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+APART FROM CONTINUING TO PROMOTE ANTI-NARCOTIC EDUCATION AMONG THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND YOUNG PEOPLE, AS WELL AS INFLICTING SEVERE PUNISHMENT UPON THOSE WHO GO AGAINST THE LAW BY SMUGGLING, MANUFACTURING AND GROWING NARCOTIC DRUGS, GOVERNMENT OUGHT TO STRENGTHEN CONTACT WITH NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES TO STRIKE A HEAVY BLOW ON DRUG TRAFFICKERS,+ HE SAID.
TURNING TO EDUCATION, MR YEUNG SAID A GOOD EDUCATION IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE, TOGETHER WITH THE INSTRUCTION OF ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE, WOULD LAY THE FOUNDATION OF A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR HONG KONG. SCHOOLS MUST PAY ATTENTION TO THE EFFECTS OF GOOD TEACHING STAFF AND APPROPRIATE TEXTBOOKS WHILE MAKING A DECISION TO USE BOTH ENGLISH AND CHINESE AS THE MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION, HE SAID.
+ IF IT IS HOPED THAT THE PRESENT SITUATION OF PUTTING STRONGER EMPHASIS ON ENGLISH THAN CHINESE COULD BE BALANCED, GOVERNMENT OUGHT TO TAKE THE LEAD IN VARIOUS ASPECTS, PARTICULARLY IN EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT, TO PROVE TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION THAT ADOPTION OF A BILINGUAL TEACHING POLICY IS A KEY FACTOR IN KEEPING HONG KONG AS AN IMPORTANT COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND MONETARY CENTRE,+ HE SAID.
REFERRING TO THE REPORT BY THE BROADCASTING REVIEW BOARD, HE SAID WHETHER A PROPOSAL WAS APPLICABLE DEPENDED ON ITS ACCEPTABILITY BY THE WHOLE SOCIETY.
+OWING TO THE COMPLEXITY OF THE CONTENTS OF THE REPORT, GOVERNMENT HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE SOME GENERAL EXPLANATIONS TO FACILITATE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING AND IN TURN, ENCOURAGE MORE PUBLIC VIEWS OF VALUE, HE SAID.
LAW AND ORDER CRUCIAL DURING TRANSITIONAL PERIOD
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THE MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC SECURITY AND SOCIAL ORDER IS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN PRESERVING THE PROSPERITY AND STABILITY OF HONG KONG.
THE HON CHUNG PUI-LAM SAID THIS AT THE DEBATE ON THE GOVERNOR' O OPENING ADDRESS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
HE CALLED ON THE GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE THE POLICE FORCE WITH ADEQUATE RESOURCES FOR MAINTAINING ITS MODERNISATION.
THE GOVERNMENT MUST ENSURE THAT THE FORCE WOULD BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN ITS HIGH LEVEL OF EFFICIENCY AND MORALE, SO THAT IT WOULD CARRY OUT CORRESPONDING MEASURES IN MEETING ALL THE CHANGES AS MIGHT ARISE DURING THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, HE SAID.
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