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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8,

1992

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I

SEE

QUESTION:

CAN SEE THAT IN THIS BOOK YOU GIVE A SET ABOUT THE QUANTITY CHANGE OF SOCIAL WELFARE, INCLUDING THE INCREASE OF OF GOALS WORKERS, INCREASE OF BEDS, INCREASE OF HOSTELS. BUT ANYTHING ABOUT THE CHANGE OF QUALITY IN THE SERVICE, FAR AS WE KNOW, HONG KONG YOUTH PROBLEMS IS A VERY IMPORTANT IN NOWADAYS HONG KONG. BUT, ALL I SEE IN THIS BOOK YOU ONLY 60 SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS. HOW ABOUT THE OTHER SERVICE? SERVICE

HONG KONG? I DON'T SEE ANY INCREASE IN QUANTITY.

GOVERNOR:

IN

ALL QUESTIONS,

I DON'T ESPECIALLY,

AS PROBLEM INCREASE OTHER YOUTH QUALITY AND

TO

SO

I

I'LL TRY, IF I MAY.

TO BE FAIRLY BRIEF IN RESPONSE NOT BECAUSE 1 DON'T THINK YOUR INTERESTING,

QUESTIONS ARE BUT SO AS TO GIVE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE THE OF ANSWERING.

CHANCE WE'VE ANNOUNCED IN MY SPEECH THAT OVER THE YEARS, WE'LL INCREASE EXPENDITURE ON SOCIAL WELFARE PROVISION BY ABOUT NEXT FIVE 26-1/2%. THAT IS AN INCREASE THAT WE CAN AFFORD IN HONG KONG, BECAUSE OF OUR ECONOMIC SUCCESS. IT ENABLES US TO MEET ALL THE KEY TARGETS IN THE WHITE PAPER ON SOCIAL WELFARE THAT WAS PUBLISHED A SHORT WHILE AGO AND ALL THE KEY TARGETS IN OUR REHABILITATION GREEN PAPER. BE ABLE TO DO A GREAT DEAL MORE FOR THE MENTALLY ILL, FOR THE MENTALLY SO WE WILL HANDICAPPED, FOR THE HANDICAPPED GENERALLY, FOR THE DISABLED ON.

AND THAT WILL RESULT NEXT YEAR, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE EMPLOYMENT OF THINK BETWEEN THREE AND FOUR HUNDRED ADDITIONAL SOCIAL WORKERS. ARE QUITE

YOU RIGHT TO SAY THAT I DIDN'T TALK EXTENSIVELY IN ABOUT THE YOUTH SERVICE.

MY SPEECH I DID TALK A LOT ABOUT EDUCATION, I DID TALK A LOT ABOUT INCREASING THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS, NOT LEAST IN SCHOOLS AND REDUCING THE TEACHER/PUPIL RATIO.

SECONDARY I DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THE YOUTH SERVICE, THERE WERE ONE OR TWO OTHER SUBJECTS THAT I DIDN'T TALK ABOUT AND THAT WAS, FRANKLY, BECAUSE MY SPEECH ANYWAY LASTED TWO HOURS AND I DIDN'T WANT TO BE CARRYING ON UNTIL INFINITY. BUT I DO HAVE, ON EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, ROSANNA WONG, WHO IS EXTREMELY EXPERIENCED

WORK IN THE YOUTH FIELD AND I AM SURE SHE WILL

THAT IT GETS MY ACTIVE ATTENTION VIRTUALLY

MY

THE CERTAIN MORNING.

QUESTION:

IN

MAKE ABSOLUTELY EVERY TUESDAY

ONE IS ON THE FROM THE

POLITICAL

EXPERIENCE OF

A

I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS TO ASK. SYSTEM AND THE SECOND IS ON EDUCATION. HISTORY, WE KNOW THAT WHEN THE BRITISH LEAVE THE COLONY, IT WILL BE DISHONOURABLE ONE. THIS IS PERFECTLY PROVED IN YOUR POLICY SECOND, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT YOUR POLITICAL SYSTEM WOULD LEAVE THE SPEECH. GOVERNMENT'S POWERS, WOULD WEAKEN THE GOVERNMENT'S POWER TO RULE KONG.

HONG I HOPE YOU WOULD RESPECT THE JOINT DECLARATION. I WOULD RESPECT THE BASIC LAW AND RESPECT THE PUBLIC'S WISH TO SMOOTH TRANSITION TO 1997.

HOPE YOU

HAVE A

IS

MY SECOND QUESTION IS ON EDUCATION, IN YOUR POLICY SPEECH, YOU SAID A LOT OF MONEY WILL BE PUT INTO EDUCATION. BUT I AM INCREASE

SURE THE 15% WILL LARGELY GO INTO TERTIARY EDUCATION BUT BASIC WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT. THE EDUCATION GROUPS HAVE ALL DEMANDED SMALLER CLASSES BUT ACCORDING TO YOUR PLAN, THE CLASSES WILL START FROM PRIMARY ONE AND IT WILL TAKE A VERY LONG FOR THE CLASSES SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

EDUCATION

ALONG

WHOLE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL SYSTEMS TO HAVE AND, ANOTHER VERY IMPORTANT POINT IS THE FLOATING CLASSES

SCHOOLS. I HOPE YOU WILL ABOLISH THIS SYSTEM IN

SMALLER TIME SMALLER

IN

SECONDARY

/GOVERNOR: CAN