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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1989

THE 1990'S WOULD ALSO WITNESS A RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF TERTIARY EDUCATION, WITH THE NUMBER OF TERTIARY PLACES INCREASED TO 67,000 BY 1995. THIS WOULD MAKE UNIVERSITY OR POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION AVAILABLE TO ONE IN EVERY FOUR YOUNG PERSONS

A PROPORTION BETTER THAN THOSE IN MANY ADVANCED WESTERN COUNTRIES.

MR LAN, THEREFORE, CALLED ON THE VARIOUS LOCAL ORGANISATIONS TO FACE UP TO THE FORTHCOMING "UNPRECEDENTED CHANGES AND CHALLENGE" WITH THE DETERMINATION AND RESILIENCE SYNONYMOUS WITH HONG KONG

PEOPLE.

HE ALSO

URGED THESE

ORGANISATIONS

TO ASSIST IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND VARIOUS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTS TO ENSURE THAT THE TERRITORY WOULD CONTINUE TO PROGRESS.

MR LAN PRAISED LOCAL CLANSMEN AND DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS FOR CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS HONG KONG'S SUCCESS ON VARIOUS FRONTS.

"APART FROM PROMOTING

CLANSMENSHIP, THESE ASSOCIATIONS HAVE BEEN INCREASINGLY CONCERNED WITH THE WELL-BEING OF THE COMMUNITY,

"THEY HAVE ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED IN COMMUNITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES AND SUPPORTED VARIOUS GOVERNMENT POLICIES THAT BENEFIT THE PUBLIC," HE NOTED.

MR LAN RECALLED THAT CLANSMEN AND DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS RENDERED VALUABLE SERVICES IN THE PROVISION OF EMERGENCY RELIEF IN THE WAKE OF THE MAJOR SHEK KIP MEI FIRE IN DECEMBER 1953, TYPHOON WANDA IN AUGUST 1962, AND SERIOUS LANDSLIDES IN JUNE 1972.

MANY SECONDARY AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS AS WELL AS OTHER COMMUNITY FACILITIES SUCH AS CLINICS WERE CURRENTLY RUN BY THESE ASSOCIATIONS, HE SAID,

A NUMBER OF GUESTS SPOKE ON VARIOUS TOPICS AT THE SEMINAR. THEY INCLUDED MR II.C. FUNG, MR LIU LIT-FOR, MR LEO LEE AND MR N.T. YIP.

1990'S

THE SPEAKERS GENERALLY AGREED THAT THE

OFFERED EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR CLANSMEN AND DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS TO SHOW THEIR VIGOUR AND STRENGTH TOWARDS BUILDING A BETTER TOMORROW FOR HN FON,

THEY SUGGESTED THAT OPPORTUNITIES SHOULD BE GIVEN TO YOUNGER MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATIONS TO TAKE A MORE ACTIVE AND LEADING ROLE THE CONDUCT OF BUSINESS OF THESE ASSOCIATIONS.

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