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TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1988
NEXT
EDUCATION, OPEN LEARNING INSTITUTE SET UP, FIRST STUDENTS
SESSION OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE THIRD YEAR. I ATTENDED THE FIRST
THE OTHER UNIVERSITY, THE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, JUST
OPENING OF A TECHNICAL DAY; FIRST STUDENTS IN 1991. I ATTENDED THE INSTITUTE AT CHAI WAN THE OTHER DAY, AND THAT IS THE COMPLETION PROGRAMME FOR TECHNICAL INSTITUTES. I COULD GO ON AT GREAT THIS.
OF A LENGTH ON
ON
IN HONG
BEEN LET ME TAKE TWO OTHER THINGS THOUGH. ONE POLITICAL; WE'VE THROUGH A HUGE EXERCISE OF CONSULTATION
THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR MANY DIFFERENT POLITICAL SYSTEM.
VIEWS EXPRESSED. FIRM DECISIONS ME TAKE ONE TAKEN ON AN IMPORTANT CHANGE IN OUR SYSTEM IN 1991. LET
FREE FROM PROBLEMS LAST ONE, PROBLEMS; BECAUSE WE ARE NOT
IN OCTOBER, KONG, CERTAINLY NOT. THE STOCK MARKET, A SERIOUS PROBLEM
TAKEN TO DEAL WITH IT LIKE THE REST OF THE WORLD, BUT WITH ACTION
THE END OF WITH THE REVIEW COMMITTEE WHICH IS DUE TO REPORT AT MONTH.
NEXT
KONG HAS BEEN GOING SO ON ALL THESE FIELDS I FEEL THAT HONG
BASED ON A GOOD ECONOMY. AHEAD WELL. IT'S BEEN VERY ACTIVE,
WHERE TO TRY TO DEAL WITH THERE ARE PROBLEMS WE ARE TAKING STEPS
THOSE
PROBLEMS.
CLAUDIA MO, FROM AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE: SIR, THERE'S BEEN A SUGGESTION THAT HONG KONG'S EMIGRATION BRAIN DRAIN PROBLEM HAS BEEN GETTING WORSE AND WORSE. HOW WOULD YOU ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM?
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H.E. IT IS A PROBLEM, QUITE CLEARLY IT IS BECOMING A PROBLEM. WHEN I AM ABROAD I AM ANXIOUS TO PUT THIS INTO CONTEXT BECAUSE AS EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS EMIGRATION FROM HONG KONG IS SOMETHING THAT HAS GONE ON THE WHOLE TIME, SO I TRY TO PUT IN THE BACKGROUND. PEOPLE HERE KNOW THAT BACKGROUND. WE HAVE TO FACE THE FACT THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THE NUMBERS HAVE NOT PERHAPS GONE ENORMOUSLY AND THEY HAVE BEEN ROUGHLY AT A HISTORICAL NORM IF TAKE 1986 AND 1987 TOGETHER, NEVERTHELESS THE TYPE OF PEOPLE WHO MOVING HAVE PROBABLY CHANGED SO THAT THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE KEY MIDDLE MANAGEMENT SECTOR LEAVING HONG KONG. IT HAS BEEN TO PIN DOWN THE REALITY OF THIS PROBLEM.
YOU
ARE
FROM THE DIFFICULT
I WAS PLEASED TO SEE A DETAILED SURVEY DONE THE OTHER DAY WHICH TRIED TO PIN DOWN SOME OF THE FACTS AND THE GOVERNMENT [S TRYING TO DO THE SAME THING, BUT IT IS ONLY WHEN WE CAN PIN DOWN EXACTLY WHAT THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE CAN TRY TO THINK OF REMEDIAL MEASURES. LET ME SAY THAT ONE REMEDIAL MEASURE WILL NOT BE TAKEN. THERE IS NO QUESTION OF TRYING TO STOP PEOPLE LEAVING HONG KONG. IF PEOPLE WANT TO LEAVE, THEY MUST BE ALLOWED TO LEAVE.
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