XN000022-1986-11-27 — Page 2

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1986

ALL VIEWS ON TOBACCO ADS GIVEN FULL CONSIDERATION

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THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL'S DECISION TO PHASE OUT TOBACCO ADVERTISING ON TV AND RADIO OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS WAS TAKEN AFTER FULL CONSIDERATION OF THE ADVICE OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION, THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE, AS WELL AS THE VIEWS OF THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY, THE DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

SIR DAVID WAS SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER OFFICIATING AT GRADUATION CEREMONY AT THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC,

IN RESPONSE TO A SUGGESTION THAT THE DECISIONS ON THE BROADCASTING REVIEW BOARD REPORT HAD IGNORED THE VIEWS OF THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY, SIR DAVID SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD TO LISTEN NOT ONLY TO THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY BUT ALSO TO THE MEDICAL PROFESSION AND TO THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.

EDUCATION PROMINENT IN TOTAL GOVERNMENT SPENDING

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EXPENDITURE ON EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMMES OF ALL KINDS AND AT ALL LEVELS WILL ACCOUNT FOR SOME 18 PER CENT OF TOTAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE IN THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR, THE DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR, BIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID THIS (THURSDAY) MORNING.

SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE INSTITUTE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, HE SAID IT WAS NO SURPRISE THAT EDUCATION OCCUPIED A PROMINENT POSITION IN TOTAL GOVERNMENT SPENDING IN A PLACE LIKE HONG KONG THAT HAD NOTHING BUT ITS HUMAN RESOURCES.

OUTLINING HONG KONG'S MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN ITS EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS, HE MENTIONED THE VARIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE EDUCATION COMMISSION IN ITS TWO REPORTS AND GOVERNMENT ACTIONS TAKEN TO IMPLEMENT THEM.

SIR DAVID SAID THE COMMISSION IN ITS FIRST REPORT RECOMMENDED THAT SUBSIDISED SENIOR SECONDARY PLACES SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR SOME 85 PER CENT OF THE AGE GROUP AND THAT PLACES SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR A FURTHER 10 PER CENT ON FULL-TIME CRAFT COURSES IN THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES.

+THE GOVERNMENT HAS TOTALLY ACCEPTED THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE TARGETS WILL BE ACHIEVED BY 1991.+

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