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THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1989

INSTEAD OF BLIND ADHERENCE TO SYSTEMS ADOPTED COUNTRIES, HONG KONG NEEDED A UNIQUE SOLUTION то ITS POLLUTION PROBLEM AND FUNDS

BE SET ASIDE TO RESEARCH TO BE DONE IN THIS AREA, HE URGED.

SHOULD

IN OTHER INDUSTRIAL

ENABLE MORE

MUCH

SPEND FURTHERMORE, PROFESSOR POON UNDERLINED THE NEED TO MORE ON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN ORDER TO TRAIN AND KEEP PEOPLE WITH IDEAS AND PERSPECTIVE TO SPEARHEAD OUR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.

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"OUR PERFORMANCE IN THE AREA OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

THE QUITE APPALLING, HE SAID, NOTING THAT

OF ABOUT ALLOCATION

$8

PER TERTIARY MILLION FOR RESEARCH

INSTITUTION WAS LESS THAN THE RESEARCH GRANT FOR ONE ESTABLISHED PROFESSOR IN THE UNITED STATES.

ONLY 0.02 PER

MISERABLY

AND

POON

THE GRANT, WHICH MADE UP

CENT OF THE GROSS PRODUCT, DOMESTIC

ALSO COMPARED

WITH RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT SPENDING IN OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE REGION, PROFESSOR NOTED.

TO

SHOW HE SUGGESTED THAT ONE WAY TO STEM THE BRAIN DRAIN WAS

WERE OUR ENERGETIC YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN THAT THERE

OPPORTUNITIES FOR FURTHER GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR THEM IN HONG KONG AND TO OFFER IN RESEARCH AND THEM THOSE OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH STEPPED UP EFFORTS DEVELOPMENT FACILITIES.

FACE

ON THE MANPOWER TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR INDUSTRY IN THE

SHORT OF CREATING YET OF THE BRAIN DRAIN, PROFESSOR POON FELT THAT

TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS, THE FURTHER

GOVERNMENT SHOULD LOOK MORE

OR INSTITUTIONS WHICH CLOSELY AT THOSE POST-SECONDARY COLLEGES

HAD то ABILITIES,

SER HOW PROVEN AND INTERNATIONALLY

THEY

COULD BE BETTER UTILISED.

ACCREDITED

WE "AND THROUGH A MORE FLEXIBLE FUNDING ARRANGEMENT, I AM SURE

AND SKILLED WILL WITHIN A SHORT TIME, HAVE A LARGER POOL OF SUITABLE MANPOWER TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR INDUSTRY," HE OBSERVED.

BE

MOREOVER, IN-SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAMMES IN INDUSTRY SHOULD

INDUSTRY STEPPED UP AND THE TIES BETWEEN EDUCATION AND

STRENGTHENED,

HE SAID.

HONG

BUREAUCRATIC

PROFESSOR POON FINALLY MADE A PLEA THAT THE SETTING UP OF KONG'S FIRST TECHNOLOGY CENTRE SHOULD NOT SUFFER THROUGH DELAYS ON FUNDING.

AS ACTION

**WE NEED

WELL AS HITHERTO NEGLECTED AREAS LIKE SCIENCE AND DEVELOPMENT.

WORKS,

PARTICULARLY,

AND TECHNOLOGY, AND

IN THE RESEARCH

"ONLY THROUGH MORE EFFECTIVE FUNDING IN FINANCIAL SECRETARY HOPE TO MAKE MAXIMUM USE OF THE

ACHIEVE THE EXISTING RESOURCES IN ORDER TO

NATURE

SERVCIES THAT ARE NEEDED TODAY AND IN THE FUTURE,

THESE

AREAS REDEVELOPMENT

CAN

THE

OF

AND QUALITY

OF

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HE CONCLUDED.

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