FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1975.
GOVERNOR ATTENDS INTER-CHRISTIAN BROTHERS
SCHOOLS SPORTS MEET *****
THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, TODAY URGED ALL STUDENTS INTERESTED IN SPORTS, TO CONTINUE THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO SPORTS EVEN AFTER THEY HAVE LEFT SCHOOL.
HE SAID = +GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP, GOOD HEALTH AND HARDWORK, MAKE FOR A HAPPY AND SUCCESSFUL LIFE.+
SIR MURRAY WAS SPEAKING AT THE INTER-CHRISTIAN BROTHERS SCHOOLS SPORTS MEET WHICH FORMED PART OF THE CELEBRATION MARKING THE CENTENARY OF THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS' ARRIVAL IN HONG KONG.
THE GOVERNOR SAID: THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS HAVE LONG RECOGNISED THE NEED TO PROVIDE A WELL-BALANCED EDUCATION IN THEIR SCHOOLS WHICH COMBINES SOUND ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION WITH CULTURAL AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES.+
THEIR ENCOURAGEMENT OF SPORTS AND GAMES AMONG THEIR STUDENTS, HE SAID, HAD PRODUCED MANY OUTSTANDING SPORTSMEN WHO HAD CONTINUED TO CONTRIBUTE TO SPORTS IN HONG KONG LONG AFTER THEY HAD LEFT SCHOOL.
SIR MURRAY STRONGLY URGED ALL THE PRESENT STUDENTS TO MAINTAIN THIS FINE TRADITION,
FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH
+BROTHER ALPHONSUS, BROTHER PATRICK, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
+1 AM DELIGHTED TO BE HERE THIS AFTERNOON AND TO SHARE IN CELEBRATING THE CENTENARY OF THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS' ARRIVAL IN HONG KONG, AT THIS SPORTS MEET WHICH I AM SURE EVERYONE HAS THOROUGHLY ENJOYED.
+THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS, I KNOW, HAVE LONG RECOGNISED THE NEED TO PROVIDE A WELL-BALANCED EDUCATION IN THEIR SCHOOLS WHICH COMBINES SOUND ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION WITH CULTURAL AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES.
+THEIR ENCOURAGEMENT OF SPORTS AND GAMES AMONG THEIR STUDENTS HAS PRODUCED MANY OUTSTANDING SPORTSMEN WHO HAVE CONTINUED TO CONTRIBUTE TO SPORTS IN HONG KONG LONG AFTER THEY HAVE LEFT SCHOOL.
+1 STRONGLY URGED ALL THE PRESENT STUDENTS TO MAINTAIN THIS FINE TRADITION. GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP, GOOD HEALTH AND HARD WORK, MAKE FOR A HAPPY AND SUCCESSFUL LIFE.
+IT ONLY REMAINS FOR ME TO CONGRATULATE ALL THE PRIZE WINNERS AND PARTICIPANTS IN THE VARIOUS EVENTS, AND THE ORGANISERS OF THIS SPORTS MEET, I WISH YOU ALL GOOD LUCK AND FUTURE SUCCESS.+
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