WEDNESDAY, TUR 26, 1983
CALL FOR AN EDUCATION COMMISSION
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DR THE HON FRANCIS TIEN PROPOSED AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY THAT AN EDUCATION COMMISSION BE ESTABLISHED TO CO-ORDINATE AN INCREASINGLY COMPLEX AND COSTLY EDUCATION SYSTEM.
HOWEVER, HE SAID, THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMISSION SHOULD BE CAREFULLY CONSIDERED BECAUSE IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT ITS CREATION SHOULD NOT MERELY RESULT IN AN INCREASE IN THE SIZE OF THE BUREAUCRACY.
+BUT MUCH COULD BE GAINED IF THE VARIOUS STRANDS OF OUR SYSTEM ARE PULLED TOGETHER BY ONE COORDINATING AUTHORITY TO ADVISE ON THE PRIORITIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION AT ALL LEVELS AND TO DEFINE OUR EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES,+ HE SAID.
HE NOTED THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING AT THE TECHNICIAN AND CRAFT LEVELS HAD LAGGED BEHIND IN THE PAST, RESULTING IN THESE TWO LEVELS OF WORKFORCE NOT BEING SO WELL TRAINED AS REQUIRED BY THE NEEDS OF THE ECONOMY.
+THIS DEFICIENCY IS BEING CORRECTED NOW, BUT WE MUST NOT RISK THIS HAPPENING AGAIN AND A CO-ORDINATING BODY SUCH AS THAT PROPOSED COULD ENSURE THAT THIS WOULD NOT HAPPEN, HE STRESSED.
DR TIEN, WHO IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL, NOTED THAT THE MAJOR EXPANSION OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND INDÚSTRIAL TRAINING NOW TAKING PLACE WOULD ENSURE THAT MORE TRAINED AND EDUCATED PERSONS WITH GREATER PRODUCTIVITY ENTER THE WORKFORCE.
+CONSEQUENTLY, OUR INDUSTRIES WILL BE ABLE TO DIVERSIFY MORE READILY TO DEVELOP MORE TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED PRODUCTS AS WELL AS TO RESPOND TO THE CHANGING DEMANDS OF OUR CUSTOMERS.+
THE ABILITY OF INDUSTRIES TO DO THIS WOULD NOT ONLY CON TRIBUTE TOWARDS THE MAINTENANCE OF STABILITY AND PROSPERITY BUT TO ENHANCE THEM, HE ADDED.
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IMPORTANCE OF FREEDOM TO ENJOY ARTS STRESSED
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THE FREEDOM TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES IN TERMS OF THE ARTS IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE WAY OF LIFE THAT THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WANT TO ENJOY, THE HON ALEX WU SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
SPEAKING ON THE MOTION OF THANKS FOR THE GOVERNOR'S ADDRESS, MR WU RECALLED THAT SIR EDWARD YOUDE HAD SPOKEN, IN HIS ANNUAL ADDRESS RECENTLY. OF THE NEED TO GET ON WITH THE JOB OF MAKING HONG KONG A BETTER PLACE IN WHICH TO LIVE, WORK AND BRING UP OUR CHILDREN.+
/+WE WILL
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