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MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1984
TODAY'S PROGRAMME ENDED WITH A RECEPTION AND DINNER IN HONOUR OF THE GOVERNOR AND THE MISSION HOSTED BY THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO JAPAN, SIR SYDNEY GIFFARD.
THE HIGH LEVEL GROUP CONTINUES ITS PROGRAMME TOMORROW WITH A SPECIAL JOINT MEETING OF THE HONG KONG/JAPAN AND JAPAN/HONG KONG BUSINESS COOPERATION COMMITTEES AT KEIDANREN, WHERE SIR EDWARD WILL DELIVER A KEYNOTE ADDRESS ON +HONG KONG: PRESENT REALITIES AND FUTURE PROSPECTS TO AN AUDIENCE OF INFLUENTIAL JAPANESE BUSINESS LEADERS. THE DELEGATES WILL ALSO TAKE PART THE OPENING OF THE TDC'S MAJOR PRODUCT PROMOTION IN TOKYO, -"HE GREAT HONG KONG TOY EXPOSITION OF 1984+.
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EDUCATION SYSTEM TO BE MAINTAINED
THE PRESENT EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS OF ALL KINDS,
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SYSTEMS WOULD BE MAINTAINED AND INCLUDING THOSE RUN BY RELIGIOUS AND COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS WOULD RETAIN THEIR AUTONOMY, MR MORRIS MORGAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL, SAID TODAY.
HE TOLD THE GRADUATES OF THE KIANGSU-CHEKIANG COLLEGE AT ITS 25TH GRADUATION CEREMONY THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION WOULD DECIDE ITS OWN POLICIES IN THE FIELDS OF CULTURE, EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.
HE SAID HE BELIEVED THAT THE AGREEMENT TO BE SIGNED SOON IN BEIJING BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENTS OF CHINA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM, WOULD GIVE HONG KONG PEOPLE CONFIDENCE FOR THE FUTURE.
+LIKEWISE, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO FACE THE FUTURE WITH CONFIDENCE AND TO LEARN TO COPE WITH CHANGES, + SAID MR MORGAN.
HE SAID THEY HAD TO BE RESILIENT TO COPE WITH CHANGING TECHNOLOGY. HONG KONG NEEDED THE WEALTH-GENERATING EFFECT OF NEW TECHNOLOGY TO MAINTAIN EMPLOYMENT AND TO RAISE LIVING STANDARDS, HE SAID.
+IF HONG KONG DOES NOT ADOPT NEW TECHNOLOGIES AT LEAST AT THE RATE OF OUR TRADE COMPETITORS, THE EFFECTS WILL BE PROFOUND AND LONG LASTING, MR MORGAN ADDED.
TO BRING ABOUT CHANGES IN TECHNOLOGY, THERE MUST BE CHANGES IN DEMAND FOR SKILLS, WHICH MEANT EMPLOYERS AND INDIVIDUALS HAD TO UNDERSTAND THAT EDUCATION AND TRAINING WERE NOT CONCENTRATED INTO A FEW YEARS BEFORE WORKING LIFE BEGAN OR AT THE START OF I, BUT WOULD NEED TO CONTINUE UNTIL RETIREMENT, MR MORGAN SAID.
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