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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1990

IN A THE GOVERNOR SAID HONG KONG'S CHILDREN WERE GROWING UP

BOTH STRONG CHINESE CULTURAL UNIQUE ENVIRONMENT WHICH COMBINED

TRADITIONS AND HONG KONG'S COSMOPOLITAN NATURE,

SEE LIFE ΤΟ

FROM HONG KONG'S SPECIAL WILL BE GRADUATING

"THEY ARE LEARNING PERSPECTIVE. IN THE YEARS AHEAD, THESE CHILDREN FROM OUR SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES IN LARGE NUMBERS.

"THEY WILL REPRESENT A RESERVOIR OF TALENT ON WHICH HONG

HE SAID. WILL DRAW FAR INTO THE NEXT CENTURY,

Fr

LOOKING BACK, SIR DAVID SAID IT WAS ONLY FOR THE FIRST TIME, ALL HONG KONG'S CHILDREN WERE PRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATION.

"TODAY ALL COMPLETE

SCHOOL.

SECONDARY 3; THIS HAS BEEN

KONG

20 YEARS AGO THAT,

GUARANTEED A FULL

ON

TO

SENIOR

MOST GO AND A TREMENDOUS ACHIEVEMENT, SECONDARY PARTICULARLY WHEN ONE THINKS ABOUT THE WAY OUR POPULATION HAS GROWN IN THIS PERIOD AND OUR MANY OTHER PRIORITIES.

IN

OF

"IT HAS ONLY BEEN POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF A DRAMATIC EXPANSION PAST 20 YEARS. MUCH THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS IN THE

AND MOST OF THIS EXPANSION HAS TAKEN PLACE IN SUBSIDISED SCHOOLS;

SECONDARY

THESE SCHOOLS

MEMBERS OF THE ARE

SCHOOLS COUNCIL," THE GOVERNOR SAID.

HONG

KONG SUBSIDISED

TENDERS TO BE INVITED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF LANTAU FIXED CROSSING

FOR THE THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO INVITE BIDS

MARKING CROSSING,

AN IMPORTANT LANTAU FIXED THE CONSTRUCTION OF MILESTONE ON THE ROAD TO CHEK LAP KOK.

THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT THIS AFTERNOON (FRIDAY).

THE

DECISION IS A FIRM

THE GOVERNMENT'S DEMONSTRATION OF COMMITMENT TO THE INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG.

"IN COMING TO A DECISION ON HOW THE PROJECT SHOULD BE WE HAVE REVIEWED ALL THE OPTIONS OPEN TO US AND HAVE DECIDED

SIR DAVID SAID. STRAIGHTFORWARD CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT APPROACH,

"THERE ARE GOOD REASONS FOR THIS APPROACH RATHER THAN

A BUILD-OPERATE-TRANSFER OPTION.

HANDLED

ON

A

ADOPTING

IT IS CLEAR THAT THE

FIXED

"FIRST OF ALL THERE IS CERTAINTY. CROSSING IS THE KEY TO THE SUCCESS OF THE WHOLE PROJECT.

"THE CONSTRUCTION