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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1984

ON HIGHER EDUCATION, HE SAID IT WAS GRATIFYING TO SEE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CITY POLYTECHNIC AND HE HOPED ITS FUTURE EXPANSION WOULD BE AS RAPID AS ITS ESTABLISHMENT.

ON COMPUTER EDUCATION, HE SAID EVEN THOUGH A PILOT SCHEME GAN IN 1982 WHICH PROVIDED COMPUTER EQUIPMENT TO 105 .OVERNMENT-AIDED SCHOOLS, HE FELT HONG KONG WAS FALLING BEHIND ITS COMPETITORS IN THIS FIELD,

+ I BELIEVE A REVIEW SHOULD BE CONDUCTED IMMEDIATELY WITH THE AIM OF INTRODUCING COMPUTER COURSES INTO ALL SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE NEAR FUTURE AS WELL AS INTRODUCING COMPUTER COURSES INTO PRIMARY SCHOOLS, MR LEE SAID.

LITTLE ATTENTION PAID TO POLITICS IN PAST

ANDREW SO

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IN THE PAST EMPHASIS HAD BEEN PLACED ON ECONOMIC ACHIEVEMENT, TH LITTLE ATTENTION PAID TO POLITICS, THE HON ANDREW SO SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.

MR SO SAID THAT, HOWEVER, AS CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGED POLITICS WOULD BECOME HONG KONG'S CONCERN.

LEADERS OF HONG KONG WOULD BE MORE ENTERPRISING AND MORE ADVENTUROUS AND INNOVATIVE IN SPIRIT, HE SAID.

ELECTIONS AND VOTING WOULD BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF LIFE IN HONG KONG.

THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION STIPULATED THAT THE LEGISLATURE OF THE HONG KONG SAR SHALL BE CONSTITUTED BY ELECTIONS.

THIS WAS INDEED A VERY IMPORTANT PROVISION,

+THAT, I BELIEVE

I BELIEVE, WAS ACHIEVED AFTER MUCH HARD WORK, + MR SO SAID, +WE MUST THEREFORE CHERISH IT,+

MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD WERE DEPRIVED OF THE FREEDOM OF CHOICE.

THEY WOULD SURELY URGE THE PEOPLE HERE TO VALUE THE CHANCES OF EXERCISING THEIR RIGHT TO HOLD ELECTIONS AND CAST VOTES.

+FOR THE SAKE OF OUR OWN FREEDOM AND THE FREEDOM OF OTHERS IN HONG KONG, WE MUST ABOVE ALL BEAR THIS IN MIND, + MR SO SAID.

HE SAID HE BELIEVED THAT IN BUILDING A SUITABLE POLITICAL SYSTEM FOR HONG KONG, IT WAS NOT ADVISABLE TO BE TOO CONSERVATIVE.

SINO-BRKET SH