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MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1977

TOPLEY PRAISES CMA FOR ITS WORK IN EDUCATION

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THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY, THIS AFTERNOON PRAISED THE CHINESE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG FOR HAVING +DONE A GREAT DEAL OVER THE YEARS TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST EDUCATION+,

HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE CMA SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTATION CEREMONY IN THE CMA BUILDING.

MR. TOPLEY CITED THE DONATION OF $1 MILLION IN THE 1950'S TO START, AS HE PUT IT, THE BALL ROLLİNG+ SO THAT A NEW CAMPUS COULD BE PROVIDED IN HÙNG HOM FOR THE THEN TECHNICAL COLLEGE WHICH IS NOW THE POLYTECHNIC.

+RECENTLY, LADY MACLEHOSE OFFICIALLY OPENED THE CMA PRE-VOCATIONAL SCHOOL. THE DIRECTOR THANKED THE CMA FOR ALL THE DONATIONS AND ASSISTANCE GIVEN TO EDUCATION OVER THE YEARS.

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ADDRESSING TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE AT THE CEREMONY, MR. TOPLEY

AND TO YOURSELF THAT WHEN FACED WITH SAID: +PROVE TO ME ADVERSITY, YOU CAN BE TOUGH AND RESOLUTE AND THAT YOU CAN FACE UP TO DIFFICULTIES AND THAT YOU POSSESS FORTITUDE AND RELIABILITY.+

HE RECALLED THAT TWENTY-ODD YEARS AGO, EVERYONE WAS PREPARED TO BUCKLE DOWN, ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES AND GET ON WITH THE JOB.

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+ THE RESULT,+ HE SAID, +IS THE INDUSTRIAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE SEE AROUND US TODAY. PEOPLE WHO LAID THIS FOUNDATION WORKED AT ALL LEVELS IN THE HIERARCHY AND CAME FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE. MANY ARE STILL IN HARNESS TODAY. THEY WERE TOUGH, THEY POSSESSED FORTITUDE. STRENGTH OF CHARACTER AND RELIABILITY. THEY DID NOT LAMENT THE IR BAD LUCK. THEY COULD BE RELIED UPON TO GET A JOB DONE DESPITE ALL DIFFICULTIES. HONG KONG OWES SUCH PEOPLE A GREAT DEAL.+

MR. TOPLEY CONGRATULATED ALL THE RECIPIENTS OF THE CMA SCHOLARSHIPS AND WISHED THEM THE BEST OF GOOD FORTUNE AND SUCCESS

IN THE IR FUTURE STUDIES AND IN THEIR CAREERS.

IN CONCLUSION, HE SAID, MAY YOU FACE ALL PROBLEMS SQUARELY AND MAY YOU GO OUT AND MOVE MOUNTAINS AND BUILD A WORLD BETTER THAN THAT WHICH YOU HAVE INHERITED, +

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