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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1994

"NO

ROAD-BUILDING

MANAGEMENT SYSTEM COULD EVER COPE WITH GROWTH ON THIS SCALE.

AND PROGRAMME

NO

SOPHISTICATED

TRAFFIC

"IF

||

WE DO NOTHING, THEN WE CAN EXPECT A TRAFFIC GRIDLOCK.

GRADUAL SLIDE INTO

THE IMPLICATIONS ARE HORRENDOUS FOR THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC, THE ECONOMY AND FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, HE SAID.

FOR

WOULD

WHO USE

"GIVING OVER MORE ROAD SPACE FOR USE BY PRIVATE VEHICLES MEAN LESS ROAD SPACE FOR THE 90 PER CENT OF THE POPULATION PUBLIC TRANSPORT, INCLUDING TAXIS.

"IF NOTHING IS DONE, THEN THE AVERAGE CITIZEN CAN EXPECT LONGER TRAVEL TIMES, CONSEQUENTLY HIGHER FARES AND MUCH MORE AIR POLLUTION."

CONGESTION

RESPONDING TO SOME MEMBERS' SUGGESTIONS FOR EASING

MR BY INVOLVING A GREATER INVESTMENT IN FLYOVERS, ROADS AND RAILWAYS, BARMA SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS COMMITTED TO MAINTAINING A HIGH LEVEL OF INVESTMENT IN TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE.

NEXT FIVE "WE ARE SPENDING $30 BILLION ON NEW ROADS OVER THE YEARS, BUT WE SIMPLY CANNOT BUILD OUR WAY OUT OF CONGESTION," HE SAID.

-

SEM STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE AT UPHOLDING QUALITY OF TERTIARY EDUCATION

QUALITY

FOR HONG KONG TO MAINTAIN ITS INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS AND то UPHOLD ITS REPUTATION IN PRODUCING

GRADUATES AND

PROFESSIONALS,

IS ESSENTIAL TO MAINTAIN AN ACCREDITATION AND CONTROL SYSTEM

AT THAT HAS CREDIBILITY

IT

THE INTERNATIONAL

QUALITY LEVEL, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR MICHAEL LEUNG, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE RESUMED DEBATE ON THE GOVERNOR'S POLICY ADDRESS, MR LEUNG SAID THE QUALITY OF THE TERTIARY EDUCATION WAS OF CONCERN NOT ONLY TO ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS, BUT ALSO TO PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS AND EMPLOYERS,

"IN THIS RESPECT,

WE SHARE A MEMBER'S RESERVATIONS ABOUT BLANKET APPROVALS OF ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS REGARDLESS OF

APPLICABILITY.

"WE

SHOULD CONTINUE TO LEAVE IT TO THE JUDGMENT AND KNOWLEDGE OF OUR PROFESSIONAL BODIES AND ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS, WHICH HAVE DONE

GOOD JOB OVER THE PAST YEARS, TO LOOK AFTER

AND THE QUALITY REPUTATION OF OUR PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS," MR LEUNG SAID.

A

IT WAS ON TERTIARY EDUCATION FEES, MR LEUNG POINTED OUT THAT

FOR TO EXPECT THOSE PARENTS WHO COULD AFFORD IT TO PAY REASONABLE

A SMALL SHARE, AT 18 PER CENT MAXIMUM, OF THE COST FOR EDUCATING THE IR CHILDREN.

"AFTER ALL, UNIVERSITY EDUCATION DOES REPRESENT A GOOD INVESTMENT NOT JUST FOR SOCIETY, BUT ALSO FOR THE PARENTS AND STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES," HE SAID.

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