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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1978

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MR. CHEUNG ALSO EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT THE DEMAND FOR ADMINISTRATORS, TECHNOLOGISTS, MANAGERS, AND PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE WOULD BEFORE TOO LONG EXCEED THE SUPPLY THAT THE PRESENTLY PLANNED EXPANSION IN TERTIARY PLACES WOULD MEET.

REFERRING TO THE WHITE PAPER ON DEVELOPMENT OF SENIOR SECONDARY AND TERTIARY EDUCATION, MR. CHEUNG SAID THAT IN THE FIELD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION, HE HOPED THE GOVERNMENT WOULD KEEP FIRMLY IN MIND THAT WHERE QUALITY EXISTS IN SOME SCHOOLS, IT SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED AND NURTURED, AND NOT BUR ED FOR THE SAKE OF UNIFORMITY AND EASE OF ADMINISTRATION.

+FOR IT IS JUST AS IMPORTANCE TO TAKE THE TROUBLE AND SPEND THE MONEY ON TRAINING TOMORROW'S LEADERS, AS IT IS TO TURN OUT GOOD POLICE CADETS ON WHOM, WE ALL AGREE, LARGE SUMS OF MONEY ARE SPENT, + HE SAID.

MR. CHEUNG ALSO SAID THE UNOFFICIALS WERE AWAITING WITH GREAT INTEREST THE GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSALS ON HOUSING AND LEAVE FOR CIVIL SERVANTS AND ON THE MACHINERY FOR SETTLING PAY AND STRUCTURE PROBLEMS.

ON RECREATION, MR. CHEUNG CALLED FOR +MASSIVE INCREASES+ IN THREE SORTS OF FACILITIES THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD PROVIDE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE - SQUASH COURTS, YOUTH HOSTELS IN COUNTRY PARKS AND SA IL ING, ROWING AND CANOEING CENTRES, TOGETHER WITH THE NECESSARY DINGHIES, BOATS AND CANOES.

MR. CHEUNG ALSO THANKED FOR THE GOVERNOR FOR THE ACHIEVEMENTS HE AND HIS GOVERNMENT HAVE BROUGHT ABOUT IN HIS TENURE OF OFFICE, AND SAID ALL THESE HAD BEEN ACHIEVED WITHOUT VIOLATING +OUR BASIC CONCEPTS OF POLICY: REASONABLE TAXATION, MINIMAL INTERFERENCE WITH COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, A FREE PRESS, THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF PRODUCTIVE WORK, AND JUST RECOGNITION AND REWARD OF THE INDUSTRIOUS.

+AND AS A DIPLOMATIST FROM THE WORLD'S HARDEST AND FINEST SCHOOL (LACKING ONLY, BUT THANKFULLY, THE CUTTING LOGIC OF SOME OF ITS VETERANS) YOU HAVE RESOLUTELY MADE IT YOUR TASK TO IMPROVE RELATIONS WITH THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, WITH THE FRUITS FOR ALL TO SEE AND TO TAKE HEART.

+SELDOM HAVE THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG HAD SUCH GOOD CAUSE TO THANK A GOVERNOR FOR THE ACHIEVEMENTS HE AND HIS GOVERNMENT HAVE BROUGHT ABOUT IN HIS TENURE OF OFFICE, TO BE THANKFUL FOR THE FABRIC, WORKS, PLANS AND POLICIES IN BEING, AND THE HOPES FOR TOMORROW.+

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