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THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1988

"MY EXPERIENCE AT THE

HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC

TELLS ME THAT

THERE IS NO LACK OF TALENT IN OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. LET US DEVELOP THEM BO THEY CAN FILL THE GAP AND BECOME LEADERS OF TOMORROW."

MR LEE SAID TECHNOLOGY WENT HAND IN HAND WITH EDUCATION.

"I AM GLAD TO SEE THAT AFTER 10 YEARS OF URGING THE GOVERNMENT TO DO SOMETHING ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS BEEN SET UP.

"I HOPE TO SEE THE COMMITTEE GET ON WITH ITS WORK OF ADVISING GOVERNMENT ON HOW TO UPGRADE THE TECHNOLOGY BASK OF OUR LOCAL INDUSTRIES."

MR LEE SAID HONG KONG NOW STOOD ON THE THRESHOLD OF A NEW

THE RATE AND PHASE OF ECONOMIC EXPANSION, A PHASE IN WHICH

PATTERN WOULD BE INCREASINGLY DEPENDENT ON OUR TECHNICAL CAPABILITY.

HE SAID HE WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT AFTER SUCH A LONG TIME, THE SUBJECT OF A SCIENCE PARK WAS STILL IN THE PRIMITIVE STAGE OF STUDY.

"THIS TYPE OF ATTITUDE IS CERTAINLY CONTRARY TO THE USUAL HONG KONG TRADITION AND I FAIL TO UNDERSTAND WHY.

"PERHAPS IT MAY BE DUE TO A LACK OF EXPERIENCE WITHIN OUR GOVERNMENT OR PERHAPS THERE IS A LACK OF COMMITMENT.

"LET ME SAY IT AGAIN THAT WE ARE LAGGING BEHIND IN TECHNOLOGY AND WE MUST CATCH UP. WE NEED A FIRM COMMITMENT FROM OUR GOVERNMENT."

ON MR LEE SAID THAT

THE OTHER HAND, THE QUICKEST WAY TO ACQUIRE TECHNOLOGY WAS THROUGH TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER.

"AGAIN, IN THIS ARENA, WHATEVER GOVERNMENT HAS ON A VERY LIMITED SCALE.

DONE

HAS BERN

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PROMOTE

IN THE CASE OF OTHER COUNTRIES, AND MORE RECENTLY THAILAND, THEIR GOVERNMENTS HAVE SET UP A BOARD OF INVESTMENT IN ORDER

FOREIGN PROVIDE CENTRALISED SERVICES FOR

INVESTORS

то AND FOREIGN INVESTMENT AND TECHNOLOGY TO INVEST IN THEIR COUNTRY.

"WHAT HAS HONG KONG, AS AN INTERNATIONAL CITY AND A GATEWAY AND FROM CHINA, DONE IN THIS RESPECT?" HE ASKED.

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THAT MR LER SAID HE HAD ALWAYS BELIEVED

IF WE INVESTED OUR AND MONEY ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR HUMAN RESOURCES, WE WOULD SUCCEED ALL THE REST WOULD FALL INTO PLACE,

A SURPLUS OF OVER $10 BY THE FINANCIAL

HAD "I AM GLAD TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE BILLION LAST YEAR AND OVERALL THE BUDGET PRESENTED SECRETARY IS A GOOD ONE.

LI

'I WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR MONEY SPENT WISELY IN ORDER TO ENSURE A BETTER FUTURE FOR HONG KONG.

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