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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1994

THE

EMB ON COURSE TO COMPLETE POLICY COMMITMENTS

MICHAEL

FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR SECRETARY TODAY (WEDNESDAY) TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THAT HIS ALREADY ACHIEVED IN FULL, 14 OF THE 34 UNDERTAKINGS IN THE AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMMES SET OUT IN THE LAST TWO AND THE REST WERE BEING COMPLETED ON TIME.

LEUNG,

BRANCHI HAD

EDUCATION POLICY ADDRESSES,

THE

POLICY BRANCH

SPEAKING AT THE RESUMED DEBATE ON THE MOTION OF THANKS TO GOVERNOR'S POLICY ADDRESS, MR LEUNG SAID ON TOP OF THE 16 NEW COMMITMENTS PUT FORWARD THIS YEAR, THE EDUCATION AND MANPOWER

DEVELOPING NEW POLICIES ON LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY, AND EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS; UNDERTAKING A CONSULTATION ON THE OLD AGE PENSION SCHEME; AND EDUCATION POLICY FOR THE NEXT CENTURY.

WAS

SCHOOL FUNDING COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW AND FORMULATING HIGHER

"THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE MAIN ITEMS ON OUR POLICY

HE SAID.

PUT

AGENDA,

**

OUR ACHIEVEMENTS

IN

ONE-

FOUR

ΤΟ

THESE AGAINST

OF THE BACKGROUND OVER

THE

COMMISSION EDUCATION IMPLEMENTING

100 RECOMMENDATIONS IN

EDUCATION то HIGHER REPORTS NO. 4 AND 5, IN BRINGING ABOUT

SETTING UP IN QUARTER OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE AGE GROUP,

WITHIN THE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS

LAST 10 YEARS, IN MAINTAINING HARMONIOUS LABOUR

IMPROVEMENTS RELATIONS AND INTRODUCING STEADY LABOUR WELFARE, I WONDER HOW SERIOUSLY THOSE CRITICS TAKE OF THEIR SO-

HE SAID. CALLED 'SUNSET GOVERNMENT' RHETORICS,"

ΤΟ RESPONDING TO POINTS MADE BY MEMBERS, MR LEUNG SAID HE HAD

"NEW" IN THE POLICY THE VIEW THAT NOT MUCH WAS WITH

TAKE ISSUE COMMITMENTS.

"I

OPEN

AS

OF

MAKE NO APOLOGY FOR THAT. OURS,

POLICY FORMULATION CONSULTATIONS WHICH ARE OFTEN PUBLICISED. DECISIONS ON MAJOR ISSUES, THEREFORE, SELDOM COME AS SURPRISES,

HE

SAID

GOOD

A

SYSTEM IN AN ADMINISTRATION TAKES

LABORIOUS PROCESS

AS

...

MR LEUNG SAID.

ADMINISTRATION WAS

NOT

SIMPLY MAKING

NEW

SUGGESTIONS EVERY TIME.

GOOD

"GOOD ADMINISTRATION IS BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS ON

ENSURING THAT

ADMINISTRATION IS

IMPLEMENTED EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY. OF UPGRADING," HE SAID.

ACHIEVEMENTS.

DECLARED COMMITMENTS ARE PROCESS IT IS A CONTINUOUS

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