TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1984
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PROFESSIONALS' VITAL ROLE STRESSED
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HONG KONG'S PRESENT LEVEL OF PROSPERITY AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED WITHOUT THE EXPERT KNOWLEDGE AND ADVICE OF THE PROFESSIONALS, THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY.
AND HONG KONG WITHOUT THE PROFESSIONAL WOULD BE A HONG KONG WITH NO FUTURE, HE SAID.
SINCE HE WAS A FIRM BELIEVER IN THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG, HE WAS EQUALLY CERTAIN THAT THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROFESSIONAL TO THAT FUTURE WOULD CONTINUE TO GROW IN IMPORTANCE IN THE YEARS AHEAD, HE SAID.
MR AKERS-JONES WAS ADDRESSING THE ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM OF THE HONG KONG INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS ON THE ROLE OF THE PROFESSIONAL IN THE FUTURE HONG KONG,+ THIS EVENING.
HONG KONG, HE SAID, SEEMED TO HIM TO BE CONTINUALLY UNDERESTIMATING ITSELF.
IT WAS COMMON TO HEAR SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT THE PEOPLE HERE LACKED POLITICAL MATURITY, AND YET THERE WERE FEW PLACES IN THE WORLD WHERE THERE WAS SUCH A VARIETY OF POLITICAL COMMENT AND EXPRESSION AVAILABLE FOR DAILY CONSUMPTION FROM THE PRESS, RADIO AND TELEVISION, HE SAID.
IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, THERE HAD BEEN AN ENORMOUS FERMENT OF POLITICAL ACTIVITY AND THIS EVENING'S SYMPOSIUM WAS A FURTHER EXAMPLE OF THIS INTENSE INTEREST IN A SATISFACTORY AND SUCCESSFUL RESOLUTION OF THE DEBATE ABOUT THE FORM OF SOCIETY TO BE ESTABLISHED DURING THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
THE ROLE OF THE PROFESSIONAL IN THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL GROWTH OF HONG KONG THROUGH THE YEARS HAD BEEN ESSENTIAL, HE SAID.
+AND IN KEEPING WITH THIS ESSENTIAL ROLE, THE SIZE OF THE PROFESSIONAL CLASS IN OUR SOCIETY HAS GROWN TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF A DIVERSIFIED AND INCREASINGLY SOPHISTICATED ECONOMY AND A PUBLIC, WHOSE GROWING ASPIRATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS IN THE FIELD OF LAW, MEDICINE, EDUCATION AND AN IMPROVED ENVIRONMENT, PLACES NEW DEMANDS EACH DAY UPON THE SERVICES OF PROFESSIONAL MEN AND WOMEN, + MR AKERS-JONES SAID.
DURING THESE YEARS, HONG KONG HAD ALSO STRENGTHENED ITS LINKS AND ITS DEPENDENCE UPON A WIDER COMMUNITY OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE ADVICE AND HELP WHEN NECESSARY OF EXPERTS FROM OVERSEAS.
+THESE LINKS ARE NECESSARY, AND I AM SURE THEY WILL CONTINUE TO GROW,+ HE SAID.
THE PRESENCE
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