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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1989
ON ISSUES.
"IT HAS PROVEN ITS ABILITY ΤΟ RESPOND PROMPTLY ΤΟ URGENT REQUESTS FOR VIEWS ON MATTERS OF IMMEDIATE CONCERN TO THE ADMINISTRATION; ITS IN-DEPTH ANALYSES
WHICH ARE OF A LONG-TERM AND STRATEGIC NATURE. ARE OF PARTICULAR VALUE TO US IN FORMULATING AND EVALUATING MAJOR POLICIES." SIR DAVID SAID.
THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID HE WAS PARTICULARLY PLEASED THAT IT'S MEMBERS HAD ESTABLISHED SUCH GOOD WORKING AND PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH POLICY SECRETARIES. HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS AND PRIVATE SECTOR CONTACTS,
"THIS REFLECTS GREAT CREDIT ON ALL CONCERNED AND HAS. I AM SURE. DISPELLED MUCH OF THE SUSPICION AND PERHAPS CYNICISM WHICH GREETED THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE FORMATION OF THE CPU A YEAR AGO. DAVID SAID.
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EFFECTIVE MEASURE IN REPLENISHING LOSS OF TALENT
THE ADMINISTRATION BELIEVES THAT THE DECISION TO INCREASE THE PROVISION OF FIRST DEGREE PLACES FROM 7.000 NEXT YEAR то 15.000 IN 1995 WILL IN THE LONG RUN PROVE TO BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE PRACTICAL MEASURE IN REPLENISHING THE LOSS OF TALENT, THE CHIEF SECRETARY. THE HON SIR DAVID FORD SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
J IN REPLY TO MEMBERS VIEWS ABOUT THE NEED ΤΟ REBUILD LOCAL CONFIDENCE AND STEM THE LOSS OF HONG KONG'S TALENTED PEOPLE THROUGH EMIGRATION. SIR DAVID SAID THE GOVERNMENT SHARED MANY OF SENTIMENTS EXPRESSED BUT ALSO BELIEVED THAT THERE WAS A EVERYONE TO PLAY IN THE RESTORATION OF CONFIDENCE.
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"ULTIMATELY THE MOST IMPORTANT TEST WILL BE WHETHER COMMUNITY RECOVERS ITS SELF-CONFIDENCE. HE SAID.
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"GOVERNMENT ESTIMATES THAT NEXT YEAR HONG KONG IS LIKELY TO LOSE ABOUT 55.000 PEOPLE THROUGH EMIGRATION. THIS IS A SOBERING FIGURE INDEED." SIR DAVID REMARKED.
NOTING THAT ACTION WAS IN HAND TO IMPROVE GOVERNMENT'S KNOWLEDGE STILL FURTHER ABOUT THE BRAIN DRAIN PROBLEM. SIR DAVID SAID THIS WAS ESSENTIAL IF WE WERE TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER WOULD NEED IN CONSTRUCTING HIS MANPOWER SUPPLY MODEL.
FOR THE MEDIUM TERM. SIR DAID SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS DEVISING A NUMBER OF MEASURES DESIGNED то FACILITATE THE RETURN OF THE ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE WHO HAD EMIGRATED SINCE THE SURGE OF DEPARTURES BEGAN IN 1987.
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