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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1975
MR. TOPLEY STATED EMPHATICALLY THAT HE DID NOT THINK IT APPROPRIATE TO CONSIDER A CHANGE OF STRATEGY AND ABANDON THE WHITE PAPER.
HE ADDED: +1 SENSE THERE IS GENERAL AGREEMENT ON THIS IN THIS COUNCIL. WHAT IS MORE WE MUST NOT FORGET THE TEACHERS BOTH SERVING AND IN TRAINING UPON WHOM THE FRONT-LINE WORK OF EDUCATION FALLS AND ON WHOM WE RELY IN THE LAST ANALYSIS TO CARRY ALL OUR PLANS TO FRUITION. WE MUST TAKE ACCOUNT OF THEIR REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF A WORKING CAREER AND IT MUST ALWAYS BE A MATTER OF CONCERN THAT THEIR ENTHUSIASM IS NOT BLUNTED BEFORE THEY HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO BRING IT FULLY TO BEAR.+
MR. TOPLEY INDICATED SUBSTANTIAL AGREEMENT WITH POINTS RAISED BY MR. Q.W. LEE.
+AND I WILL NOT DENY OUR DUTY TO EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN WHICH BOTH MRS. SYMONS AND MISS KO SIU-WAH UNDERSCORE.
+MR. CHEONG-LEEN OFFERS HE AN ECONOMY VERSION OF A SCHEME WHICH HE PRESENTED A FEW MONTHS AGO FOR SUBSIDIZING CHILDREN WHEREVER THEY SIT. HIS ECONOMIES ARE REAL BUT THEY ARE MADE AT THE EXPENSE OF ADMINISTRATIVE SIMPLICITY. IT IS OF COURSE STILL A PURELY MONEY TRANSFER. NO EXTRA SCHOOL PLACES WOULD BE CREATED.
+HIS PROPOSALS FOR FINANCING ARE INTERESTING. HE WISHES TO MODIFY THE SCHEME FOR SUBSIDIZING STUDENT FARES IN ORDER TO SUBSIDIZE AN OVERLAPPING POPULATION OF SCHOOL FEE PAYERS. IT IS AS I HAVE INDICATED MORE OF AN INCOME REDISTRIBUTION SCHEME THAN AN EDUCATIONAL ONE.+
ON MR. ALEX WU'S REQUEST TO DEEPEN THE CULTURAL CONTENT OF EDUCATION IN ORDER TO ENRICH AND STABILIZE SOCIETY BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF SELF-DIRECTING INDIVIDUALS, MR. TOPLEY SAID: +IT IS A PROFOUND BUSINESS.+
HE ADDED: +LIKE MR. WU I AM CONCERNED THAT WE MAY BE TOO DOMINATED BY SHORT TERM CONCERNS, I AM ANXIOUS LEST WE PRODUCE MANY GOOD ROLE-PLAYERS BUT FEL. IF ANY ROLE CREATORS.
+AND I WILL ON AN APPROPRIATE OCCASION DISCUSS AT GREATER LENGTH OUR DOINGS IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION THROUGH ARTS AND CRAFTS AND HOW WE ARE PREPARING THE TEACHERS OF TOMORROW FOR THEIR ROLE IN THIS.+
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