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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1975.
APPOINTMENT OF STUDENT ADVISER IN LONDON
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A FORMER ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. JOHN WHITELEY, HAS BEEN APPOINTED STUDENT ADVISER IN THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S LONDON OFFICE.
HE SUCCEEDS MR. ERIC GORE WHO IS RETIRING AFTER A LONG AND VARIED CAREER AS AN EDUCATIONIST BOTH IN HONG KONG AND BRITAIN.
MR. WHITELEY, WHO SPENT 19 YEARS IN THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IN HONG KONG AS A TEACHER, THEN IN THE ADVISORY INSPECTORATE AND LATER IN CHARGE OF DEVELOPMENT, WILL TAKE UP HIS DUTIES ON DECEMBER 1.
1969.
ERIC GORE, WHO IS 66, TOOK OVER THE LONDON POST IN OCTOBER
AFTER TEACHING IN BRITAIN FOR EIGHT YEARS AND SERVING IN THE ARMY, MR. GORE JOINED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IN 1954 AS AN EDUCATION OFFICER. HE SPENT THE FIRST 12 MONTHS TEACHING AT KING GEORGE V SCHOOL BEFORE BEING TRANSFERRED TO EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS WHERE HE UNDERTOOK A VARIETY OF DUTIES AND BECAME A SENIOR EDUCATION OFFICER IN 1960.
FROM 1963 UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1969, MR. GORE WAS PRINCIPAL OF KING GEORGE V SCHOOL.
IN THE SIX YEARS THAT HE HAS HELD THE POST, MR. GORE HAS. TRAVELLED FREQUENTLY TO SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ALL OVER BRITAIN TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE STUDENTS FROM HONG KONG WHO RANGE FROM STUDENTS DOING THEIR "'O' LEVELS TO TRAINEE NURSES AND POST-GRADUATES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY.
COMMENTING ON MR. GORE'S RETIREMENT, THE HONG KONG COMMISSIONER, MR. S.T. KIDD, SAID: +WHAT HAS IMPRESSED ME IS THAT THE MANY STUDENTS FROM HONG KONG I HAVE MET NOT ONLY RESPECT ERIC GORE AS THEIR ADVISER ON EDUCATION MATTERS, BUT THEY HOLD HIM IN GENUINE AFFECTION AS ONE WHO HAS TAKEN A KEEN PERSONAL INTEREST IN THEIR WELFARE.+
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