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MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1988

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HE SAID THE HEAVY INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION WAS THE INVESTMENT IN MANPOWER TRAINING AT OPERATIVE, AND EQUIVALENT LEVELS.

COMPLEMENTED

BY

CRAFT, TECHNICIAN

THAN 16 TRAINING THE MANUFACTURING

"IN THIS AREA, WE NOW MAINTAIN NO FEWER CENTRES, INCLUDING 12 THAT ARE WHOLLY DEVOTED то INDUSTRIES, AND BY 1989 THEY ARE EXPECTED TO TURN OUT MORE THAN 22,

,000 GRADUATES, HE SAID.

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SIR DAVID SAID THE THIRD ASIA PACIFIC PHYSICS CONFERENCE WOULD PROVIDE AN

OPPORTUNITY FOR SCIENTISTS IN AND OUTSIDE THE REGION TO ANNOUNCE IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC RESULTS AND EXCHANGE IDEAS ON THEIR CURRENT AND FUTURE APPLICATION.

"OF COURSE WE ARE ALL AWARE THAT BREACHING THE FRONTIERS OF KNOWLEDGE BY A NEW DISCOVERY DID NOT AUTOMATICALLY OR NECESSARILY LEAD TO ITS COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION, AND THAT WE HAVE TO WORK TOWARDS REALISING THESE GOALS.

"CERTAINLY, ACADEMIA HAS AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY IN THIS ALONG WITH GOVERNMENTS AND THE USERS OF TECHNOLOGY.

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"IN HONG KONG, WE ARE PARTICULARLY AWARE THAT A DISCOVERY NEW PROCESS THAT WORKS IN ONE INDUSTRIAL CULTURE DOES NOT ALWAYS WORK IN ANOTHER.

"BUT I KNOW ALSO THAT MANY AMONGST YOU HAVE MADE SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS, AND INDEED YOUR INTERNATIONAL REPUTATIONS, BY HARNESSING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TO INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, HE SAID.

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"WE LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING MUCH FROM YOUR

WISDOM DURING THE WEEK AHEAD, HE ADDED.

EXPERIENCE

MOTORISTS URGED TO PAY FULL ATTENTION TO ROAD SAFETY

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AND

THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, MR JAMES So,

TODAY (MONDAY) URGED MOTORISTS TO BE COURTEOUS TO OTHER ROAD USERS AND TO PAY FULL ATTENTION TO SAFETY WHEN DRIVING BECAUSE ROADS HAD BECOME MORE CONGESTED AND ACCIDENTS HAD BEEN ON THE INCREASE, IN THE LAST YEARS.

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SPEAKING AT A MEET-THE-MEDIA SESSION, MR SO SAID THAT CONGESTION HAD CAUSED MUCH INCONVENIENCE AND FRUSTRATION TO USERS AND HAD ALSO BEEN ONE OF THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS ΤΟ ACCIDENT TREND.

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