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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1988

"THERE IS A SENSE OF URGENCY IN THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS CRITICALLY SHORT OF STAFF IN COPING WITH ITS EXPANDING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BOAT PEOPLE FROM VIETNAM, SHE SAID.

"THE UNSWERVING MANNER WITH WHICH THE DEPARTMENT BRACED FOR THE ENORMOUS STRAINS ON ITS TIGHTLY STRETCHED RESOURCES WAS RECENTLY VERY MUCH IN THE LIMELIGHT.

THE EVENTS REALLY UNDERLINE THE CHALLENGES THAT LIE AHEAD, AND I AM SURE THE PUBLIC IS INTERESTED TO KNOW THAT THE DEPARTMENT IN EVERY WAY PREPARED.

IS

ON EXHIBITION TODAY ARE DISPLAYS BASED ON ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN IN CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND DEPARTMENTAL FUNCTIONS WELL AS A DISPLAY OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS.

VISITORS CAN ALSO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT'S FOR ITS STAFF THROUGH A VIDEO DISPLAY.

AS

TRAINING

THE DAY'S PROGRAMME INCLUDES A DEMONSTRATION BY THE DEPARTMENT'S GUARD DOGS, AND DEMONSTRATIONS OF ANTI-RIOT SELF-DEFENCE TECHNIQUES.

CONTROL AND

HEAVY INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION TO COUNTER EMIGRATION

HONG KONG 15 DEALING WITH IT'S PROBLEM OF INVESTING HEAVILY IN EDUCATION, THE DIRECTOR OF HONG AND TRADE OFFICE WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MR PETER JOHNSON, SAID IN SAN FRANCISCO YESTERDAY.

EMIGRATION BY

KONG'S ECONOMIC WESTERN UNITED STATES,

MR JOHNSON WAS ONE OF THREE PANELLISTS ADDRESSING THE OF THE BRAIN DRAIN FROM HONG KONG AT A MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

QUESTION HONG KONC.

WOULD NOT

HE SAID THAT ALTHOUGH THIS INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION HAVE ANY IMMEDIATE EFFECT, IT WOULD PAY OFF HANDSOMELY BY THE THE 1990'S BY PRODUCING A FIVE-FOLD INCREASE IN THE

COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY GRADUATES.

END OF NUMBERS OF

OVERSEAS

"THE NUMBER OF GRADUATES PRODUCED LOCALLY AND PROBABLY ALREADY EXCEEDS THE LOSS BY AN ESTIMATED MR JOHNSON SAID.

3,000 PLR ANNUM.

TO

WHILE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE SITUATION WAS A M..ITER OF THE

CONCERN GOVERNMENT. HE POINTED OUT THAT HONG 'UPWARDLY MOBILE' AND HAD A GREAT CAPACITY FOR SELF-IMPROVEMENT.

LONG PEOPLE WERE

/HE TOLD