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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1985
+ANOTHER IMPORTANT ASPECT IN THE ROLE OF THE PROFESSIONALS IS THE IR INCREASED READINESS TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, + HE SAID.
MR LIAO NOTED THAT MANY PROFESSIONALS HAVE DEVOTED TIME AND EFFORT TO MAKE VARIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WORKING OF THE 350-STRONG ADVISORY BOARDS AND COMMITTEES IN HONG KONG.
THE ELECTION OF PROFESSIONALS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL UNDER THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES AND ELECTORAL COLLEGE CAN BE SEEN AS AN EXTENSION OF THAT TRADITION, HE SAID.
+THERE ARE NO LESS THAN 17 PROFESSIONALS, BOTH APPOINTED AND ELECTED, AMONG THE 46 UNOFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS, AND THE LEAD TAKEN BY THE PROFESSIONALS IN PARTICIPATING IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS IS UNDOUBTEDLY A KEY FACTOR IN ENSURING THE CONTINUED STABILITY OF HONG KONG IN THE YEARS AHEAD, MR LIAO SAID.
HE NOTED THAT THE PRIME OBJECTIVE OF PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTIONS WAS TO SUPPORT THE IR MEMBERS IN SUSTAINING THEIR COMMITMENT TO AND CONCERN FOR THE COMMUNITY.
+ I HOPE THAT THE INSTITUTIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE SENSITIVE TO THE CHANGING NEEDS AND ASPIRATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, AND THAT THEY WILL STIMULATE DISCUSSION AMONGST THE IR MEMBERS AND REFLECT THE IR VIEWS ON IMPORTANT ISSUES AFFECTING HONG KONG TO THE GOVERNMENT, SAID MR LIAO.
POLICY IS TO PROMOTE QUALITY OF EDUCATION
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TO PROMOTE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION IS THE POLICY OF THE GOVERNMENT AND THE BEST EDUCATION CAN BE ACHIEVED WITHOUT THE BEST SCHOOLS, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR MICHAEL LEUNG, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE NEW EXTENSION AND THE GRADUATION AND PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY OF ST. FRANCIS CANOSSIAN COLLEGE, MR LEUNG SAID IT WAS THE AIM OF THE GOVERNMENT TO RAISE THE STANDARD OF SCHOOLS WHILE FREE AND UNIVERSAL EDUCATION CATERED FOR THE GREAT MAJORITY IN RESPONSE TO SOCIAL DEMAND.
IT WOULD BE THROUGH BETTER TRAINED TEACHERS, MORE DIVERSIFIED CURRICULUM BEST SUITED TO THE NEEDS OF PUPILS, BETTER TEACHING AIDS AND METHODS, MORE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT AND BETTER FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT AND BUILDINGS, MR LEUNG SAID.
+BUT HOW A SCHOOL WILL PROMOTE AND IMPROVE ITS STANDARDS GIVEN ALL THESE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT MUST DEPEND UPON ITSELF -- ITS LEADERSHIP, ITS WILL POWER AND DETERMINATION AND COOPERATION BETWEEN STAFF, STUDENTS AND PARENTS, HE ADDED.
STRESSING THAT ...