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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1992
GOVERNOR PRAISES COLLEGE FOR FORGING
INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP THROUGH EDUCATION
THE LI PO CHUN UNITED WORLD COLLEGE WILL BRING YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO STUDY ALONGSIDE OUR OWN YOUNG PEOPLE, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE FOUNDATION PLAQUE UNVEILING CEREMONY OF THE HONG KONG LI PO CHUN UNITED WORLD COLLEGE, THE GOVERNOR SAID THE ENDURING INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIPS WOULD THUS BE FORGED HERE IN HONG KONG.
OVER 160 HONG KONG STUDENTS HAD ALREADY ATTENDED COURSES AT ONE OR OTHER OF THE SEVEN UNITED WORLD COLLEGES AROUND THE WORLD.
SIR DAVID STRESSED THAT THEIR EXPERIENCE OF THE EDUCATION AND THE CAMARADERIE OFFERED BY UNITED WORLD SERVED TO INSPIRE THE PRESENT PROJECT,
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VERY SPECIAL COLLEGES HAD
IN HONG KONG WANT TO TAKE PART MORE DIRECTLY IN THIS VERY WORTHWHILE EDUCATIONAL MOVEMENT AND SHARE IN ITS AIM то PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING THROUGH EDUCATION.
"THE LI PO CHUN CHARITABLE TRUST FUND HAS MADE THAT THE GOVERNOR SAID.
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ITS VERY GENEROUS DONATION OF $100 MILLION HAD GIVEN COLLEGE A SOUND FINANCIAL START, HE ADDED.
SIR DAVID SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD PLAYED ITS PART BY THE SITE AND A SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE BUILDING COSTS.
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HE ADDED THAT A STRONG COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION HAÐ CONTRIBUTED ENORMOUSLY TO HONG KONG'S SUCCESS.
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SIR DAVID SAID THE DESIRE OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY EACH GENERATION BETTER EDUCATED THAN THE ONE BEFORE AND TO BETTER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE NEXT GENERATION HAD BEEN THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE TREMENDOUS EXPANSION OF OUR SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES.
"IT HAS FUELLED SOCIAL MOBILITY STUDENTS NOW COME FROM PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES.
60% OF OUR UNIVERSITY
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"IT HAS ENCOURAGED SOME TO SEEK EDUCATION THEIR PERSPECTIVES AND DEVELOPING THEIR INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIONS, THE GOVERNOR SAID.
THE COLLEGE, HIR DAVID SAID, WOULD BUILD ON THESE TRADITIONS.
IT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT ADDITION TO THE RANGE OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN HONG KONG.
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BENEATH THE MAJESTIC HEIGHTS OF MA ON SHAN AND OVERLOOKING TOLO
THE COLLEGE IS CLOSE TO THE CITY BUT ON THE EDGE OF SOME HONG KONG'S MOST BEAUTIFUL COUNTRYSIDE.
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