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STUDENTS IN DUE COURSE, ESPECIALLY IF THIS WILL, THROUGH ECONOMIES OF SCALE, ENABLE US TO REDUCE OUR COSTS AND SO REDUCE OUR FEES," HE SAID.
"BUT WE DO NOT RULE OUT ACCEPTING OVERSEAS
WIDE
MR BRIDGE AGREED WITH COMMENTS THAT THE OLI WOULD OPEN UP EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR HONG KONG PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO MISSED OUT ON HIGHER EDUCATION.
HE
ON THE OLI
BILL
ALSO THANKED THE LEGCO AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR ALL THE HARD WORK IT HAD PUT IN TO IMPROVE THE LEGISLATION.
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LEGCO MEMBERS PRAISE HANDLING OF BIG DEMONSTRATION
THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE
LEE. TODAY (WEDNESDAY) EXPRESSED ON BEHALF OF GREAT
ALLEN THEIR THE MAJOR
COUNCIL, THE HON COUNCIL MEMBERS WAY IN OF THE RESPONSIBLE APPRECIATION DEMONSTRATION ON HONG KONG ISLAND LAST SUNDAY WAS HANDLED.
WHICH
LEGCO MEETING,
HAD TAKEN
MAKING A STATEMENT BEFORE THE CLOSE OF TODAY'S MR LEE SAID THAT OVER HALF A MILLION CITIZENS OF HONG KONG TO THE STREETS IN A PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION.
"THEY CONGREGATED, SANG, MARCHED AND MADE SPEECHES FOR OVER SIX HOURS," HE SAID.
"THEY CAME FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE. MANY WITH THEIR FAMILIES TOW, IN SUPPORT OF ONE MISSION.
IN
EXPRESS THEIR GRAVE CONCERN OVER THE "THAT MISSION WAS TO
AUTHORITIES TO DEAL WETH RECENT DECISIONS ANNOUNCED BY THE CHINESE THE STUDENT MOVEMENT IN BEIJING."
THE DEMONSTRATION
A
MR LEE SAID THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO JOINED WAS UNPRECEDENTED. YET THE ENTIRE DEMONSTRATION TOOK PLACE WITHOUT SINGLE INCIDENT OF DISORDER OR CROWD-RELATED INJURY.
SHORT
GIVEN THE PHYSICAL "THIS WAS NOTHING
MIRACULOUS, OF
THE CROWD, AND CONGESTION ON HONG KONG ISLAND, THE ENORMOUS SIZE OF THE STRENGTH OF EMOTIONS ON THAT DAY," HE SAID.
MR LEE SAID CREDIT SHOULD IN THE FIRST PLACE BE POLICE FORCE IN CONTROLLING THE PROCESSION.
"THEY SHOWED PROFESSIONALISM AND ABILITY OF THE THEY WERE SUMMONED ALMOST WITHOUT NOTICE TO DEAL WITH HONG KONG HAD NEVER BEFORE SEEN, AND THEY DID SO WITH AND EFFICIENCY."
GIVEN ΤΟ THE
HIGHEST
ORDER.
AN EVENT THAT GREAT CALMNESS
/HE SAID