THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1994
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BUT I I'M AFRAID WHAT CONFUSED THE
MRS SELINA CHOW: GOVERNOR, I AM SORRY TO BELABOUR THE POINT, STILL HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION. WAS SAID JUST NOW BY THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER HAS IN FACT
TALKING ABOUT DEPRIVING ISSUE SOMEWHAT. I DON'T THINK HERE WE'RE
SAID SIR, PARENTS OF CHOICES, WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS WHAT YOU
THEM. NOW THE DRIVING LEADING PEOPLE ON THAT ROAD RATHER THAN
OF THE EDUCATION CRITICISM THAT WE HAVE, MEMBERS, OF PARTICULARLY
LEADING PEOPLE THE GOVERNOR
ON THAT PANEL. IS THAT WE CANNOT SEE
BLIND CHOICES OF ROAD. WE IN FACT SEE THE GOVERNMENT FOLLOWING
IN PARENTS WHO INSIST THAT THEIR CHILDREN SHOULD RECEIVE EDUCATION, ENGLISH, IN THE MEDIUM OF ENGLISH WHEN THE CHILDREN THEMSELVES ARE NOT TO EQUIPPED TO DO SO AND THE TEACHERS TEACHING THEM ARE NOT EQUIPPED DO SO EITHER. WE HAVE A PROBLEM WHERE THE MAJORITY OF CHILDREN
WE WANT THE GOVERNMENT BEEN SUFFERING FOR YEARS AS A RESULT OF THAT. TO FOCUS ITS ATTENTION TO LEAD.
HAVE
THE NOW WE ARE NOT SATISFIED THAT WHAT IS BEING DONE NOW IS ENOUGH ON
BECAUSE ALREADY THE PART OF
THE WAY OF LEADING, GOVERNMENT, IN
TO, So ΤΟ EDUCATION COMMISSION HAS GIVEN A GRACE PERIOD IN WHICH SPEAK, SOFT LAND INTO THE MORE VIABLE RATIO OF HAVING SCHOOLS TEACHING FOR THE CHILDREN'S' IN CHINESE AND IN ENGLISH, PROPERLY CATERING
SIR, BUT AS
KNOW
MEAN YOU MENTIONED THE YOU
I CAPABILITIES. CONTROVERSY, RECENTLY THAT RESISTANCE HAS COME ON VERY VERY STRONG AND NOW I THE SCHOOLS ARE RESISTING BECAUSE THE PARENTS ARE RESISTING.
18 NOT AGREE WITH YOU THAT PARENTAL EDUCATION IS IMPORTANT BUT THAT
LEAD WE MUST SEE GOVERNMENT PLAYING A THE ONLY THING WE CAN RELY ON.
CAN I ASK YOU SIR, WHAT YOU AND THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT PLAYING A LEAD.
YOU PLACE SO MUCH SIR, I MEAN PERSONALLY YOU'VE SAID YOU'RE SO,
GOVERNMENT TO IMPORTANCE ON THIS ISSUE, WHAT YOU SIR WILL DIRECT TO PLAY THAT LEAD WHICH IS SADLY NEEDED AND BADLY NEEDED?
GOVERNOR: WELL, WE'RE AT PRESENT, AS THE HONOURABLE LADY KNOWS, AT A THEIR STAGE IN WHICH WE'RE ENCOURAGING SCHOOLS TO DETERMINE WHICH IN
INSTRUCTION AND TO OWN CIRCUMSTANCES IS THE APPROPRIATE MEANS OF
AND IF DETERMINATION,
WE ARE, BEFORE LONG,
AND WHEN
FURTHER
HAVING
MADE
A
THAT THEM ENCOURAGE NECESSARY, TO CHANGE THE POLICY OF THE SCHOOL. GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE FROM ENCOURAGEMENT TO FIRM GUIDANCE; THERE IS FIRM GUIDANCE I HAVE TO SAY TO THE HONOURABLE LADY THERE WILL BE A LOT OF RESISTANCE FROM A LOT OF PARENTS AND I VERY MUCH HOPE THAT IS WHEN THAT RESISTANCE FROM PARENTS COMES, TO A POLICY WHICH I THINK RIGHT AND THE HONOURABLE MEMBER THINKS IS RIGHT, THAT WE'LL HAVE AS
SOME LADY AND GOVERNMENT THE
OF THE HONOURABLE SUPPORT COLLEAGUES IN SEEING A DIFFICULT POLICY THROUGH BECAUSE I DON'T
THAT THERE THAT ONE SHOULD UNDER-ESTIMATE THE AMOUNT OF RESISTANCE
AND IN THE FROM WILL BE
JUDGMENT WRONGLY SOME PARENTS, IN MY
DEAL HONOURABLE MEMBERS JUDGMENT WRONGLY, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WITH THAT AND IT WILL NEED A GOOD DEAL OF FIRMNESS FROM TIME TO IN DOING SO.
OF HER THINK
TIME
GOVERNMENT FOR NOT BEING THE CHIDES SO THE
MEMBER HONOURABLE
I WILL SUFFICIENTLY ROBUST IN PRESSING THIS POLICY. I'M SURE THAT
LADY FOR NOT NEVER HAVE OCCASION TO HAVE TO CHIDE THE HONOURABLE SUPPORTING THE GOVERNMENT WHEN IT IS BEING MORE ROBUST.
THE PRESIDENT: IN ACCORDANCE WITH STANDING ORDERS I NOW ADJOURN
MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO SITTING UNTIL WEDNESDAY 18TH MAY, 1994. ME IN THE ANTE-CHAMBER.
THE
JOIN
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