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Hong Kong has succeeded precisely because its policies have been stable and consistent. These policies are summed up in the quotation that appears on the cover of my Budget Speech. It is a quotation taken from a work written by a Chinese scholar- Xunzi - over two thousand years ago. It reads -
"The way to make a country prosperous is to be prudent in public spending, to improve the well-being of the people and to maintain good reserves."
I am sure that my successor will maintain these policies, and that, like me, he will do his best for the people of Hong Kong.
Good night.
End/Wednesday, March 1, 1995
Putonghua as school subject
Following is a question by the Hon Eric Li Ka-cheung and a written reply by the Secretary for Education and Manpower, Mr Michael Leung, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Question:
With regard to the development of education to meet the needs of the territory during the transitional period, will the Government inform this Council :
(a)
(b)
(c)
of the respective numbers of primary and secondary schools with Putonghua designated as a compulsory or optional subject in the 1994- 95 academic year, and their respective percentages out of the total numbers of primary and secondary schools in the territory;
whether it will consider including Putonghua as a compulsory subject in the curricula of the territory's primary and secondary schools; if not, what the reasons are;
of the total number of qualified Putonghua teachers in the 1994-95 academic year, and whether this number can meet the present demand of teachers for this subject; and