MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1992
SCHOLARSHIP FUND IN HONOUR OF LORD WILSON
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ΤΟ BE A TRUST FUND IN HONOUR OF THE GOVERNOR, LORD WILSON, IS SET UP TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR HONG KONG STUDENTS ATTENDING THE LI WELL AS FOR PO CHUN UNITED WORLD COLLEGE WHICH OPENS THIS AUTUMN AS
PARTS OF HONG KONG STUDENTS ATTENDING UNITED WORLD COLLEGES IN OTHER THE WORLD.
SCHOLARSHIP "THE LORD WILSON UNITED WORLD COLLEGES
THE BE ADMINISTERED BY A COUNCIL UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF
TRUSTEE OF A NUMBER FOR HOME AFFAIRS WHO IS ALREADY THE TRUST FUNDS," A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
THE ON
"OTHER MEMBERS
COUNCIL INCLUDE LI SHIU-TSANG, MR LEE CHUNG-KEUNG, MR DAVID W.
PING-YEE.
FUND WILL SECRETARY OF OTHER
SIR GAIRNS
Q.W. LEE,
MR
AND MR LUNG
THE FUND BY THE LI PO CHUN UNITED
SO FAR, A SUM OF $45,275,000 HAS BEEN RAISED FOR SIR Q.W. LEE IN HIS CAPACITY AS CHAIRMAN OF WORLD COLLEGE (LPCUWC).
SPOKESMAN SAID THE GIVING SOME BACKGROUND ON THE LPCUWC, THE
MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH A GENEROUS ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COLLEGE WAS
AND WITH GRANT FROM THE LI PO CHUN CHARITABLE TRUST FUND IN MAY 1989 SUPPORT FROM THE GOVERNMENT.
SHIU-TSANG
THE PROJECT WAS INITIATED BY SIR Q.W. LEE AND MR LI
CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR AND GIVEN ENCOURAGEMENT BY LORD WILSON AND THE DAVID FORD.
THE SCHOOL IS EXPECTED TO
BE OPERATIONAL
IN SEPTEMBER
THIS
YEAR.
COVERING PROGRAMME,
THE FINAL TWO YEARS OF THE TEACHING
WILL AIM то DEVELOP SECONDARY EDUCATION BEFORE UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE,
BREADTH, EACH STUDENT'S TOTAL PERSONALITY THROUGH EDUCATION PROVIDING BALANCE AND CHALLENGE WHICH CANNOT BE ACHIEVED IN THE CLASSROOM ALONE.
A
TOTAL
OF
250
THE COLLEGE WILL ENROLL TWO-YEAR PROGRAMME, 125 FOR EACH YEAR.
OVER STUDENTS
ITS
ABOUT 40 PER CENT OF THE INTAKE ARE EXPECTED TO COME FROM KONG AND THE OTHERS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES.
HONG
THE CHEQUE FOR SETTING UP THE SCHOLARSHIP
MR LI SHIU-TSANG TO THE GOVERNOR BY SIR Q.W. LEE AND HELD AT THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE THIS (MONDAY) EVENING.
FUND WAS PRESENTED AT A CEREMONY
BOARD OF DONORS то THE
THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SUEN; THE DIRECTORS OF THE LI PO CHUN UNITED WORLD COLLEGE FUND ALSO ATTENDED THE CEREMONY.
AND
SIR Q.W. SAID HE WAS GRATEFUL THAT THE GOVERNOR SECRETARY HAD GIVEN "POSITIVE ENCOURAGEMENT" FOR THE UNITED WORLD COLLEGE IN HONG KONG.
AND THE FORMATION
CHIEF OF A
/HE ALSO