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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1983

SCHOOLS LEFT TO DECIDE ON TRADITION

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THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR DENIS BRAY SAID TODAY THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S ROLE IN THE RUNNING OF SCHOOLS WAS TO ARRANGE FINANCE AND PROVIDE SOME REGULATION OF EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS AND CURRICULUM.

+IT LEAVES TO THE SCHOOLS THEMSELVES FREEDOM TO INSTIL IDEALS OF SERVICE AND MORALITY IN WHATEVER TRADITION THEY BELIEVE APPROPRIATE,+ HE SAID.

IN A SPEECH DELIVERED BY MRS BRAY ON HIS BEHALF AT THE OPENING CEREMONY AND JOINT SPEECH DAY OF THE LUNG KONG WORLD FEDERATION SCHOOLS, MR BRAY SAID THE GOVERNMENT DID NOT FORCE CONFORMITY WITH ANY POLÍTICAL OR DOCTRINAL STRAIGHT JACKET.

+THIS IS A FEATURE OF HONG KONG EDUCATION THAT IS NOT FOUND EVERYWHERE OUTSIDE HONG KONG AND ONE WHICH I BELIEVE IS GREATLY VALUED, HE ADDED.

SDA OPENS BREWERY IN TAI PO

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THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES TODAY (THURSDAY) DOTTED THE EYES OF A LION TO MARK THE OPENING OF THE EXPANSION OF FACILITIES AT THE CARLSBERG BREWERY IN THE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.

SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES SAID THE ADDITIONAL FACILITIES, WHICH INCREASE PRODUCTION CAPACITY BY 50 PER CENT, WOULD BENEFIT THE ECONOMY OF HONG KONG.

+THIS EVENT IS SYMBOLIC OF THE HISTORY OF THE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE WHICH HAS BEEN BUILT DURING A PERIOD OF INDUSTRIAL RECESSION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, HE SAID.

+IT IS CONTINUING TO GROW AS WE KNOW TODAY NOT ONLY IN THIS PLANT BUT AS WE SEE FROM OTHER FACTORIES WHICH ARE DEVELOPING AROUND US.+

ALSO PRESENT AT TODAY'S CEREMONY WERE MRS JANE AKERS-JONES AND THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR NEW TERRITORIES, MR IAN MACPHERSON.

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