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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1988
HE SAID THE COMMITTEE DID NOT HAVE ANY SCIENCE DEPARTMENT WHICH COULD PROVIDE CENTRALISED SUPPORT. SECRETARIAT BACK-UP FOR THE COMMITTEE WAS REQUIRED.
AND TECHNOLOGY BETTER TECHNICAL
THE SUCH PROBLEMS COULD BE SOLVED BY ADJUSTING AND SIMPLIFYING
AMONG THE PARTIFS EXISTING BUREAUCRACY AND IMPROVING COMMUNICATION CONCERNED.
THE
AT
PROF POON ALSO URGED THE GOVERNMENT IMMEDIATELY TO PROVIDE
WITH AN COMMITTEE
BUDGET
"REALISTICALLY ANNUAL
WHICH WOULD BE то ACHIEVE ADEQUATE" TO ENABLE
ITS OBJECTIVES. PRESENT, THE COMMITTEE HAD NO CAPITAL GRANT OR INDEPENDENT VOTE.
THE COMMITTEE
"WHILE THERE IS
NO
LACK
OF
ENTHUSIASM OR
ON ABILITY
THE OBJECTIVES, WE CANNOT DEVELOP WAVING
COMMITTEE'S PART TO FULFIL ALL THESE AND IMPLEMENT NEW IDEAS AND ORGANISE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES BY A MAGIC WAND," HE SAID.
THERE WAS A NEED TO PROMOTE PUBLIC TECHNOLOGY THROUGH PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNS.
AWARENESE OF SCIENCE AND
FOR HONG "ALL OUR EFFORTS TO MAKE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WORK
THE MESSAGE GETS THROUGH TO OUR KONG WOULD ONLY BE WORTHWHILE IF
THIS IS FACTORY WORKERS, HOUSEWIVES AND OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. AFTER ALL,
HE SAID. WHAT POPULAR SCIENCE EDUCATION IS ALL ABOUT,
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A GREATER DEGREE OF CO-ORDINATION COULD ACHIEVE BETTER RESULTS.
TOWARDS
THIS
PROF
PRAISED THE
FOR POON
GOVERNMENT
MOVING ESTABLISHMENT OF HONG KONG'S FIRST TECHNOLOGY CENTRE, DESCRIBING AS "ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING PROJECTS" AND "A LAUDABLE MOVE".
FACTORS THAT WOULD DETERMINE ITS BUT HE LISTED A NUMBER OF EVENTUAL SUCCESS OR OTHERWISE IN ENCOURAGING INNOVATION IN INDUSTRY.
INPUT
"ONE OF
FACTORS IS THESE
THE
OF IDEAS ADEQUATE CONCERNING THE APPLICATION OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN INDUSTRY," HE SAID.
IDEAS EXCHANGE FAIRS IN ACTIVE CONSIDERATION
HE BELIEVED THAT ONE VERY EFFECTIVE WAY TO PRODUCE THESE WOULD BE TO HOLD REGULAR INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY HONG KONG, A PROPOSAL WHICH WAS CURRENTLY UNDER BY THE COMMITTEE.
"THROUGH THE ORGANISATION
INTERNATIONAL
GRADUALLY
ACHIEVE
TECHNOLOGY EXCHANGE," HE SAID.
OF THESE
RECOGNITION
AS
FAIRS, HONG KONG WOULD A CENTRE FOR
SUCH AS THE TRADE
HE THEREFORE URGED ALL PARTIES CONCERNED, DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, TO GIVE FULL SUPPORT TO THE PROPOSAL.
TURNING TO THE ENVIRONMENT, PROF POON MENTIONED MAJOR WHICH HE FELT HAD NOT BEEN ADDRESSFD PROPERLY.
CONCERNS
/HE SAID