FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1989
FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF LIFE: SASI
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THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO QUESTION OF THE GOVERNMENT TRYING ΤΟ PREVENT PEOPLE FROM EMIGRATING, THE SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INFORMATION, MR PETER TSAO, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
"FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT IS AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF LIFE IN HONG KONG AND THE CONTINUATION OF THIS FREEDOM IS GUARANTEED IN THE JOINT DECLARATION AND THE DRAFT BASIC LAW," HE TOLD A GRADUATION CEREMONY AT HONG KONG SHUE YAN COLLEGE.
"THE GOVERNMENT THEREFORE RECOGNISES THAT THE ONLY WAY FORWARD IS TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO ENSURE THAT HONG KONG REMAINS AN ATTRACTIVE PLACE BOTH TO LIVE AND WORK IN, AND TO RETURN TO," HE SAID.
"OUR PRIMARY TASK MUST BE TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE INCLINED то STAY, THAT IN PRACTICE MEANS OVER 90 PER CENT OF THE POPULATION AND I HOPE INCLUDES MOST OF US HERE, REMAIN FIRM IN THEIR RESOLVE; THOSE WHO WANT TO COME BACK FEEL WELCOME.'
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MR TSAO SAID IT WAS TRUE AND ONLY NATURAL THAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME SOME PEOPLE WERE CONSIDERING EMIGRATION.
"THE PHENOMENON OF EMIGRATION IS NOT A NEW ONE AND HONG KONG HAS ALWAYS BEEN KNOWN FOR ITS HIGHLY MOBILE POPULATION, HE SAID.
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MR TSAO POINTED OUT THAT EMIGRATION WAS NOT ITSELF A PROBLEM, BUT IT DID BRING PROBLEMS IN ITS WAKE AND THESE PROBLEMS MUST BE ADDRESSED.
"TO THIS END, WE ARE HAPPY THOUGH NOT COMPLACENT TO NOTE THAT THE NUMBER OF NEW FIRST DEGREE GRADUATES PRODUCED IN HONG KONG HAS INCREASED BY 25 PER CENT FROM 3,000 IN 1987 TO 3,750 IN 1988 AND BY A FURTHER 15 PER CENT TO 4,330 THIS YEAR, HE SAID.
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"FURTHER SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES ARE ALREADY ASSURED AND BY 1999 THE NUMBER OF NEW GRADUATES EACH YEAR WILL EXCEED 15,000.
"IT IS NOT JUST A NUMBER GAME BUT A REAL SOLID PLAN FOR THE
FUTURE.
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