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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1988
BACKING FOR INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS
BE THERE SHOULD
CONTINUED BACKING SCHOOLS IN HONG INTERNATIONAL BILINGUAL EDUCATION BASED
FOR NON-PROFIT MAKING KONG, PARTICULARLY THOSE OFFERING ON A CHINESE HERITAGE, THE HON MARTIN BARROW SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THROUGH
OTHER
FORMS OF NO. 3, MR
AND LAND GRANTS THIS COULD BE DONE SUPPORT AS RECOMMENDED IN THE EDUCATION COMMISSION REPORT BARROW SAID IN THE DEBATE ON THE REPORT.
——
HE SAID THAT HE PEOPLE WHO WERE OVERSEAS
LEAVING
—
AND
FREQUENTLY FOUND
TALKING IN
то HONG KONG ALSO HEARD FROM THOSE ALREADY
THAT THE AVAILABILITY OF THE APPROPRIATE TYPE OF EDUCATION ON THEIR MINDS IN DECIDING
FOR THEIR CHILDREN WOULD WEIGH HEAVILY WHETHER OR NOT TO RETURN TO HONG KONG.
"I BELIEVE
IS IT
RIGHT
THAT WE PEOPLE AS
ENCOURAGE AS MANY PROFESSIONAL
COMMUNITY," HE SAID.
"THESE PEOPLE, WITH OVERSEAS WORKING
MAINTAINING HONG KONG
DO
EVERYTHING
TO
SHOULD POSSIBLE TO REJOIN THIS
EXPERIENCE,
VITAL ROLE IN
AS A VIGOROUS BUSINESS CETRE TO THE BENEFIT OF HONG KONG AS A WHOLE."
CAN PLAY A INTERNATIONAL
MR BARROW ADDED
THAT ENGLISH
HAVE MIGHT
BECOME THE BUT THE PARENTS WOULD WISH THEM TO
LANGUAGE OF THESE CHILDREN. CHINESE LANGUAGE STUDIES AS WELL.
FIRST RESUME
BILINGUALISM IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE WAS ALSO DESIRABLE FOR CHILD GROWING UP IN HONG KONG, REGARDLESS OF ORIGIN.
COMMUNITY
ANY
L
WERE EQUALLY AND THIS MUST BE THE OF THE FOREIGN
MANY MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTED TO HONG KONG ON A LONG-TERM BASIS, ONLY PLACE IN THE WORLD WHERE LESS THAN TWO PER CENT POPULATION SPOKE THE LOCAL LANGUAGE, HE SAID.
0
-
ATTACKS ON REPORT MISLEADING PUBLIC
3 HAS BEEN OVER ZEALOUSLY BEING MISLED TODAY
THE EDUCATION COMMISSION REPORT NO. AND UNRESERVEDLY ATTACKED IN SUCH A WAY THAT PEOPLE ARE ON THE ISSUE, THE HON DAVID CHEUNG TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL {WEDNESDAY}.
AT LOOKING
THE PROPOSALS IN THE MR CHEUNG SAID THAT, WHEN
OF EDUCATION IN REPORT, ONE SHOULD BEAR IN MIND THE OVERALL PICTURE
OF
STUDENTS; AND THE HONG KONG; THE WELL-BEING
ALL DISRUPTION TO THE SYSTEM AS WELL AS THE UNIQUENESS OF HONG KONG DENSELY POPULATED PLACE.
POSSIBLE AS A
/HE SAID