XN000022-1972-06-30 — Page 23

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Friday, June 30, 1972

"And if the pursuit of learning for its own sake involves some

people wanting to push doors marked "pull" or walk up escalators that

are going down, I suggest that this may be regarded with a benevolent

eye within reason.

"In laying this foundation stone I initiate the final event of

the construction and consolidation of this University. The arrival of

New Asia College on the Campus will enable it to make its own creative

and distinctive contribution. But it will also facilitate the necessary

pooling of resources within the whole University, including the coordination

of administrative functions, and the integration of academic programmes.

"Both as Chancellor and Governor it is of this University -

completed by the arrival of New Asia College

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that I think today, of the

great contribution it can make to the world of letters, and of the

contribution it can make to our Hong Kong where so much has been accomplished

against such odds, and where so much remains to be done

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and can be done

with the help of the learning and the wisdom that only higher education

can give."

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