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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1994
THE
EMB ON COURSE TO COMPLETE POLICY COMMITMENTS
MICHAEL
FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR SECRETARY TODAY (WEDNESDAY) TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THAT HIS ALREADY ACHIEVED IN FULL, 14 OF THE 34 UNDERTAKINGS IN THE AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMMES SET OUT IN THE LAST TWO AND THE REST WERE BEING COMPLETED ON TIME.
LEUNG,
BRANCHI HAD
EDUCATION POLICY ADDRESSES,
THE
POLICY BRANCH
SPEAKING AT THE RESUMED DEBATE ON THE MOTION OF THANKS TO GOVERNOR'S POLICY ADDRESS, MR LEUNG SAID ON TOP OF THE 16 NEW COMMITMENTS PUT FORWARD THIS YEAR, THE EDUCATION AND MANPOWER
DEVELOPING NEW POLICIES ON LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY, AND EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS; UNDERTAKING A CONSULTATION ON THE OLD AGE PENSION SCHEME; AND EDUCATION POLICY FOR THE NEXT CENTURY.
WAS
SCHOOL FUNDING COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW AND FORMULATING HIGHER
"THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE MAIN ITEMS ON OUR POLICY
HE SAID.
PUT
AGENDA,
**
OUR ACHIEVEMENTS
IN
ONE-
FOUR
ΤΟ
THESE AGAINST
OF THE BACKGROUND OVER
THE
COMMISSION EDUCATION IMPLEMENTING
100 RECOMMENDATIONS IN
EDUCATION то HIGHER REPORTS NO. 4 AND 5, IN BRINGING ABOUT
SETTING UP IN QUARTER OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE AGE GROUP,
WITHIN THE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
LAST 10 YEARS, IN MAINTAINING HARMONIOUS LABOUR
IMPROVEMENTS RELATIONS AND INTRODUCING STEADY LABOUR WELFARE, I WONDER HOW SERIOUSLY THOSE CRITICS TAKE OF THEIR SO-
HE SAID. CALLED 'SUNSET GOVERNMENT' RHETORICS,"
ΤΟ RESPONDING TO POINTS MADE BY MEMBERS, MR LEUNG SAID HE HAD
"NEW" IN THE POLICY THE VIEW THAT NOT MUCH WAS WITH
TAKE ISSUE COMMITMENTS.
"I
OPEN
AS
OF
MAKE NO APOLOGY FOR THAT. OURS,
POLICY FORMULATION CONSULTATIONS WHICH ARE OFTEN PUBLICISED. DECISIONS ON MAJOR ISSUES, THEREFORE, SELDOM COME AS SURPRISES,
HE
SAID
GOOD
A
SYSTEM IN AN ADMINISTRATION TAKES
LABORIOUS PROCESS
AS
...
MR LEUNG SAID.
ADMINISTRATION WAS
NOT
SIMPLY MAKING
NEW
SUGGESTIONS EVERY TIME.
GOOD
"GOOD ADMINISTRATION IS BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS ON
ENSURING THAT
ADMINISTRATION IS
IMPLEMENTED EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY. OF UPGRADING," HE SAID.
ACHIEVEMENTS.
DECLARED COMMITMENTS ARE PROCESS IT IS A CONTINUOUS
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