Hong Kong's Education System is in trouble - Part III

What is the relation between our education system and the "current and future government officials"? Our education system only prepares our students to become bureaucrats but not leaders. It emphasises on pragmatism; students are to become skilled workers in their undergraduate training. Research and Development are only for those who cannot find good jobs. Those who want a stable job go to the government. The Administrative Officers (A.O.) and Executive Officers (E.O.), in fact were only chief servants and servants of the British rulers - they were never leaders. I remember 陶傑 says that it is similar to a house owner (master) and his maid. No matter how smart the maid is, a maid can only follow orders. The maid does not have the power to design the house - it's the jurisdiction of the owner. The maid does not understand why the house is designed in such a way as the owner never teaches her how to design with taste. The result is that once the maid becomes the owner of the house, she can only follows the past design. She never knows how to re-design the house with taste. I think the maid needs to know how to design with taste before she actually starts to design but she did not learn it before. The maid needs to study again but she refuses to admit it. The maid would think that as long as the owner can do it, why not her?

A leader not only needs to have education, but also wisdom. Wisdom can be gained by reading the good ones. Do our government officials read more than one newspaper per day or only read the media summary? Do they read 明報,信報,International Herald Tribune,and Financial Times? We know the answer - their performance shows.