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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1982

+THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THE LAST DECADE HAS BEEN TO ACHIEVE ADEQUATE QUANTITY. THIS IS LARGELY BEHIND US WITH FREE, COMPULSORY PRIMARY AND JUNIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION, AND SOME 72 PER CENT OF THE RELEVANT AGE GROUP ALREADY WITH SUBSIDISED PLACES IN SENIOR SECONDARY FORMS, AND WITH THE PERCENTAGE RISING TO 90 PER CENT BY 1984.

+ IT IS THEREFORE TIME TO TACKLE QUALITY. PLANS ARE IN HAND TO REDUCE CLASS SIZES IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS, AND TO INTRODUCE NEW SYLLABUSES INTO SECONDARY SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE A WIDER AND MORE INTERESTING CHOICE FOR STUDENTS WITH A BROADER SPAN OF ABILITY.

+SOME MORE TEACHERS AND BETTER EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES WILL BE NEEDED AND ARE BEING PROVIDED. MORE TEACHERS FOR LANGUAGE TEACHING ARE BEING PROVIDED THIS YEAR, AND MORE TEACHERS FOR CAREER COUNSELLING, REMEDIAL TEACHING AND EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES OVER THE FOLLOWING TWO YEARS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE.

+ I REALISE THAT THESE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE FOR LONG BEEN URGED BY THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR AND AM GLAD THEIR WISHES CAN NOW BE MET AND SO CONTRIBUTE TO THE IMPROVED QUALITY OF EDUCATION SO RIGHTLY SOUGHT. I HOPE THEY WILL GIVE ADDED ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE WORK OF REBUILT LA SALLE.

+ I NOW HAVE GREAT PLEASURE IN DECLARING OPEN THIS NEW LA SALLE COLLEGE AND WISH THE COLLEGE ALL SUCCESS.+

INDUSTRIAL SAFETY IS COMBINED EFFORT,

SIR PHILIP SAYS ***

THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY FOR ACCIDENT PREVENTION MUST REST WITH THOSE WHO CREATED THE RISKS AND THOSE WHO WORKED WITH THEM THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

OFFICIATING THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S +SAFETY EXTRAVAGANZA+ IN THE KESWICK HALL OF THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC THIS AFTERNOON, SIR PHILIP SAID THAT GOVERNMENT, EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES ALL HAD THEIR RESPECTIVE ROLES TO PLAY.

EMPLOYERS, HE SAID, MUST ACCEPT THAT ACCIDENT PREVENTION IS AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT AND BE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLYING WITH SAFETY LEGISLATION, FOR PROVIDING A SAFE WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT AND FOR SUPERVISING AND INCULCATING IN THEIR EMPLOYEES THE HABIT OF OBSERVING SAFE WORKING PRACTICES.

THE GOVERNMENT, HE SAID, HAD A RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROMOTING INDUSTRIAL SAFETY.

EMPLOYEES. ON THE OTHER HAND MUST ABIDE BY SAFETY RULES AND USE THE SAFETY UIPMENT PROVIDED FOR THEY,

/SIR PHILI!