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FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1978

*PLEASE REMEMBER THAT A GREEN PAPER IS ONLY A BASIS AND AN INVITATION FOR DISCUSSION AND CONSULTATION. INDEED IT IS CALLED ''GREEN'' BECAUSE THE IDEAS IN IT, LIKE ANY YOUNG PLANTS, ARE GREEN IN THE SENSE THAT THEY ARE STILL GROWING AND OPEN TO CHANGE, WHEREAS A WHITE PAPER SETS OUT THE FINAL POSITION OF THE GOVERNMENT - AS IT WERE, IN BLACK AND WHITE.

+LIKE EVERYONE ELSE YOUR GOVERNMENT BELIEVES THAT THE TIME HAS COME TO DESIGN AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM OF POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION WHICH WILL HAVE DIVERSIFIED EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, MEET THE PRACTICAL NEEDS OF OUR ECONOMY AND SOCIETY, AND BE WITHIN OUR MEANS TO PROVIDE.

+OUR APPROVED POST-SECONDARY COLLEGES VERY MUCH EXIST, THEY DO GOOD WORK, AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE PASSED THROUGH THEIR DOORS ARE MAKING THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO OUR COMMUNITY. SO ANY PLAN WHICH DOES NOT INCLUDE A PROPER USE FOR THESE COLLEGES WOULD BE WASTING VALUABLE ASSETS.

+ I WOULD THEREFORE LIKE YOU TO KNOW THAT OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS USEFUL DISCUSSIONS HAVE BEEN TAKING PLACE BETWEEN YOUR COLLEGE MANAGEMENT AND THE GOVERNMENT'S REPRESENTATIVES AND I AM SURE THAT WHEN THE GOVERNMENT'S FINAL PLANS ARE ANNOUNCED IN THE FORTHCOMING WHITE PAPER ON SENIOR SECONDARY AND TERTIARY EDUCATION THEY WILL INCLUDE A USEFUL AND HONOURABLE ROLE FOR OUR APPROVED POST-SECONDARY COLLEGES.

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+RETURNING TO THE HALL, I CONGRATULATE ALL CONCERNED WITH ITS PLANNING, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. MAY IT PROVE A HAPPY PLACE IN WHICH MANY FIND INTEREST. PLEASURE AND RELAXATION. I NOW HAVE MUCH MUCH PLEASURE IN DECLARING IT OPEN.+

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