WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1986
SIR EDWARD SAID THE GOVERNMENT INTENDED TO INCREASE FURTHER THE LEVEL OF PROVISION OF DEGREE PLACES IN THE 1990'S THROUGH THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND BY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A THIRD UNIVERSITY.
DESPITE THESE EFFORTS, SIR EDWARD SAID, THE NUMBER AND QUALITY OF THE STUDENTS WERE SUCH THAT HONG KONG WOULD HAVE TO CONTINUE TO RELY IN PART ON OVERSEAS INSTITUTIONS TO SATISFY ITS DEMAND FOR HIGHER EDUCATION.
+THE CONTINUATION OF THIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE OVERSEAS ACADEMIC COMMUNITY IS OF CONSIDERABLE BENEFIT TO HONG KONG AS IT PROVIDES HONG KONG WITH A VALUABLE AND UP-TO-DATE SOURCE OF ADVANCED EXPERIENCE ELSEWHERE AND CREATES A HEALTHY INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK
+ WHICH IS VERY ESSENTIAL IN A SOCIETY SUCH AS OURS, HE SAID.
+BUT OUR MAIN EFFORT MUST STILL BE CONCENTRATED AT HOME AND THE MEASURES I HAVE DESCRIBED WILL ENABLE HONG KONG TO MOVE CLOSER TO SELF-SUFFICIENCY IN HIGHER EDUCATION,+ HE STRESSED,
SIR EDWARD SAID HE WAS SURE THE BAPTIST COLLEGE WOULD CONTINUE TO PLAY AN IMPORTANT PART IN THE EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE PROVISION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN HONG KONG.
DURING THE PAST THREE DECADES, THE COLLEGE HAD GROWN TO BECOME ONE OF THE FIVE HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN HONG KONG, HE SAID.
WHEN THE COLLEGE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1956 IT HAD ONLY 152 STUDENTS AND USED THE PUI CHING MIDDLE SCHOOL AS A TEMPORARY CAMPUS, AND TODAY, IT HAD OVER 2 000 STUDENTS AND A PERMANENT CAMPUS.
SIR EDWARD NOTED THAT WORK HAD BEGUN ON FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THESE FACILITIES AND THE COLLEGE WOULD ALSO BE OFFERING DEGREE COURSES IN SOME SUBJECTS THIS YEAR.
+THIS REPRESENTS A MILESTONE IN THE HISTORY OF THE BAPTIST COLLEGE,+ HE SAID.
THE GOVERNOR THEN WISHED THE COLLEGE EVERY SUCCESS IN ITS FUTURE ENDEAVOURS.
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