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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1988
"HUMAN
A
**
RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT 18 INVESTMENT WILL BE PAID OFF IN THE LONG RUN,
MR
LEE
PRESSED
SLOW
PROCESS BUT THIS
HE SAID.
A
THE
SET ΤΟ GOVERNMENT
UP TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT BECAUSE HONG KONG COULD NOT COMPETE PLACES WITHOUT TECHNOLOGY.
AND SCIENCE
WITH OTHER
SURGE "IT IS BECOMING MORE EVIDENT THAN EVER THAT IF WE DO NOT
WE WILL RE SO AHEAD AND PAY ATTENTION TO TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT,
HE SAID. FAR BEHIND THAT WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CATCH UP,
ALSO
SUGGESTED
THAT AN
ENVIRONMENTAL
BRANCH
BE
IMPROVEMENT WHICH
MR LEE ESTABLISHED TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM OF ENVIRONMENTAL WAS AN IMPORTANT SUBJECT BOTH IN THE SHORT AND THE LONG TERM.
TURNING
MEMBERS
OF
OF THE ΤΟ MAKE GOVERNMENT
THE QUESTION OF
TO ANOTHER
ON MATTER,
BEHALF
COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE
MR LEE URGED THE REPRESENTATION TO THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO RESOLVE BRITISH PASSPORTS FOR THE WIVES AND WIDOWS OF EX-SERVICEMEN.
MANY
MEMBERS FELT HE POINTED OUT THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE GRANTED BRITISH PASSPORTS.
STRONGLY
THAT THESE
"AFTER ALL, THESE ARE THE WIVES AND WIDOWS OF HONG
THE BRITISH HEROES WHO FOUGHT AND RISKED THEIR LIVES FOR
HE SAID. AND THERE ARE NOT TOO MANY SUCH PERSONS ALIVE,
KONG'S WAR GOVERNMENT
P
CALL FOR GOVT TO BE MORE OPEN
*
то BE
BE
AND
THE
MORE RESPONSIVE THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE FOR THE CONDUCT OF THE GOVERNMENT IN WAY AHEAD MUST
MORE OPEN, MORE RESPONSIBLE, THE HON STEPHEN CHEONG SAID IN TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
"OPEN SO THAT
THE
GOVERNMENT POLICY-MAKING
OPEN SCRUTINISED;
PROCESS
AND
BACK
SO THAT GOVERNMENT
PROCEDURE CAN BE MORE EASILY POLICIES ARE PROPERLY EXPLAINED WITH ENOUGH FACTS AND FIGURES TO UP THE RATIONALE; AND OPEN SO THAT THE COMMUNITY OF THE REAL DIFFICULTIES MR CHEONG SAID.
AND IMPLICATIONS
THE
SERVICE.
OF
IS FULLY APPRAISED
THE DECISIONS,'
COMMUNITY
RESPONS EVE ALLOCATION OF
"RESPONSIBLE SO THAT THE INTEREST OF DUE CONSIDERATION RATHER THAN MERE LIF WHATEVER GENUINE AND REASONABLE DEMANDS FOR ARE GIVEN DUF OBJECTIVE AND FAIR CONSIDERATION.
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THAT
IS
GIVEN
SO
RESOURCES
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