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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1989

COURSE, THE

THEIR EDUCATION

ECONOMY

INVEST BUT WE ARE PLANNING TO

NOT JUST IN BUILDINGS, BUT. PEOPLE. VERY IMPORTANTLY, TO INVEST IN PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY OUR YOUNG

IN DO WELL ENOUGH

EXAMS EVERYBODY HOPES THEIR CHILDREN WILL

TO BE

ABLE TO CONTINUE

OF AND SCHOOL. AFTER SECONDARY URGENTLY NEEDS

AND MORE WELL-EDUCATED

WE RAISED THE PROFESSIONALLY QUALIFIED YOUNG PEOPLE. ONLY LAST YEAR

STUDENTS STUDYING FOR A FIRST TARGET FOR THE NUMBER OF PLACES FOR

NOW DEGREE, AND PLANNED THAT WE WOULD ALMOST DOUBLE THEM BY 1995. BUT

WHAT WE MUST NOW BY 1995 ONE IN EDUCATION

I FEEL THAT THAT TARGET ISN'T AMBITIOUS ENOUGH. TRY TO DO IS TO PROVIDE 67,000 SUCH PLACES, SO THAT FOUR OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FURTHER AFTER LEAVING SCHOOL.

THE QUALITY OF RIGHT SORT OF TO NONE. LAST

NOW, INCREASINGLY, PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT

THE PROVIDING LIFE. THIS MEANS, IN THE FIRST PLACE. HOMES. OUR PUBLIC HOUSING PROGRAMME IS ALREADY SECOND YEAR MORE NEW FLATS WERE BUILT THAN IN ANY PREVIOUS YEAR. BUT THAT'S NOT ENOUGH. MOST

TO

IN FAMILIES WANT

OWN THEIR OWN HOME, SO

то FUTURE A MUCH HIGHER PROPORTION OF OUR PUBLIC HOUSING IS GOING

CENT OF BE PUT ON SALE AT AFFORDABLE PRICES. NOW THERE'S SOME 41 PER HONG KONG FAMILIES WHO OWN THEIR OWN HOMES: THAT NUMBER IS GOING RISE STEADILY.

-

TO

ESSENTIAL

WE HAVE NOW AND WE'VE IT

BUT

COMPLACENT ABOUT ANOTHER IN THE PAST WE HAVE BEEN

ENVIRONMENT. THE INGREDIENT IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE WORKED OUT A DETAILED PROGRAMME TO FIGHT POLLUTION, EARMARKED $20 BILLION OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS FOR THAT PURPOSE. BUT

MONEY, IT'S ALSO A QUESTION OF PERSONAL IS NOT JUST A QUESTION OF RESPONSIBILITY. AT RISK IS NOT ONLY THE NATURAL BEAUTY AROUND US, THE HEALTH OF OUR CHILDREN AND OURSELVES.

WITH

ENORMOUS AND EXPENSIVE SCHEMES WE WILL TACKLE THESE

IS WHICH

BASED FIRMLY ON HONG CONFIDENCE, AND IT'S A CONFIDENCE

10 YEARS. THEN, WE HAD KONG'S

TRACK RECORD. THINK BACK JUST OWN

UNDER ONLY JUST INTRODUCED FREE AND COMPULSORY EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN 15; THE MTR HAD ONLY JUST OPENED ITS FIRST SECTION. THERE WAS NO SHA TSUI EAST,

NO AIRPORT ABERDEEN TUNNEL, NO TRANSPORT LINKS TO CHINA HAD ONLY JUST RESTARTED.

WE

WE ARE

TSIM TUNNEL AND DIRECT

то

THE

THAT ARE DETERMINED

CONTINUE GOING

CREATE A CITY DEVELOPMENTS OF THOSE PAST 10 YEARS. TOGETHER WE MUST

IN ANYWHERE

THE ELSE

IN WORLD. BOTH

ITS WHICH CAN COMPETE WITH

OF QUALITY

LIFE WHICH ITS RESIDENTS AND THAT WE ENJOY. THAT'S THE HONG KONG OF THE NEXT CENTURY WE WANT, MUST BUILD NOW.

ECONOMIC SUCCESS, AND IN THE