SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1979
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AT THE NORTHERN, HAPPY VALLEY END, THE CANAL ROAD FLYOVER FROM GLOUCESTER ROAD TO THE TUNNEL ENTRANCE WILL PROVIDE DIRECT ACCESS BETWEEN THE CROSS HARBOUR AND ABERDEEN TUNNELS.
THE 1.2 KM ELEVATED TWO-LANE DUAL CARRIAGEWAY WILL ALSO RELIEVE TRAFFIC CONGESTION AT THREE OF THE BUSIEST ROAD JUNCTIONS ON HONG KONG ISLAND: LEIGHTON ROAD/CANAL ROAD, QUEEN'S ROAD EAST/WONG NAI CHUNG ROAD/MORRISON HILL ROAD AND LEIGHTON ROAD/MORRISON HILL ROAD.
ALL OF THESE WORKS WILL BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE ABERDEEN TUNNEL COMES INTO OPERATION IN 1981.
THEN IT WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR 2 400 VEHICLES PER HOUR TO TRAVEL FROM ONE SIDE OF HONG KONG ISLAND TO THE OTHER IN LESS THAN TEN MINUTES.
HK IS A CULTURAL CROSSROAD - SAYS ACTING GOVERNOR
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THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR JACK CATER SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) HONG KONG IS A CROSSROAD WHERE THE EASTERN AND WESTERN CULTURES MEET +EACH HAS SOMETHING TO LEARN FROM THE OTHER, EACH HAS SOMETHING TO CONTRIBUTE+,
SIR JACK WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPEN DAY CEREMONY TO MARK THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF RICCI HALL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.
HE ALSO NOTED THAT FATHER MATTEO RICCI, AFTER WHOM RICCI HALL WAS NAMED, WAS A TRULY REMARKABLE MAN - BEING THE FIRST EUROPEAN TO LIVE AND WORK IN PEKING AFTER MARCO POLO,
+IT IS SIGNIFICANT THAT HE SHOULD HAVE INTRODUCED IDEAS OF WESTERN ASTRONOMY, PHYSICS AND GEOGRAPHY TO CHINA WHILE AT THE SAME TIME HE WAS A SERIOUS STUDENT OF CHINESE ART, LITERATURE, PHILOSOPHY AND GOVERNMENT.+
FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THE SPEECH BY THE ACTING
GOVERNOR
IT IS A VERY GREAT PERSONAL PLEASURE FOR ME TO OFFICIATE AT THIS OPEN DAY CEREMONY WHICH MARKS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF RICCI HALL. THIS BUILDING IS OF COURSE THE NEW RICCI: BUT I COUNT MYSELF PRIVILEGED TO HAVE BEEN A VISITOR ON MANY HAPPY AND INTERESTING OCCASIONS AT THE OLD HALL. AND PRIVILEGED I WAS, FOR SUCH OLD AND DEAR FRIENDS AS FATHERS TOMMY RYAN, AND JERRY MCCARTHY AND TERRY SHER IDEN, KEVIN ODWYER AND FERGUS CRONIN TOO AS WELL AS OTHERS MADE IT QUITE CLEAR IN THOSE DAYS THAT AN INVITATION TO DINE AT RICCI WAS THE REAL ACCOLADE, THAT NOWHERE ELSE IN HONG KONG COULD BEAR COMPARISON.
+HALF A CENTURY AGO THE ORIGINAL BUILDING WAS OPENED BY THE THEN GOVERNOR AND CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY, SIR CECIL CLEMENTI. SINCE THEN OVER 1 500 STUDENTS HAVE RESIDED AT RICCI AND MANY OF THEM HAVE MADE, OR ARE NOW MAKING, A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE WELL-BEING OF HONG KONG.
/+RICCI HALL