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA AND, AMONG OTHER THINGS, WILL CONTINUE TO PLAY HOST TO, AND AN ACTIVE ROLE IN, INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES SUCH AS THIS CONFERENCE, HE SAID.
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