THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1980
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+AS IGNORANCE IS THE ROOT OF MANY EVIL THINGS, OUR GOVERNMENT SHOULD GEAR UP ADULT EDUCATION COURSES FOR EMPLOYEES AFTER WORK ING HOURS TO THESE REQUIREMENTS, HE SAID.
ON HIS THIRD SUGGESTION, MR CHAN EMPHASISED THAT SOUND INVESTMENT COULD OUT-MANOEUVRE INFLATION.
HOWEVER, HE SAID, GOOD INVESTMENT CONSULTANCY SERVICES IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR ARE NOT GENERALLY INTERESTED IN ADVISING SMALL INVESTORS OF THE LOWER INCOME BRACKET.
HE THEREFORE URGED THE GOVERNMENT TO CONSIDER INCLUDING SOME SORT OF SMALL INVESTMENT COUNSELLING OR COURSES AT ADULT EDUCATION CENTRES, IN SIMPLIFIED AND LAYMAN'S TERMS, ON THE OPTIONS AVAILABLE, THE POSSIBLE YIELD, THE CALCULATED RISKS AND METHODS OF CONSERVATIVE INVESTMENTS BASED ON PAST PERFORMANCE RECORDS.
+GIVEN THE RIGHT PUBLICITY AND ASSISTANCE BY GOVERNMENT, THIS PLAN WOULD AROUSE SUFFICIENT PUBLIC INTEREST TO MAKE IT A SUCCESS.
+THIS WOULD BE BENEFICIAL NOT ONLY TO PEOPLE IN THE LOWER INCOME GROUP BUT ALSO TO SOCIETY AS A WHOLE IN THE LONG RUN. +
MR CHAN ALSO SPOKE ON THE WELFARE OF +SENIOR CITIZENS OF THE COMMUNITY.
HE CALLED ON THE GOVERNMENT TO LOWER THE QUALIFYING AGE FOR OLD AGE ALLOWANCE BY ANOTHER FIVE YEARS TO 65 TO ALIGN WITH OTHER AFFLUENT SOCIETIES.
HE ALSO SUGGESTED THAT BY SETTING AN EXAMPLE, THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER SUBSIDISING THOSE AGED 65 AND ABOVE HALF THE FARE ON THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY AND MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY OUTSIDE RUSH HOURS.
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