THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1985
TURNING TO GOVERNMENT'S CHINESE LANGUAGE POLICY.
MRS NG SAID SHE HOPED FOR A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE USE OF BOTH CHINESE AND ENGLISH IN ALL GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS WOULD BE DRAFTED BEFORE 1997.
SPEAK ING ON THE SUBJECT OF LAW AND ORDER. SHE SAID THE POLICE HAD OVERLOOKED THE NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICE UNIT SCHEME WHILE PROMOTING THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME RECENTLY.
SHE SAID THE TWO SCHEMES WERE COMPLEMENTARY TO EACH OTHER AND NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE, AND HOPED THAT THE POLICE WOULD CONDUCT A REVIEW IN THIS RESPECT.
MRS NG FINALLY URGED THE GOVERNMENT TO STRENGTHEN THE GRASSROOT ORGANISATIONS UNDER THE DISTRICT BOARDS WHICH
INCLUDED 100-ODD AREA COMMITTEES, 5 000-0DD MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND OWNERS' CORPORATIONS.
+AS THE COMMON SAYING GOES, 'LOFTY TOWERS ARE ALL BUILT UP FROM THE GROUND'.+
+ IN ORDER TO DEVELOP A POLITICAL SYSTEM WHICH IS FIRMLY ROOTED IN HONG KONG, THE GOVERNMENT MUST PROVIDE MANPOWER AND MATERIAL RESOURSES TO SUPPORT THESE GRASSROOT ORGANISATIONS SO THAT THEY MAY GIVE FULL PLAY TO THE IR FUNCTIONS IN DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, SHE ADDED.
ENSURE THAT QUALITY OF EDUCATION IMPROVES ******
A LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, THE HON LIU LIT-FOR, TODAY (THURSDAY) CALLED ON THE GOVERNMENT TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN HONG KONG.
SPEAKING AT THE SECOND DAY DEBATE ON THE GOVERNOR'S ADDRESS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR LIU SAID THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION WAS IMPORTANT AND THAT THERE SHOULD BE APPROPRIATE AND BALANCED DEVELOPMENT IN BOTH GENERAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION.
HE SAID ALL THE AIDED SCHOOL PLACES SHOULD BE OF A GOOD STANDARD AND THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD ENSURE THAT THE STANDARD OF PLACES BOUGHT FROM PRIVATE SCHOOLS WERE FURTHER IMPROVED TO MEET THE STANDARD REQUIRED FOR GOVERNMENT AND AIDED SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
HE ALSO ASKED THE GOVERNMENT TO CONSIDER THE FEASIBILITY OF EXTENDING THE ONE-YEAR FULL-TIME CRAFTSMAN COURSE TO A TWO-YEAR COURSE WITH MORE EMPHASIS ON THE ACADEMIC STANDARD OF THE STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY ON LANGUAGE.
/+PROFICIENCY IN