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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1978

+ IF THIS IS FINALLY AGREED, THEN MR. YEUNG'S PROPOSED CHANGE IN THE ROLE OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MIGHT PROPERLY BE TAKEN UP AS PART OF THE REVIEW.+

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ON BEHALF OF HIS UNOFFICIAL COLLEAGUES THE HON. Q.W. LEE THIS AFTERNOON EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION TO MR. TOPLEY, FOR HIS REPLY TO THE POINTS RAISED BY THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS.

MR. LEE WAS ALSO PLEASED TO NOTE THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAD ACCEPTED SOME OF THE PROPOSALS MADE BY THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS.

+THIS IS VERY ENCOURAGING, HE SAID, BUT EVEN MORE ENCOURAGING IS HIS ASSURANCE THAT THE FULLEST CONSIDERATION WILL BE GIVEN TO THE VARIOUS POINTS RAISED BY UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS IN THE FORMULATION OF THE FORTHCOMING WHITE PAPER.+

HE SAID HIS COLLEAGUES AGREED WITH MR. TOPLEY THAT SOME OF THE MORE IMPORTANT ISSUES SUCH AS THE QUESTION OF DEGREE GRANTING SHOULD BE MATTERS FOR FURTHER, MUCH WIDER DELIBERATION OUTSIDE THE CONTEXT OF THE WHITE PAPER,

SINCE EDUCATION IS SO CLOSELY LINKED TO SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS, THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS LOOK FORWARD EABERLY TO THE PUBLICATION OF THE WHITE PAPER WHICH WILL OFFER THE COMMUNITY FOR THE FIRST TIME A FULLY INTEGRATED SYSTEM OF EDUCATION FROM SECONDARY TO TERTIARY LEVEL, HE ADDED.

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