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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1988
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THE KEY PRIORITY
AND
HONG KONG MUST STEP UP ITS EFFORTS IN MANPOWER TRAINING
AN TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENT TO COPE WITH
EMERGING NEW ERA, THE HON ALLEN LEE SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
OPENING THE DEBATE ON HIS MOTION, "THAT THIS COUNCIL THANKS THE GOVERNOR FOR HIS ADDRESS, MR LEE, THESENIOR MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL, LISTED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FOR HONG KONG.
HE SAID HE HAD NOTICED A NEW TREND IN THE DEVELOPMENT KONG'S ECONOMY OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.
IN HONG
SHIFT FROM FOR EXAMPLE, THE BASIS OF THE ECONOMY HAD BEGUN TO DEPENDING HEAVILY ON EXPORT PERFORMANCE ΤΟ A MUCH MORE SERVICE ORIENTED ECONOMY.
THE PEARL RIVER
DELTA WITH THE
THE MANUFACTURING BASE HAD SHIFTED TO AREA WITH APPROXIMATELY TWO MILLION WORKERS THERE, COMPARED LABOUR FORCE OF 850,000 IN HONG KONG.
GOOD MOVE IN THE MR LEE SAID HE CONSIDERED THIS AS A TERM BECAUSE IT GAVE HONG KONG A COMPETITIVE EDGE WHILE PROVIDING ECONOMY AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADJUST.
IN THE LONGER TERM, HE ENVISAGED THAT THERE
OF MORE MOVEMENT OF THE PRODUCTION
SOPHISTICATED MAINLAND AND HONG
ROLE AS A PRODUCTION INDUSTRIAL GOODS WOULD GRADUALLY BE REDUCED.
KONG'S
HE ALSO EXPECTED TO SEE GROWTH SERVICES SECTOR IN THE YEARS TO COME.
SHORT THE
WOULD BE FURTHER PRODUCTS TO THE CENTRE OF LIGHT
IN HONG KONG'S
TERTIARY
HONG KONG MUST PREPARE THE NEW ERA
"IN THE FACE OF THIS TRANSFORMATION, ITSELF IN MANPOWER TRAINING AND TECHNOLOGY TO COPE WITH AHEAD OF US," HE SAID.
MR LEE EMPHASISED THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING HONG KONG PEOPLE.
FOR
PLACES AS
HE MAINTAINED THAT HONG KONG SHOULD PROVIDE AS MANY POSSIBLE FOR ITS YOUNG PEOPLE IN UNIVERSITIES AND POLYTECHNICS.
"WE MUST ALSO BEAR IN
MORE
MIND THAT WHAT
IS WE NEED SUPERVISORS AND MANAGERS, SALES AND
SPECIALISTS, MARKETING
SUCCEED IN THE TECHNOLOGISTS AND PROFESSIONALS BECAUSE IF WE ARE TO
THESE TALENTS, HE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG, WE WILL REQUIRE SAID.
HE ALSO SAID THAT HONG KONG MUST INVEST HAD CHOSEN TO MAKE THE PLACE THEIR HOME.
IN THOSE PEOPLE
WHO
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