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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1985
+SUCH SCHOOLS WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR OF EDUCATION.
+WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE CURRENTLY PLANNED SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRAMME WE SHOULD HAVE A SYSTEM IN WHICH MANY OF THE PRESENT DIFFICULTIES, SUCH AS TRANSFERRING PUPILS AMONG SCHOOLS AND INADEQUATE CURRICULA, WILL BE RESOLVED, MR LEUNG SAID.
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HK: AN EXCITING PLACE FOR EDUCATIONISTS *****
HONG KONG IS AN EXCITING PLACE FOR EDUCATIONISTS TO WORK IN COMPARED WITH MOST DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR LI YUET-TING, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE CENTRAL EAST REGIONAL COUNCIL OVERSEAS SCHOOLS 85 CONFERENCE, MR LI SAID IT WAS BECAUSE HONG KONG WAS STILL IN AN EXPANDING SITUATION AND THE COMMUNITY HERE FIRMLY BELIEVED IN EDUCATION AND WAS EVER-READY TO SUPPORT IT AND TO PAY FOR ITS DEVELOPMENT,
MR LI SAID HONG KONG WAS PROBABLY THE FIRST CHINESE COMMUNITY IN THE WORLD TO ACHIEVE NEAR UNIVERSAL SENIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION.
HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD ACCEPTED A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE EDUCATION COMMISSION'S FIRST REPORT AND IMPLEMENTATION HAD ALREADY STARTED. THESE INCLUDED A FURTHER EXPANSION OF SENIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION, HE ADDED.
+THERE WILL NO LONGER BE ANY NEED FOR THE PRESENT SELECTION ARRANGEMENTS AT THE END OF THE COMPULSORY EDUCATION PERIOD, WHICH CAN THEN BE PHASED OUT IN 1991, + MR LI SAID.
HONG KONG WAS FULLY COMMITTED TO PROVIDING THE BEST EDUCATION POSSIBLE FOR ALL CHILDREN BECAUSE IN A PLACE WHICH HAD VIRTUALLY NO NATURAL RESOURCES, HUMAN RESOURCES WERE OUR +LIFE-LINE+, HE SAID.
+AT PRESENT 17 PER CENT OF GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE IS DEVOTED TO EDUCATION AND I WILL NOT BE SURPRISED IF THIS PERCENTAGE IS INCREASED OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS,+ MR LI SAID.
IN THIS CONNECTION, MR LI SAID, THE EDUCATION COMMISSION WAS LIKELY TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON KINDERGARTEN EDUCATION, SIXTH- FORM EDUCATION AND OPEN EDUCATION IN ITS NEXT REPORT.
THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALSO JUST ANNOUNCED THAT THE PLANNING OF A THIRD UNIVERSITY WILL START, MR LI SAID.
+THUS, EDUCATION WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUPY A CENTRAL PLACE 1 HONG KONG'S LONG TERM DEVELOPMENT, HE ADDED.
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