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TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1987

ISRAEL, HUNGARY RECOGNISE BN(0) PASSPORT

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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IS DELIGHTED WITH THE NEWS THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL HAS DECIDED TO ACCEPT THE BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) STATUS AND THE PASSPORT THAT GOES WITH IT, ACCORDING TO A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT IT HAS ALSO BEEN INFORMED BY THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF HUNGARY HAS ALSO DECIDED TO RECOGNISE THE BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) PASSPORT.

THESE BRING TO EIGHT THE NUMBER OF COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE GIVEN THE BN(0) PASSPORT FORMAL RECOGNITION.

NEW MEMBER FOR EDUCATION COMMISSION

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THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY) THE APPOINTMENT OF MR LAU WAH-SUM AS A MEMBER OF THE EDUCATION COMMISSION,

MR LAU, A FORMER CIVIL SERVANT, IS AN ACCOUNTANT BY PROFESSION AND RUNS HIS OWN FINANCIAL AND MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT FIRM, HE HAS BEEN THE TREASURER OF THE COUNCIL OF THE HONG KONG BAPTIST COLLEGE SINCE 1984 AND IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR THE THIRD UNIVERSITY.

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT WITH THE APPOINTMENT OF MR LAU. THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION HAS INCREASED TO 15. HE POINTED OUT THAT THE APPOINTMENT OF AN ACCOUNTANT TO THE COMMISSION WOULD ASSIST THE COMMISSION IN THE INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF ITS WORK IN PARTICULAR THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTER MODELS FOR ANALYSING EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS WHICH FORMS ONE OF THE KEY RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMISSION'S RECENTLY PUBLISHED REPORT NO 2.

+MR LAU'S APPOINTMENT WILL LAST INITIALLY UNTIL MARCH 31, 1987, WHEN THE TERMS OF OFFICE OF THE ENTIRE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION EXPIRES,+ HE SAID.

THE EDUCATION COMMISSION, HEADED BY MR Q.W. LEE, IS CHARGED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR DEFINING OVERALL EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES AND FORMULATING EDUCATION POLICY, HAVING REGARD TO RESOURCES AVAILABLE. IN CARRYING OUT ITS TASK, THE COMMISSION COORDINATES THE WORK OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE AND THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL.

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