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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1989

FULFILLED THE HOPE EXPRESSED 10 MURRAY MACLEHOSE, NOW

THE SCHOOL HAD UNDOUBTEDLY

THE YEARS AGO BY

THEN GOVERNOR. SIR MACLEHOSE WHEN HE LAID ITS FOUNDATION EXPECTATION THAT THE SCHOOL WOULD PLAY A POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION FOR THE TERRITORY'S SIR PIERS SAID.

LORD

HIS

STONE

OF AND SPOKE SPECIAL ROLE IN PROVIDING

SECTOR, COMMERCIAL

THE ECONOMY AND IN OUR

A ROLE OF

COMMERCIAL

IN "SINCE THEN. MAJOR CHANGES BOTH

MAKE THE EDUCATION SYSTEM HAVE COMBINED TO SCHOOL SUCH AS THIS EVEN MORE CRUCIAL, HE SAID.

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YOUTH FESTIVAL HAS SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE

THE YOUTH FESTIVAL HAS A SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE IN RELATION ΤΟ COMMUNITY BUILDING AND DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS. MR PETER TSAO, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY) AT THE LAUNCHING CEREMONY OF THE FESTIVAL.

THIS WAS MR TSAO'S FIRST PUBLIC FUNCTION AFTER TAKING APPOINTMENT TODAY.

UP HIS

MEMORABLE

"I AM SURE I WILL NOT FIND A MORE MEANINGFUL AND EVENT TO PENCIL IN ON THE FIRST PAGE OF MY WORKING DIARY AS SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS,' HE NOTED.

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MR TSAO POINTED OUT THAT THE OBJECT OF COMMUNITY BUILDING WAS TO HELP MAKE THE SOCIETY OF HONG KONG MORE COHESIVE AND HARMONIOUS THROUGH THE JOINT EFFORT OF THE GOVERNMENT, THE PRIVATE SECTOR, AND EVERY CITIZEN,

"THE YOUTH FESTIVAL, IN ADOPTING THE THEME 'WE ARE HONG KONG' IS A FINE EXAMPLE OF PUTTING THE OBJECT INTO PRACTICE.

"THE MANY EVENTS IN THIS MONTH-LONG FESTIVAL HAVE INVOLVED THE JOINT PARTICIPATION OF MORE THAN A HUNDRED VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. AS WELL AS COUNTLESS INDIVIDUALS FROM DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE.

"THIS SHOWS THE TEAM SPIRIT THAT WE NEED SO MUCH IN HONG KONG AS WE RISE TO THE CHALLENGES AHEAD. HE NOTED.

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MR TSAO SAID MUCH PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE IN DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, BUT THE SUPPORT OF THE YOUNGER GENERATION WAS NEEDED.

THE FESTIVAL'S APPEAL TO YOUNG PEOPLE TO PURSUE A PROPER AND BALANCED DEVELOPMENT. TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND ΤΟ CONTRIBUTE TO THE BETTERMENT OF THE COMMUNITY WAS THEREFORE A **MOST WELCOME AND TIMELY MESSAGE", MR TSAO SAID.

/"I UNDERSTAND

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