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WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1989

HE SAID.

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"DISTRICT EDUCATION OFFICERS ARE LIAISING WITH SCHOOL HEADS,"

HAD

AS FOR THOSE CHILDREN THAT HAD FAMILY PROBLEMS OR BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS, HE SAID THAT COUNSELLING BY PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL WORKERS BEEN PROVIDED.

MR BRIDGE SAID THAT THE CASE OF THOSE CHILDREN WHO WERE IN HEALTH HAD BEEN KEPT UNDER REVIEW.

HK WAS NOT INVITED TO HOST MATHS OLYMPIAD

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NO INVITATION HAD BEEN RECEIVED

HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICS OLYMPIAD, THE SECRETARY FOR MANPOWER, THE HON RON BRIDGE, INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE

(WEDNESDAY).

TO HOST THE EDUCATION AND COUNCIL TODAY

THIS WAS STATED BY MR BRIDGE IN A WRITTEN REPLY ΤΟ THE HON CHAN YING-LUN WHO ASKED WHY HAD THE GOVERNMENT TURN DOWN THE INVITATION TO HOST THE INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICS OLYMPIAD IN 1997.

MR BRIDGE NOTED, HOWEVER, THAT IN SEPTEMBER 1988 THE HONG KONG MATHEMATICS SOCIETY HAD INFORMED THE GOVERNMENT THAT IT WAS CONSIDERING APPLYING TO HOST THE INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICS OLYMPIAD IN HONG KONG IN 1997.

"THE SOCIETY ASKED WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT COULD SUPPORT THE EVENT BY WAY OF A COMMITMENT OF $1.5 MILLION AT 1988 PRICES, HE SAID.

MR BRIDGE SAID THAT THE SOCIETY REQUESTED A QUICK RESPONSE.

"WE CONSIDER THAT IT WAS NOT PRACTICABLE, NINE YEARS AHEAD, EITHER TO REACH A FIRM VIEW ON THE ADVANTAGES OR DISADVANTAGES OF THE PROPOSAL OR то GUARANTEE A COMMITMENT OF PUBLIC FUNDS, AND WE INFORMED THE HONG KONG MATHEMATICS SOCIETY ACCORDINGLY," MR BRIDGE NOTED.

"THE SOCIETY SUBSEQUENTLY DECIDED NOT TO MAKE A BID FOR THE EVENT, HE CONCLUDED.

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