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WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1987

THIRD UNIVERSITY BILL SUPPORTED

THREE LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS TODAY (WEDNESDAY} SPOKE IN SUPPORT OF THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BILL 1987.

SPEAKING DURING THE SECOND READING OF THE BILL, THE HON ALLEN LEE EMPHASISED THE IMPORTANCE OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.

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HE PRAISED THE GOVERNMENT'S COMMITMENT TO THE ESTABLISHMENT THE THIRD UNIVERSITY, WHICH PLACED EMPHASIS ON THE FIELD OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS STUDIES, AND SAID THIS WAS THE TYPE OF COMMITMENT THAT ENSURED HONG KONG'S FUTURE.

HE SAID: "THE CONTINUED PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG'S ECONOMY DEPENDS GREATLY ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR HUMAN RESOURCES.

"IT IS THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT WHICH BOOSTS MY CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.'

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"I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT HONG KONG WILL BECOME A STRIKING INTERNATIONAL CITY IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD, HE ADDED.

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MR LEE PAID TRIBUTE

THE MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY'S PLANNING COMMITTEE AND IN PARTICULAR ITS CHAIRMAN, THE HON SIR S.Y CHUNG, WHO HAD WORKED SO HARD AND WITH LIGHTENING SPEEDS TOWARDS THE SETTING UP OF THE UNIVERSITY.

HE SAID THEIR SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG SHOULD BE APPRECIATED AND PUT ON RECORD.

ECHOING MR LEE'S REMARKS, THE HON STEPHEN CHEONG, WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE UNIVERSITY'S PLANNING COMMITTEE, SAID THE TREMENDOUS COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT, FOR THE FUTURE GOOD OF HONG BE APPRECIATED BY ALL IN HONG KONG.

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HE SAID OF LATE, IT WAS ALL TOO OFTEN FASHIONABLE FOR SOME COMMENTATORS TO LABEL THE GOVERNMENT AS A LAME DUCK GOVERNMENT ACCORDING TO THEIR WHIMSIES AND POSSIBLY THEIR OWN PERCEIVED POLITICAL FORTUNES.

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I CERTAINLY PRAY AND HOPE THAT SUCH COMMENTATORS OBJECTIVELY REFLECT UPON THE WISDOM OF THIS GOVERNMENT IN CONSCIOUSLY AND POSITIVELY COMMITTING SO MANY RESOURCES FOR OUR COMMUNITY'S FUTURE NEEDS," HE SAID.

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"FAR FROM BEING A LAME DUCK GOVERNMENT, THIS GOVERNMENT, PLANS SO FAR IN ADVANCE AND CARES SO MUCH ABOUT OUR FUTURE, IS A GOOD, RESPONSIVE AS WELL AS A RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT, HE NOTED.

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/MR CHEONG