MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1988
"WE TOO BELIEVE IN OPEN MARKETS. WE TOO BELIEVE IN NOT INTERFERING IN THE MARKET PLACE. WE TOO BELIEVE IN LOW TAXATION AND LOW INFLATION," HE SAID.
LORD YOUNG CONCLUDED:
"BUT THE MOST ENCOURAGING
COMPARISON
BETWEEN THE UK AND HONG KONG LIES IN THE RESURGENCE OF AN ENTERPRISE CULTURE IN THE UK. THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG HAVE LONG HAD A REPUTATION AS ENTREPRENEURS. I LIKE TO THINK THIS IS BECOMING MORE TRUE IN THE UK.
LIVELY RESPONSE DEMONSTRATES CONCERN FOR EDUCATION CS
THE EDUCATION COMMISSION REPORT NO. 3 HAD GENERATED A VERY LIVELY RESPONSE FROM THE COMMUNITY, AND THE GOVERNMENT IS LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING PEOPLE'S VIEWS, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, SAID TODAY ( (MONDAY).
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER OPENING THE THIRD ASIA PACIFIC PHYSICS CONFERENCE AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, HE NOTED THAT THE LIVELY CONCERN FOR EDUCATION IN HONG KONG WAS BEING DEMONSTRATED IN THE DEBATE, WHICH WOULD GO ON FOR THE PERIOD OF THE CONSULTATION.
THE EDUCATION
SIR DAVID SAID: "OBVIOUSLY EACH SECTOR OF COMMUNITY WHICH IS AFFECTED ONE WAY OR ANOTHER BY THIS REPORT HAS THEIR OWN VIEW FROM THEIR OWN PARTICULAR STANDPOINT.
"WHAT THE EDUCATION COMMISSION HAS TRIED TO DO IS TO TAKE AN OVERALL LOOK FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS REPORT AFFECTS THE SIXTH FORM SYLLABUS AND THE WHOLE OF THE SIXTH FORM COURSE AND MANY PEOPLE ARE AFFECTED
BY THAT.
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IS VERY IMPORTANT TO TRY AND BALANCE ALL REQUIREMENTS OF THE VARIOUS ELEMENTS COVERED BY THIS REPORT.
HE ASKED CRITICS TO THINK UPON THAT FACTOR BEFORE TOO STRONGLY OUT FIGHTING FOR THEIR OWN CORNER WHICH WAS, SOMETHING WHICH THEY WOULD WANT TO DO.
TH
THE
OF
THEY CAME
COURSE,
SIR DAVID SAID THE MAIN CONCERN IN THE EDUCATION COMMISSION WAS TO PROVIDE THE BEST EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM FOR ALL THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE SIXTH FORM AND TERTIARY EDUCATION, AND THE REPORT WAS NOT IN ANY WAY GOVERNED BY FINANCIAL ASPECTS.
/WHEN ASKED