XN000022-1984-07-24 — Page 13

TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1984

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EDUCATION SHOULD ALSO PRODUCE THE MANPOWER FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE ECONOMY SO AS TO ENSURE HONG KONG'S PROSPERITY, STABILITY AND PROGRESS IN THE FUTURE, HE ADDED.

→THE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN HONG KONG MUST BE SUBJECT TO AN OVERALL REVIEW AND MUST DEVELOP ALONG THE LINES OF THESE LONG-TERM OBJECTIVES SO AS TO MEET FUTURE NEEDS, HE SAID.

THE NEEDS, HE ADDED, INCLUDED DEMAND FOR NEW TECHNOLOGY, APPLICATION OF PUTONGHUA, THE USE OF BOTH THE CHINESE AND ENGLISH LANGUAGES, THE CULTIVATION OF LOCAL TALENTS AND AN ENHANCEMENT OF POLITICAL AWARENESS AND CIVIC-MINDEDNESS.

+TO IMPLEMENT THE HONG KONG PEOPLE ADMINISTER HONG KONG' PROPOSAL, WE MUST TRAIN UP PEOPLE WITH TALENTS SO THAT HONG KONG MAY CONTINUE TO CATCH UP WITH THE TRENDS OF THE WORLD, * MR YEUNG SAID.

HE DESCRIBED YOUNG STUDENTS IN HONG KONG, ESPECIALLY SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AND UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATES, AS FUTURE PILLARS OF THE COMMUNITY+.

HE URGED THEM TO SEIZE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO SEEK KNOWLEDGE SO THAT THEY MIGHT HELP ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A BETTER SOCIAL SYSTEM IN HONG KONG.

FREEDOM SEEN AS ESSENCE OF HK SOCIETY

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FREEDOM IS THE ESSENCE OF HONG KONG SOCIETY WHICH HAS CARRIED THE TERRITORY TO GREAT HEIGHTS OF ACHIEVEMENT AND ENABLED IT TO - OVERCOME ENORMOUS DIFFICULTIES, TO THE ENVY AND ADMIRATION OF THE WORLD, THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, THE HON DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY.

SPEAKING AT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON THE ADJOURNMENT DEBATE ON SOCIAL SYSTEM AND THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG, HE QUOTED THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WHO HAD SAID A FEW WEEKS AGO: +THERE CAN BE NO SOCIETY IN WHICH THE STRONG ARE HELD IN CHECK AND THE WEAK PROTECTED, IN WHICH PERSONAL FREEDOM EXISTS ALONGSIDE THE FORCE AND POWER NECESSARY FOR GOOD ORDER AND GOVERNMENT, WITHOUT LAWS TO DECLARE RIGHTS AND DUTIES, AND COURTS TO MAKE THEM EFFECTIVE.+

MR AKERS-JONES SAID THAT THESE WERE THE PRINCIPLES OF FREEDOM, OF SOCIAL EQUALITY AND OF THE LAW WHICH BOUND THEM TOGETHER.

+THESE ARE THE PRINCIPLES WHICH THE CHINESE AND THE BRITISH GOVERNMENTS ARE SEEKING TO PRESERVE AS THEY WORK STEADILY TOWARDS AGREEMENT, TO ENABLE 'THE CONTINUATION' AS SIR GEOFFREY HOWE SAID 'OF A SOCIETY WHICH ENJOYS ITS OWN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SYSTEMS AND DISTINCT WAY OF LIFE'.

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