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TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1986

THE FIVE BILLS DUE FOR FIRST AND SECOND READING ARE:

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CIVIL AVIATION (AIRCRAFT NOISE) BILL 1986;

* SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL (AMENDMENT) BILL 1986;

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FIRE SERVICES (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) BILL 1986;

PUBLIC HOLIDAY (ROYAL VISIT) BILL 1986; AND

* LANDLORD AND TENANT (CONSOLIDATION) AMENDMENT BILL 1986.

DEBATE WILL ALSO RESUME ON FOUR BILLS PRIOR TO COMMITTEE STAGE AND THIRD READING,

* DRUG ADDICTS TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION (AMENDMENT)

BILL 1986;

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ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1986;

* PUBLIC BUS SERVICES (AMENDMENT) BILL 1986; AND

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ROAD TRAFFIC (AMENDMENT) BILL 1986.

A STATEMENT WILL ALSO BE MADE BY THE HON CHEN SHOU-LUM ON THE REPORT OF THE UMELCO POLICE GROUP 1985.

HK APPROACH NEEDED FOR EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS

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THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR MICHAEL LEUNG, SAID THAT AS WAS GENERALLY TRUE IN OTHER AREAS HONG KONG'S EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS REQUIRED HONG KONG SOLUTIONS.

SPEAKING AT THE SPEECH DAY OF MARYMOUNT SECONDARY SCHOOL, MR LEUNG SAID IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE EDUCATION SYSTEM, HONG KONG HAD SUCCEEDED IN FOLLOWING THIS APPROACH WHICH ALSO FORMED THE BASIS OF HK'S FUTURE EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

+ IT WOULD NOT BE IN OUR INTERESTS TO MEDDLE WITH THIS APPROACH, A PRAGMATIC AND PRACTICAL VIEW OF EDUCATION WHICH HAS SERVED US WELL, HE SAID.

MR LEUNG ALSO NOTED THAT HONG KONG'S EDUCATION POLICY WAS ONE OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, CITING AS EXAMPLES THE WHITE PAPERS ON EDUCATION IN 1965, 1974, 1978 AND 1981, THE OVERALL REVIEW BY THE PANEL OF OVERSEAS VISITORS IN 1982 AND THE EDUCATION COMMISSION REPORT NO. 1 IN 1984.

/HE SAID