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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1990
IN A THE GOVERNOR SAID HONG KONG'S CHILDREN WERE GROWING UP
BOTH STRONG CHINESE CULTURAL UNIQUE ENVIRONMENT WHICH COMBINED
TRADITIONS AND HONG KONG'S COSMOPOLITAN NATURE,
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FROM HONG KONG'S SPECIAL WILL BE GRADUATING
"THEY ARE LEARNING PERSPECTIVE. IN THE YEARS AHEAD, THESE CHILDREN FROM OUR SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES IN LARGE NUMBERS.
"THEY WILL REPRESENT A RESERVOIR OF TALENT ON WHICH HONG
HE SAID. WILL DRAW FAR INTO THE NEXT CENTURY,
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LOOKING BACK, SIR DAVID SAID IT WAS ONLY FOR THE FIRST TIME, ALL HONG KONG'S CHILDREN WERE PRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATION.
"TODAY ALL COMPLETE
SCHOOL.
SECONDARY 3; THIS HAS BEEN
KONG
20 YEARS AGO THAT,
GUARANTEED A FULL
ON
TO
SENIOR
MOST GO AND A TREMENDOUS ACHIEVEMENT, SECONDARY PARTICULARLY WHEN ONE THINKS ABOUT THE WAY OUR POPULATION HAS GROWN IN THIS PERIOD AND OUR MANY OTHER PRIORITIES.
IN
OF
"IT HAS ONLY BEEN POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF A DRAMATIC EXPANSION PAST 20 YEARS. MUCH THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS IN THE
AND MOST OF THIS EXPANSION HAS TAKEN PLACE IN SUBSIDISED SCHOOLS;
SECONDARY
THESE SCHOOLS
MEMBERS OF THE ARE
SCHOOLS COUNCIL," THE GOVERNOR SAID.
HONG
KONG SUBSIDISED
TENDERS TO BE INVITED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF LANTAU FIXED CROSSING
FOR THE THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO INVITE BIDS
MARKING CROSSING,
AN IMPORTANT LANTAU FIXED THE CONSTRUCTION OF MILESTONE ON THE ROAD TO CHEK LAP KOK.
THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT THIS AFTERNOON (FRIDAY).
THE
DECISION IS A FIRM
THE GOVERNMENT'S DEMONSTRATION OF COMMITMENT TO THE INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG.
"IN COMING TO A DECISION ON HOW THE PROJECT SHOULD BE WE HAVE REVIEWED ALL THE OPTIONS OPEN TO US AND HAVE DECIDED
SIR DAVID SAID. STRAIGHTFORWARD CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT APPROACH,
"THERE ARE GOOD REASONS FOR THIS APPROACH RATHER THAN
A BUILD-OPERATE-TRANSFER OPTION.
HANDLED
ON
A
ADOPTING
IT IS CLEAR THAT THE
FIXED
"FIRST OF ALL THERE IS CERTAINTY. CROSSING IS THE KEY TO THE SUCCESS OF THE WHOLE PROJECT.
"THE CONSTRUCTION