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SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 1990
STATISTICAL KNOWLEDGE ESSENTIAL TO MEET CHANGING ECONOMIC, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
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THE
STATISTICS PROJECT
COMPETITION FOR
SECONDARY AND TO FOSTER CIVIC LI,
SCHOOL
STUDENTS SERVES TO PROMOTE EDUCATIONAL STUDIES
AWARENESS AMONG PARTICIPANTS, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR Y.T. SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
HR
ALSO OFFERS
ALL SAID IT
PARTICIPANTS ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY STATISTICAL REAL WORLD ISSUES FACING HONG KONG DAILY.
SPEAKING AT THE PRIZE
THE
VALUABLE
IN
SCHOOLS
ΤΟ
1989-90 KONG
PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE
ORGANISED BY THE HONG STATISTICAL PROJECT COMPETITION
HAS EXPERIENCED STATISTICAL SOCIETY, MR LI NOTED THAT OUR SOCIETY
FAIR SHARE OF CONTINUOUS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WHICH HAS GENERATED A SOCIAL PROBLEMS THAT NEED TO BE TACKLED.
OF
"IT IS THEREFORE IMPORTANT, AND INDEED FUNDAMENTAL, FOR ALL
THE PARALLEL SOCIETY AND ENSURE US TO UNDERSTAND AND CARE FOR OUR ADVANCEMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE HAND-IN-HAND WITH ECONOMIC GROWTH.
IS
STAGE
MOST DESIRABLE "AND, IT IS
THAT THIS CIVIC AWARENESS INCULCATED IN THE MINDS OF OUR YOUNGER GENERATION AT AS EARLY A AS POSSIBLE, PREFERABLY DURING THEIR SECONDARY EDUCATION,
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DEVELOPING OF ITS
MR LI SAID HONG KONG, LIKE MOST OTHER DEVELOPED AND
VARIOUS ASPECTS COUNTRIES,
FACING TRYING CHANGES IN IS ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT.
TOP GOVERNMENT "IT IS MORE IMPORTANT NOW THAN EVER BEFORE FOR
THESE OFFICIALS AS WELL AS CORPORATE MANAGERS TO CONTINUOUSLY MONITOR
STRATEGIES AND ΤΟ CHANGES, TO FORECAST PROBABLE FUTURES, TO DEVELOP
THESE CHANGES IN FULFILMENT OF STRER THEIR ORGANISATIONS STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES," HE SAID.
THROUGH
"APPLICATION OF STATISTICAL KNOWLEDGE PLAYS A CRUCIAL
COLLECTING
AND
TESTING
INFORMATION,
ALTERNATIVE
FORMULATING STRATEGIES,
THIS ONGOING PROCESS IN SCENARIOS, DEVELOPING CONTINUOUS MONITORING, FINE TUNING AND FINAL EVALUATION.
ROLE IN FUTURE THEIR
DEPENDS A "THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ADVANCEMENT OF OUR SOCIETY
OURSELVES TO THE CHANGING LOT ON HOW WELL WE PREPARE FOR AND ADAPT
ON THINGS, TURN DEPENDS, WHICH IN ENVIRONMENT EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF STATISTICAL KNOWLEDGE.
AMONG OTHER
THE
ALSO
OFFICIATING
AT
THE
STATISTICS,
PRESENTATION
MR BENJAMIN
CEREMONY
THE
WERE MOK, AND THE
COMMISSIONER FOR CENSUS AND CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG STATISTICAL SOCIETY, DR SHEN SHIR-MING.
MORE THAN 300 SECONDARY 3 TO 7 STUDENTS FROM PART IN THE COMPETITION, SPONSORED BY LONGMAN.
26 SCHOOLS TOOK
/THE COMPETITION