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RECORD OF MEETING WITH SIR PAUL BRYAN M.P. AND MR ROBERT PARRY M.P.
IN GOVERNMENT HOUSE ON THURSDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 1976.
Present:
H.E.
D of E
C for L
S.N.T.(Ag)
D of H
D.H.A.
D.D.S.W.
PS/GH
Sir Paul Bryan M.P.
Mr Robert Parry M.P.
H.E. said that the purpose of the meeting was to enable
Mr Parry to meet officials involved with the subjects in which
he had interested himself, and to give Sir Paul and Mr Parry
the opportunity to ask any questions. Mr Parry said that he
He
would be interested to know more about long-term plans
particularly in the social service field. His aim was to
offer constructive criticism and, despite press reports, there
had been no attempt either on his own part, or on the part
of those who had brought their cases to him, to make any
personal attack on any particular officer or department.
added that the Labour Party Conference at the end of
September would consider a report on Hong Kong and that he had
no doubt that it would be adopted and result in the party
being at variance with the Government on its attitude to Hong
Kong.
Education
2. Mr Parry said that the Education Action Group had told him
that there were something of the order of 50 thousand school
drop-outs per annum. D of E said that whilst his figures
showed that 99 percent of children of primary age were in
school it was true that between 45 and 50 thousand per annum
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