TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1987
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE JUNK BAY TUNNEL AND A SECOND CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL WOULD ENSURE GOOD ACCESSIBILITY. FURTHERMORE THE SITE IS NEAR THE KWUN TONG INDUSTRIAL TOWNSHIP WHERE LINKS WITH INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE COULD BE ESTABLISHED, WHILE ITS RURAL SITUATION PROVIDES A GOOD ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDY.
THE NEW UNIVERSITY WILL BE CALLED THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. THIS NAME WAS CHOSEN OUT OF 140 SUGGESTIONS MADE TO THE PLANNING COMMITTEE BY THE PUBLIC. THESE SUGGESTIONS INCLUDED PROPOSALS TO NAME THE INSTITUTION AFTER THE LATE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE.
WHILE APPRECIATING THE WISH TO ACKNOWLEDGE SIR EDWARD'S SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION AND CONCERN FOR EDUCATION, THE PCTU TOOK THE VIEW THAT AN ABSTRACT NAME WAS TO BE PREFERRED FOR A TERTIARY INSTITUTION OF LEARNING AND THAT THE SETTING UP OF THE SIR EDWARD YOUDE FUND PROVIDED AN ALTERNATIVE AND VERY POSITIVE WAY OF COMMEMORATING THE LATE GOVERNOR. THIS VIEW WAS ENDORSED BY THE GOVERNMENT.
HAVING CONSIDERED THE PRESENT COMPLEX SITUATION REGARDING SIXTH FORM EDUCATION AND ENTRY TO DEGREE STUDIES, THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE EDUCATION COMMISSION IN ITS REPORT NO 2, THE SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF HONG KONG STUDENTS WHO GO OVERSEAS TO STUDY AND IN THE LIGHT OF ITS WISH TO MAKE AN EARLY START, PCTU PROPOSES TO PLAN FOR ENTRY AT ADVANCED LEVEL TO ITS THREE-YEAR FIRST DEGREE COURSES. HOWEVER, SHOULD GOVERNMENT APPROVE AND FUND THE CHANGE TO A FOUR-YEAR DEGREE SYSTEM, THE THIRD UNIVERSITY INTENDS TO CHANGE SIMILARLY IN THE INTEREST OF UNIFORMITY OF ENTRY TO DEGREE STUDIES IN HONG KONG, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT WELCOMED THE PCTU'S PROPOSAL.
SIX HONOURED FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE
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SIX RESIDENTS RECEIVED THE GOVERNOR'S COMMENDATION TODAY (TUESDAY) FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING AND VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY.
AT A CEREMONY AT THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT THIS AFTERNOON, THE SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INFORMATION, MR JAMES SO, PRESENTED CERTIFICATES OF THE GOVERNOR'S COMMENDATION FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES TO MR CHAN SAU, MR CHENG FAI-NAM, MR MA PAK-LUN, MS PANG KIN-PAK, MR MARTIN RAYMOND BURD AND MRS JENNIFER JANE PARR.
/MR CHAN