SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1994

GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS SECTOR HELP GROOM TALENT

THE ECONOMICALLY

MAIN

HUMAN

REASON

ONE WHY HONG KONG HAS BECOME

OF THE MOST

PLACES VIBRANT

IN THE

IT POSSESSES WORLD IS THAT RESOURCES, FOREVER IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURAL FACILITIES AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, THE DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR, MRS ANSON CHAN, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

EXCELLENT

OF THE ADDRESSING THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SINO BUILDING

"EVERY YEAR, THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, MRS CHAN SAID: GOVERNMENT AND VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY CONTINUE TO THEIR INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION AND THE TRAINING OF MANPOWER.

"AS

INCREASE

A RESULT, HONG KONG IS ABLE TO MAINTAIN ITS POSITION AS WORLD FINANCIAL AND TRADING CENTRE."

A

DEVELOP ALSO

AT PRESENT, THE GOVERNMENT IS TAKING ACTIVE STEPS TO THE NEW AIRPORT AND OTHER PORT FACILITIES. THE GOVENRNMENT HAS OPENED UP THE MARKET FOR COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK SO AS TO INCREASE THE COMPETITION WITH THE AIM TO UPGRADING THE QUALITY OF SERVICE AND OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS, SHE SAID.

MRS CHAN SAID: "TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PLAYING AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE TRAINING AND EDUCATION OF PEOPLE.

"

NOTING THAT TERTIARY EDUCATION HAD BEEN DEVELOPING VERY RAPIDLY WERE RUNNING IN THE PAST DECADE, MRS CHAN SAID VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS MORE NEW SUBJECTS TO COPE WITH HONG KONG'S FAST DEVELOPING ECONOMY.

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NEED ΤΟ TO ENSURE THAT OUR

MRS CHAN SAID: "OBVIOUSLY, WE UNDERSTAND THAT WHILE THE NUMBER OF DEGREE PLACES AND THE SYLLABUS THERE IMPROVE FACILITIES AND INVEST IN ACADEMIC RESEARCH ACADEMIC STANDARDS WILL NOT BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED.

"THEREFORE, IT IS ESSENTIAL TO HAVE SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND THE COMMUNITY,

"THE COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION WORK OF THE SINO BUILDING TODAY TERTIARY DOES NOT MERELY DEMONSTRATE THE CONTINUAL SUPPORT FOR OUR EDUCATION BY THE COMMUNITY, IT ALSO SIGNIFIES JOINT COMMITMENT BY

SHE ADDED. GOVERNMENT AND THE BUSINESS SECTOR TO DEVELOP EDUCATION,'

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