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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1989
EXIT PERMITS A MATTER FOR CHINESE AUTHORITIES
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THE
IMMIGRANT FOR THE
ISSUE OF ONE-WAY EXIT PERMITS FOR ILLEGAL MOTHERS REPATRIATED FROM HONG KONG IS ENTIRELY A MATTER CHINESE AUTHORITIES, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON GEOFFREY BARNES, INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR BARNES WAS GIVING A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON HUI YIN-FAT CONCERNING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT MOTHERS WHO WERE REPATRIATED TO CHINA LAST YEAR, AND WHETHER ANYTHING HAD BEEN DONE ΤΟ EXPEDITE, ON HUMANITARIAN GROUNDS, THE ISSUE OF ONE-WAY PERMITS то THESE WOMEN.
HONG KONG CHINESE IN THE
"MEMBERS WILL UNDERSTAND THEREFORE THAT THE GOVERNMENT CAN DO NO MORE THAN DRAW THE ATTENTION OF THE AUTHORITIES TO THESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT MOTHER CASES,
AND COURSE OF LAST YEAR THIS HAS BEEN DONE, MR BARNES SAID.
HK POLYTECHNIC'S MISSION IS TO SERVE COMMUNITY
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THE INCOMING CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC COUNCIL, THE HON STEPHEN CHEONG, RESTATED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THE FIRM BELIEF OF THE COUNCIL AND THE MANAGEMENT THAT THE POLYTECHNIC EXISTS TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
"IN THIS CONTEXT, YOU CAN BE ASSURED OF OUR CONTINUED ALERTNESS TO THE CHANGING NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY," HE SAID IN TABLING THE POLYTECHNIC'S 1987-88 ANNUAL REPORT.
THE POLYTECHNIC HAD AND WOULD CONTINUE ΤΟ DEVELOP CLOSE AND USEFUL INTERACTIONS WITH VARIOUS COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL SECTORS SO AS TO PROVIDE THE SUITABLE KIND OF TRAINING FOR STUDENTS IN PREPARING THEM TO MEET POST-GRADUATION CHALLENGES, MR CHEONG SAID.
EXAMPLES OF SOME OF THE POLYTECHNIC'S FUTURE PROGRAMMES FULLY DEMONSTRATED MORE INTENSE EFFORTS IN WORKING CLOSELY WITH COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.
FIRSTLY, PLANS WERE ALREADY IN HAND то INTRODUCE A SURFACE MOUNT TECHNOLOGY FACILITY AS WELL AS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MICRO ELECTRONIC DESIGN AND FABRICATION CENTRE. THESE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT WORKING CLOSELY WITH INDUSTRY.
/SECONDLY, IN