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MONDAY, MAY 30, 1988

"IT WILL TAKE SOME YEARS TO PREPARE NEW AND THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS WILL RELY HEAVILY TEACHING PROFESSION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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SES AND

MATERIALS,

ON INPUT FROM THE

THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN CRITICISMS OF THE LINGUISTIC ABILITY OF SCHOOL LEAVERS. TO IMPROVE THE POSITION, LANGUAGE STUDIES IN BOTH ENGLISH AND CHINESE WILL BE AN ESSENTIAL FEATURE OF ALL SIXTH FORM COURSES. THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO DEVELOP COURSES IN PRACTICAL LANGUAGE SKILLS AS A MATTER OF HIGH PRIORITY.

OF

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT A WORKING PARTY WOULD BE FORMED TO GUIDE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. REPRESENTATIVES THE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS AND THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS WILL BE INVITED TO TAKE PART.

JOINT EFFORT WILL ENSURE DEVELOPMENT OF MANUFACTURING

THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY AND THE GOVERNMENT MUST TOGETHER AND THAT HONG KONG CONTINUES TO PROVIDE THE RIGHT ENVIRONMENT INFRASTRUCTURE TO NURTURE AND DEVELOP OUR MANUFACTURING CAPABILITIES.

ENSURE

MRS BEST

SPEAKING AT THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE YOUNG HWA COMPANY (HK) LTD THIS (MONDAY) EVENING, THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, ANSON

THAT CHAN, SAID

THIS JOINT EFFORT WOULD

THE PROVIDE GUARANTEE FOR HONG KONG'S FUTURE.

BY

MRS CHAN ALSO NOTED THAT HONG KONG'S STRATEGIC LOCATION ENABLED THE TERRITORY TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED THE FAST GROWING ASIAN-PACIFIC REGION.

"IN

WITH CHINA

PARTICULAR, OUR CULTURAL, POLITICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL

PROVIDE EASY ACCESS TO AN EXPANDING MARKET

TIES

WITH

VAST

POTENTIAL.

"WE

AND WILL

ARE ALREADY WITNESSING THE GROWING ECONOMIC INTER- DEPENDENCE BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA. AS CHINA'S MODERNISATION OPEN-DOOR POLICIES GATHER MOMENTUM, THIS INTER-DEPENDENCE STRENGTHEN TO THE MUTUAL BENEFIT OF OUR ECONOMIES,

SHE SAID.

MRS CHAN POINTED OUT THAT DESPITE THE STEADY EXPANSION OF THE SERVICES AND FINANCIAL SECTORS IN RECENT YEARS, THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR REMAINED THE MAJOR EMPLOYER OF LABOUR AND THE MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO HONG KONG'S GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP).

/SHE SAID