THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1987
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SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE BRITISH EDUCATION EXHIBITION SIR DAVID SAID WITH THE RETURN OF THE OVERSEAS STUDENTS, THEY COULD GO ON BUILDING THE HONG KONG OF THE FUTURE AND MAKE THE IR CONTRIBUTION TO THE REGION AND THE DESTINY OF THIS UNIQUE CITY.
+THEY WILL RETURN BRINGING WITH THEM A FAMILIARITY WITH THE TOOLS OF LEARNING, THE TOOLS OF INDUSTRY, AND MOREOVER FRIENDSHIP FOR THE COUNTRIES IN WHICH THEY HAVE STUDIED, HE SAID.
SIR DAVID NOTED THAT THE TWO MAJOR ASSETS OF HONG KONG WERE ITS GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION AND ITS PEOPLE.
+ IF WE ARE GOING TO MEET THE GROW ING ASPIRATIONS OF OUR PEOPLE AND FULFIL OUR DESTINY, WE MUST EXPLOIT THEM TO THE FULL, HE SAID.
IT WAS, HOWEVER, MOST UNLIKELY THAT HONG KONG WOULD EVER BE ABLE TO MEET THE NEED AND THE DEMAND FOR HIGHER EDUCATION FROM ITS OWN RESOURCES.
SIR DAVID SAID THE FIRST BRITISH EDUCATION EXHIBITION, WITH THE OBJECT OF CULTIVATING HUMAN ASSET, CAME AT A MOST OPPORTUNE TIME.
+THIS EXHIBITION IS INDICATIVE OF THE IMPORTANCE THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM PLACES ON STRENTHENING THE RELATIONSHIP AND FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN US,+ HE SAID.
HE ADDED THAT THERE WERE NOW ABOUT 11 000 STUDENTS FROM HONG KONG IN BRITAIN AND 6 000 OF THEM WERE IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS.
SIR DAVID VISITS WELFARE FACILITIES *****
THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, TODAY (THURSDAY) VISITED WELFARE FACILITIES RUN BY VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND A BOYS' HOME OPERATED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ANSON CHAN, SIR DAVID FIRST VISITED PO LEUNG KUK WHERE HE WAS GREETED BY MEMBERS OF THE KUK'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, MRS LISA CHEE, THEN LED THE PARTY ON A GUIDED TOUR OF THE BABIES SECTION AND THE SHELTERED WORKSHOP.
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