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WEDNESDAY, NOVELISER 1, 1978
MR. WU SAID HE HAS CONSULTED THE PROPOSAL WITH THE VICE CHANCELLORS OF THE UNIVERSITIES, THE DIRECTOR OF THE POLYTECHNIC AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE BAPTIST COLLEGE, AND ALL OF THEM EXPRESSED UNANIMOUS SUPPORT AND APPROVAL.
+GIVEN HONG KONG'S MOSTLY SMALL MANUFACTURING FIRMS ENGAGED IN INDUSTRIES THAT ARE RELATIVELY SKILL INTENSIVE BUT TECHNOLOGICALLY INADEQUATE OR INSIGNIFICANT, THE NEED FOR JOINT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TO ACHIEVE INCREASED SOPHISTICATION IS ALL THE MORE GREATER, IF WE WERE NOT TO BE LEFT BEHIND.
+ INDEED, THIS PILOT SCHEME COULD HELP TO POINT THE WAY TO A MORE APPROPRIATE INVESTMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR DEVELOPMENT, AS HAS BEEN PROVEN TIME AND AGAIN IN THE SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPING ECONOMIES, AS WELL AS IN ADVANCED COUNTRIES, HE SAID.
MR. WU ALSO SPOKE ON THE WHITE PAPER ON SECONDARY AND TERTIARY EDUCATION, SAYING THAT HE WAS SOMEWHAT PUZZLED+ BY THE EXAMINATIONS AUTHORITY'S RECOMMENDATION THAT CHINESE BE DELECTED AS A COMPULSORY SUBJECT FOR ADMISSION TO THE HONG KONG HIGHER LEVEL EXAMINATION.
+THIS CERTAINLY WOULD NOT HELP TO IMPROVE THE RECOGNISED DEFICIENCY OF OUR STUDENTS TO COMMUNICATE IN WRITTEN CHINESE,+ HE SAID.
+POLITICS AND EMOTIONS ASIDE, HE SAID, +CHINESE TODAY SHOULD BE REGARDED AS A BRIDGE OF LEARNING FOR THE VERY RICH LEGACY IN THE CHINESE PHILOSOPHICAL AND CULTURAL BACKGROUND AND AS AN INDISPENSABLE MEANS OF COMMUNICATION FOR THE GOVERNMENT, THE COMMUNITY AND THE BUSINESS WORLD.
+PEOPLE WHO HAVE A KNOWLEDGE IN ENGLISH BUT WITH RIGH PROFICIENCY IN WRITTEN CHINESE TODAY COMMAND GOOD REMUNERATIONS EVERYWHERE AND THIS SHOULD POINT THE WAY THAT EVEN FOR PRAGMATIC AND MATERIAL ISTIC REASONS, CHINESE HAS ITS RIGHTFUL PLACE IN OUR EVERYDAY LIFE PRESENT AND FUTURE, HE EMPHASISED.
ON LAND PRODUCTION, MR. WU SAID WE NOW SEEM TO BE IN A SITUATION IN WHICH TOO MUCH CHEAP MONEY IS CHASING AFTER TOO FEW LAND, OR ANYTHING IN SHORT SUPPLY, RANGING FROM FLATS, SHARES TO TAXI LICENCES, AND SPECULATIVE MANIPULATIONS, BIG OR SMALL, BECOME THE ORDER OF THE DAY+.
MR. WU SAID THIS SITUATION IS VERY FERTILE BACKGROUND FOR INFLATION AND SUGGESTED THAT GOVERNMENT DEVISE WAYS AND MEANS TO CHANNEL SUCH IDLE CAPITAL INTO MORE PRODUCTIVE USE IN HELPING TO PRODUCE MORE LAND,
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