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SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 1990

STATISTICAL KNOWLEDGE ESSENTIAL TO MEET CHANGING ECONOMIC, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

**

THE

STATISTICS PROJECT

COMPETITION FOR

SECONDARY AND TO FOSTER CIVIC LI,

SCHOOL

STUDENTS SERVES TO PROMOTE EDUCATIONAL STUDIES

AWARENESS AMONG PARTICIPANTS, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR Y.T. SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

HR

ALSO OFFERS

ALL SAID IT

PARTICIPANTS ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY STATISTICAL REAL WORLD ISSUES FACING HONG KONG DAILY.

SPEAKING AT THE PRIZE

THE

VALUABLE

IN

SCHOOLS

ΤΟ

1989-90 KONG

PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE

ORGANISED BY THE HONG STATISTICAL PROJECT COMPETITION

HAS EXPERIENCED STATISTICAL SOCIETY, MR LI NOTED THAT OUR SOCIETY

FAIR SHARE OF CONTINUOUS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WHICH HAS GENERATED A SOCIAL PROBLEMS THAT NEED TO BE TACKLED.

OF

"IT IS THEREFORE IMPORTANT, AND INDEED FUNDAMENTAL, FOR ALL

THE PARALLEL SOCIETY AND ENSURE US TO UNDERSTAND AND CARE FOR OUR ADVANCEMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE HAND-IN-HAND WITH ECONOMIC GROWTH.

IS

STAGE

MOST DESIRABLE "AND, IT IS

THAT THIS CIVIC AWARENESS INCULCATED IN THE MINDS OF OUR YOUNGER GENERATION AT AS EARLY A AS POSSIBLE, PREFERABLY DURING THEIR SECONDARY EDUCATION,

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DEVELOPING OF ITS

MR LI SAID HONG KONG, LIKE MOST OTHER DEVELOPED AND

VARIOUS ASPECTS COUNTRIES,

FACING TRYING CHANGES IN IS ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT.

TOP GOVERNMENT "IT IS MORE IMPORTANT NOW THAN EVER BEFORE FOR

THESE OFFICIALS AS WELL AS CORPORATE MANAGERS TO CONTINUOUSLY MONITOR

STRATEGIES AND ΤΟ CHANGES, TO FORECAST PROBABLE FUTURES, TO DEVELOP

THESE CHANGES IN FULFILMENT OF STRER THEIR ORGANISATIONS STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES," HE SAID.

THROUGH

"APPLICATION OF STATISTICAL KNOWLEDGE PLAYS A CRUCIAL

COLLECTING

AND

TESTING

INFORMATION,

ALTERNATIVE

FORMULATING STRATEGIES,

THIS ONGOING PROCESS IN SCENARIOS, DEVELOPING CONTINUOUS MONITORING, FINE TUNING AND FINAL EVALUATION.

ROLE IN FUTURE THEIR

DEPENDS A "THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ADVANCEMENT OF OUR SOCIETY

OURSELVES TO THE CHANGING LOT ON HOW WELL WE PREPARE FOR AND ADAPT

ON THINGS, TURN DEPENDS, WHICH IN ENVIRONMENT EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF STATISTICAL KNOWLEDGE.

AMONG OTHER

THE

ALSO

OFFICIATING

AT

THE

STATISTICS,

PRESENTATION

MR BENJAMIN

CEREMONY

THE

WERE MOK, AND THE

COMMISSIONER FOR CENSUS AND CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG STATISTICAL SOCIETY, DR SHEN SHIR-MING.

MORE THAN 300 SECONDARY 3 TO 7 STUDENTS FROM PART IN THE COMPETITION, SPONSORED BY LONGMAN.

26 SCHOOLS TOOK

/THE COMPETITION