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SOCIAL CONCERN 3. Education. More than 40% of the schools in
Hong Kong are run directly or indirectly by churches.
The Councils’ Commission on Public Policy was In view of possible changes regarding the future of
charged with the major responsibility of promoting Hong Kong, and also the Llewellyn report, serious
Social Concern and Social Justice. reflections and discussions took place resulting in
During the year under review, the Commission the submission to the government of a proposal for
concentrated its work on four special concerns:— a reform of policies concerning the language of
instruction and the method of selection for both
primary and secondary schools. Further discussions
on education will take place at a three-day conference
organized for 40 invited Christian educationalists in
April.
4. District Administration. Ever since its inception,
the Council has been closely following the develop­
ment of City District and New Territories administrat­
ion. Regular meetings were organized for Christian
District Board members. Some very useful exchanges
took place in these informal meetings.

1. Livelihood of the People. Regarding this concern,
the Council made its position very clear. The Council
believes that every citizen in Hong Kong ought to
enjoy a fairer share of its prosperity. We actively
participated in the "Anti-price Hike’’ mass meeting
held on September 18 at Victoria Park, Staff joined
with other pressure groups to make representations to
top government officials regarding the 1984-85
Budget. The Commission appealed to the general
public to remain calm over the economic storm in
October and the riots in Kowloon, coupled with the
taxi strike, in Januray. It also attempted to pressurize
the government to introduce a comprehensive social
security scheme for all people in Hong Kong.
2 The future of Hong Kong. Staff continued to
collect all the vital data and people's opinions
regarding the Sino-British negotiations about Hong
Kong’s future. During the year, we invited Mr. Ho
Sai Chu, the Hon. Maria Tam, the Hon. Dennis Bray,
Dr. Denny Huang, Miss Anna Wu (Hong Kong
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Observers) and Mss Liu Yin Chu to share with us
their valuable opinions and ideas. Early this year,
the Commission on Public Policy and the Christian
Industrial Committee issued a joint statement
appealing to the governments concerned to lift the
veil of confidentiality and let people know what is
being talked about and agreed upon in the
negotiations. In order to help young people to be
more concerned about this matter, two courses
were organized.
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