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WELNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1985
+SECONDLY, THE TITLE MUST BE UNIQUE SO THAT IT CAN BE READILY IDENTIFIED WITH PERSONS WHO ON JUNE 30, 1997 ARE BDTC'S BY VIRTUE OF A CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG. THIS IS IMPORTANT TO FACILITATE ACCEPTANCE BY THIRD COUNTRIES OF THE NEW STATUS AND THE FUTURE PASSPORTS CARRYING THAT STATUS.
+THIRDLY, THE TITLE MUST CLEARLY STIPULATE THAT THE STATUS TO WHICH IT CORRESPONDS IS A FORM OF BRITISH NATIONALITY.
+FOURTHLY, HOWEVER, THE CHOICE OF TITLE MUST TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE FACT THAT IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE USED AFTER 1997, WHEN HONG KONG WILL HAVE CEASED TO BE BRITISH TERRITORY. IN THIS CONNECTION, ANY TITLE WHICH CONTAINS BOTH THE WORD "BRITISH' AND THE NAME 'HONG KONG' WOULD NOT MEET THIS REQUIREMENT.
FINALLY, I SHOULD ALSO PUT ON RECORD THE FACT THAT, A NUMBER OF OPTIONS HAVING BEEN CONSIDERED, AND IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS)' WOULD BE THE MOST APPROPRIATE IN ALL THE CIRCUMSTANCES, +
BETTER EDUCATION QUALITY, QUANTITY SOUGHT
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THE APPROACH OF THE EDUCATION COMMISSION TO THE PROBLEM OF THE JUNIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION ASSESSMENT WAS AIMED AT IMPROVING THE SECONDARY EDUCATION SYSTEM AS A WHOLE IN QUALITY AND QUANTITY, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON NEIL HENDERSON, SAID TODAY.
+THE JSEA ITSELF HAS BEEN SEEN AS THE SYMPTOM NOT THE CAUSE OF THE PRESENT DEFICIENCIES IN THE SYSTEM, MR HENDERSON SAID.
CONTRARY TO THE IMPRESSION CREATED BY THE REACTION OF VARIOUS INTERESTED PARTIES, THE EDUCATION COMMISSION HAD NOT RECOMMENDED AS SUCH THE ABOLITION OF THE JSEA IN 1991, OR IN ANY OTHER YEAR, BUT AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE IR PROPOSALS THAT IT SHOULD BE PHASED OUT IN THAT YEAR, MR HENDERSON SAID.
IN OTHER WORDS THE REMOVAL OF THE JSEA FROM THE EDUCATIONAL SCENE WAS A BY-PRODUCT OF THE COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION ON POST-FORM 3 EDUCATION RATHER THAN THE OBJECTIVE BEHIND THEM, HE SAID.
MR HENDERSON WAS SPEAKING IN SUMMING UP THE ADJOURNMENT DEBATE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY ON THE FIRST REPORT OF THE EDUCATION COMMISSION.
HE SAID THAT THE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS INVOLVED:
THE CONSTRUCTION