FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1988
GOVERNOR STRESSES IMPORTANCE FOR HK OF HIGHER EDUCATION
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HIGHER EDUCATION WILL CONTINUE TO BE A HIGH
PLANNING,
GOVERNMENT (FRIDAY) EVENING.
THE GOVERNOR,
SIR
DAVID
PRIORITY AREA IN
SAID WILSON,
THIS
SPEAKING AT THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER OF THE CHINESE NEEDED TO PRODUCE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, SIR DAVID SAID HONG KONG MORE GRADUATES TO MAINTAIN THE TERRITORY'S PROSPERITY AND VITALITY.
"WE NEED ALSO
ΤΟ
GRADUATES PRODUCE
WHO ARE VERSATILE AND OF AN INCREASINGLY SOPHISTICATED CAPABLE OF MEETING THE CHALLENGES
HE ADDED. SOCIETY AND AN INCREASINGLY COMPETITIVE WORLD,
A SMALL PLACE EXCELLENT HUMAN RESOURCES.
HE SAID.
SIR DAVID STRESSED THAT ALTHOUGH HONG KONG WAS WITH FEW NATURAL RESOURCES, IT DID HAVE "WE MUST USE
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AND TRAIN
MANY
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YOUNG
THEM TO THE FULL,
PEOPLE HAD
THE
GONE ABROAD NOTING THAT TERTIARY EDUCATION BECAUSE OF INSUFFICIENT PLACES HERE, SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH SEEKING EDUCATION OVERSEAS.
FOR
THEIR GOVERNOR
"BUT WE NEED TO DEVELOP OUR SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN A WAY THAT WE CAN PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MANY MORE OF OUR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DO SO TO GO ON TO TERTIARY EDUCATION, HERE IN KONG, HE SAID.
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THE GOVERNOR ACKNOWLEDGED THERE WERE WIDELY
ON HOW THIS SHOULD BEST DE DONE.
"BUT WHEN WE DEBATE THIS ISSUE WE NEED TO
AS A WHOLE MIND THE INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY PEOPLE OF HONG KONG," HE SAID.
SUCH
YOUNG HONG
CONFLICTING VIEWS
KEEP CONSTANTLY IN AND OF THE YOUNG
THAT THEY SEEK? OF TOMORROW? HOW
"HOW BEST CAN WE GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITIES HOW BEST CAN WE HELP THEM DEVELOP INTO THE LEADERS CAN WE ACHIEVE THE GREATEST GOOD FOR THE GREATEST NUMBER?"
THESE WERE NOT EASY QUESTIONS, AND THEY REPERCUSSIONS FAR BEYOND ANY SINGLE INSTITUTION.
HAD IMPLICATIONS AND
"BUT THEY ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT THE GOVERNMENT
ON THE EDUCATION WHEN ASSESSING THE PUBLIC'S COMMENTS PROPOSALS," HE ADDED.
MUST CONSIDER COMMISSION'S
/SIR DAVID