MONDAY, JUNE 5, 1978
GOVERNOR OPENS HOSTEL AT CHINESE UNIVERSITY
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, SAID TODAY HONG KONG DESPERATELY NEEDS PEOPLE OF ALL AGES +WITH THE WISDOM THAT ONLY TRUE LEARNING AND TRUE EDUCATION TEMPERED BY PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE CAN CONFER+.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE MADAM HO SIN HANG HOSTEL ONE OF THE THREE NEWLY COMPLETED HOSTELS AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, SIR MURRAY SAID IT WAS ONE OF THE TWO CAUSES HE WANTED THE UNIVERSITY TO SERVE.
SIR MURRAY SAID THE OTHER CAUSE WAS LEARNING +BECAUSE LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE FOR ITS OWN SAKE IS WHAT GIVES A UNIVERSITY INSPIRATION, AUTHORITY, AND REPUTE, AND GIVES IT THE ABILITY TO COMMAND THE RESPECT OF THOSE WHO LEARN IN IT.+
+1 AM SURE THAT THESE NEW HOSTELS WILL PROVIDE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT WILL PROMOTE THESE ENDS,+ SIR MURRAY SAID.
+WE ATTACH MUCH IMPORTANCE TO THEM AS PLACES IN WHICH STUDENTS CAN READ AND THINK AND LEARN IN FAVOURABLE CONDITIONS CONDITIONS CREATED BY THE CONSTRUCTION AND CONCEPT OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG A MAGNIFICENT IDEA, A MAGNIFICENT SITE AND SPLENDIDLY EXECUTED UNDER DR. LI'S LEADERSHIP,+ THE GOVERNOR SAID.
SIR MURRAY ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO MADAM HO SIN-HANG AND HER FAMILY WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED MORE THAN TWO-THIRDS OF THE PRIVATE FUNDS FOR THE THREE HOSTELS.
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