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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1989

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IF HONG KONG IS TO MAINTAIN ITS POSITION AS FINANCIAL AND

AN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS CENTRE. AND TERRITORIES OF THE WORLD, WE MUST MAKE USE OF ALL THE

ONE OF THE GREAT TRADING PROCESSES NEEDED TO SUSTAIN OUR ECONOMIC SUCCESS." HE SAID.

NEW IDEAS AND

OF

NOTING THAT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY WAS ONE REGARD. SIR DAVID SAID THE COMMITTEE ON BEEN EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY INTERCHANGE FOR TRADING PURPOSES COMMISSIONED IMPORTANT CONSULTANCY STUDIES ON

FIELD AND THE POTENTIAL

THE SUPERCOMPUTING

INDUSTRY.

AND

KEY AREA IN THIS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HAD APPLYING ELECTRONIC DATA THAT THE COMMITTEE HAD ALSO HONG KONG'S NEEDS IN FOR A BIOTECHNOLOGY

"THEIR APPROACH IS, AND MUST BE, TO FIND WAYS IN WHICH AND TECHNOLOGY CAN BE APPLIED IN COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.

SCIENCE

TO STUDY IN SPLENDID

THE MARKET PLACE,

"WE ARE NOT A SOCIETY THAT CAN AFFORD ISOLATION FROM THE CHALLENGES AND DISCIPLINES OF SIR DAVID SAID.

"THE GOVERNMENT TOO WILL DO ITS BIT

•

INTERFERENCE IN MARKET THAT THOSE WHO THE MOST MODERN

MAKE THE INDUSTRIAL

"WE BELIEVE, RIGHTLY. IN MINIMAL DECISIONS. BUT WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE DECISIONS DO SO

FULL ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY,

WITH HE SAID.

THE GOVERNOR POINTED OUT THAT THE GIVEN BACKING TO THE

PRODUCTIVITY

COUNCIL

GOVERNMENT THEREFORE

HAD

AND ΤΟ THE SETTING UP OF NEW PRODUCTS

OF A TECHNOLOGY CENTRE TO STIMULATE THE DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES BY HONG KONG BUSINESS.

RESEARCH AND APPLYING STEADILY INCREASING

"IF WE ARE TO BE UP TO DATE BOTH ON RESEARCH TO INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE WE MUST HAVE A SUPPLY OF WELL-EDUCATED YOUNG RECRUITS.

AND SERVICE

SECTORS WORK AND HIGHER ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, TRAINING MUST REMAIN

"THE SHIFT WITHIN BOTH THE MANUFACTURING OF THE ECONOMY TOWARDS MORE 'BRAIN-INTENSIVE' VALUE-ADDED OUTPUT MEANS THAT OUR POLICIES INDUSTRIAL SUPPORT, AND EDUCATION AND MANPOWER FLEXIBLE AND ADAPTABLE TO RAPID CHANGE.' HE ADDED.

THE GOVERNOR EXPLAINED THAT THAT WAS ANNOUNCEMENT

THE BACKGROUND IN

ΤΟ THE LEGISLATIVE

HIS COUNCIL GOVERNMENT PLANNED TO MORE

LAST MONTH THAT THE THAN DOUBLE FIRST DEGRER PLACES BY 1995, FROM SEVEN PER CENT OF THE

THE NUMBER OF FIRST-YEAR, GROUP TO 18 PER CENT.

"THIS IS A CONSCIOUS AND DELIBERATE GOVERNMENT IN THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT HONG KONG TO MEET FUTURE ECONOMIC DEMAND.

OF

RELEVANT AGE

INVESTMENT BY THE

A SKILLED WORKFORCE IN

"I AM SURE THAT THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE WILL HAVE A TO PLAY IN THIS. SIR DAVID SAID.

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MAJOR

ROLE

/SIR DAVID