WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21,
1984
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+THE GOVERNMENT IS, HOWEVER, PREPARED TO INDEMNIFY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN RESPECT OF ANY COMPENSATION FOR WHICH THEY MAY BE HELD LIABLE AS A RESULT OF ANY INJURY TO A COLLEGE OF EDUCATION STUDENT ARISING OUT OF PRESENCE ON THE INSTITUTION'S PREMISES TO UNDERTAKE TRAINING OR EDUCATION RELATED TO HIS COURSE OF STUDY.
+ THE UNIVERSITIES, BEING SELF-GOVERNING INSTITUTIONS DETERMINE THE IR OWN POLICIES ABOUT INSURANCE COVER FOR THEIR STAFF AND STUDENTS, MR HENDERSON SAID.
GOVERNOR PAYS TRIBUTE TO TWO OFFICIAL MEMBERS
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TWO OFFICIAL MEMBERS, THE HON HENRY CHING, SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, AND THE HON COLVYN HAYE, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, WHO WILL BE LEAVING HONG KONG SHORTLI, WERE PRAISED BY THE GOVERNOR IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY FOR THE IR SERVICES TO THE GOVERNMENT.
SPEAKING OF MR CHING, SIR EDWARD SAID THAT HE HAD BEEN A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL SINCE MAY 1983 AS SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, ALTHOUGH THERE HAD BEEN MANY OCCASIONS ON WHICH HE UNDERSTUDIED AS FINANCIAL SECRETARY IN HIS PREVIOUS ROLE AS DEPUTY FINANCIAL SECRETARY.
+WITH HIS GOING, THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT LOSES ONE OF ITS MOST LOYAL SERVANTS AND CERTAINLY ONE OF ITS MOST LUCID INTELLECTS, AND A MAN WHOSE LOGICAL MIND AND CAPACITY FOR SUSTAINED CONCENTRATION, BOTH IN HIS PRESENT AND PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS, HAS GUIDED US ALL THROUGH MANY A COMPLICATED ISSUE.
+WE SHALL MISS HIM GREATLY AND WISH HIM ALL THE BEST FOR THE FUTURE,+ SIR EDWARD SAID.
SPEAKING OF MR HAYE, THE GOVERNOR SAID, THAT HE WOULD BE LEAVING TO TAKE UP HIS NEW POST AS HONG KONG COMMISSIONER IN LONDON.
IN WISHING HIM EVERY SUCCESS IN THIS NEW POST, SIR EDWARD SAID, HE FELT IT APPROPRIATE TO PAY TRIBUTE TO MR HAYE FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORK OF THE COUNCIL.
+MR HAYE HAS RENDERED LONG AND VALUABLE SERVICE TO EDUCATION SINCE HE JOINED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IN 1953. HE SERVED ON THIS COUNCIL AS A PROVISIONAL MEMBER ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS BETWEEN 1976 AND 1980, WHEN HE BECAME A FULL MEMBER AS THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION.
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