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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1989

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APPROPRIATE

AND

NECESSARY,

WE SHOULD ALSO

PROFESSIONALS AND SPECIALISTS FROM ABROAD TO PRACTICE AND WORK HE SAID.

MR CHENG SAID THAT IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY, TO CULTIVATE AN ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT.

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WELCOME HERE,

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HONG KONG NEEDED

CHINA, BRITAIN, THE HONG COMMITMENT TO HONG

HE HOPED THAT ALL PARTIES CONCERNED KONG PEOPLE AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY WITH KONG WOULD EXERCISE SELF-RESTRAINT TO AVOID CONFRONTATIONS.

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WE CANNOT MAINTAIN HONG "LET PRAGMATISM RULE THE DAY FOR IF

ENVIRONMENT, ALL ELSE INCLUDING KONG'S ECONOMIC VIABILITY AND FREE GETTING THE RIGHT POLITICAL MODEL MAY BECOME SECONDARY,

IT

"I

HE SAID.

TO TAKE

CHINA'S INTEREST MR CHENG SAID

WAS IN INITIATIVE TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO REINJECT CONFIDENCE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.

THE INTO THE

то THE

VIEWS ON THE HER SHOW SUCCESSFUL

"BY RESPONDING POSITIVELY TO HONG KONG PEOPLE'S

A LONG WAY WILL OF

GO THE DRAFTING

TOWARDS AND SINCERITY UNDERSTANDING, IMPLEMENTATION OF THE "ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS" CONCEPT.

BASIC LAW FLEXIBILITY

"A PROSPEROUS AND STABLE HONG KONG WILL HELP SPEED

HE ADDED. EVENTUAL EMERGENCE AS A WORLD POWER,

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UP CHINA'S

MR CHENG SAID THAT THE WOULD HELP MAINTAIN

TURNING TO PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, PLANS OUTLINED IN THE GOVERNOR'S POLICY ADDRESS OUR ECONOMIC MOMENTUM AND REGAIN SOME OF OUR LOST CONFIDENCE.

HE SAID, J DESCRIBING THE NEW AIRPORT PROJECT AS THE "HARDWARE"

ΤΟ DEVELOPING APPROPRIATE HOWEVER, THAT WE MUST GIVE EQUAL EMPHASIS "SOFTWARE".

TO HIM, THE MORE CRITICAL "SOFTWARE" ISSUES INCLUDED AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING, THE ENVIRONMENT AND TECHNOLOGY.

EDUCATION

CHENG SAID THAT IN FIRST-DEGREE PLACES WAS IMPORTANT THAT THIS

ON EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING, MR

FIRST-YEAR, INCREASING THE PLANNED PROVISION OF FROM 7,000 NEXT YEAR TO 15,000 IN 1995. IT WAS NOT DONE AT THE EXPENSE OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING.

HE SAID THAT WE NEEDED TO REVIEW THE OF SERVICE FOR THE TEACHING PROFESSION TO THE FIELD.

SALARIES AND CONDITIONS ATTRACT MORE PEOPLE INTO

TO HELP US RAISE WE MUST SEND MORE TEACHERS

HE SAID.

"WE MUST ALSO WELCOME TEACHERS FROM ABROAD OUR CHILDREN'S STANDARD OF ENGLISH AND OVERSEAS TO UPDATE THEIR TEACHING TECHNIQUES AND SKILLS,

ON THE ENVIRONMENT, MR CHENG SAID HE WAS DELIGHTED TO SEE MORE EFFORTS WOULD BE GIVEN TO ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION.

THAT

"WE NEED

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