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Wednesday, November 14, 1973

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To increase the number of children's recreation

grounds: They should be well distributed over

various districts, and full use of each ground

should be made.

Caretakers or instructors at all playgrounds:

They should put all children's activities under

proper guidance. At present, it is precisely

the lack of such provision that has caused these

grounds to be encroached upon by bad elements,

and to become the hot beds for the spread of all kinds of crime and for criminal dealings and gang

war.

Commenting on the report by the Board of Education, Mr. Wang

said he was greatly disappointed in the proposed target that it would

ten years to provide only 80 per cent of places up to Junior III.

He also felt that a scheme, outlined in the Green Paper on

education, to increase the output of trained teachers to 400 annually was

"too conservative."

"I believe that it should be doubled up both in the number and

in speed, so that it would not hinder any future developments.

"Judging by Hong Kong's capacity for development and creativity

in the past and by its financial and human resources at the present, the

question is surely not whether we can do it but whether we really want to

do it," he added.

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