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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1978

BRAY PRAISES WORK OF CHINESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN LONDON

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THE HONG KONG COMMISSIONER IN LONDON, MR. DENIS BRAY, YESTERDAY (THURSDAY) CONGRATULATED THE CHINESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN U.K. ON SETTING UP A CHINESE TUTORIAL SCHOOL IN LONDON WITH AN ENROLMENT OF 600 CHILDREN.

SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURATION OF THE 11TH TERM EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE CHAMBER AT THE CHINA TOWN RESTAURANT, LONDON, MR. BRAY SAID: +YOUR CHAMBER'S MAIN PROJECT DURING THE LAST TWO YEARS HAD BEEN TO FIND MORE SPACIOUS PREMISES TO ACCOMMODATE YOUR VERY SUCCESSFUL CHINESE TUTORIAL SCHOOL.

+ I AM VERY PLEASED INDEED TO HEAR THAT THE FREEHOLD OF THE BUILDING IN FRITH STREET HAS BEEN PURCHASED, THE SCHOOL HAS MOVED INTO THESE PREMISES AND THAT THE ENROLMENT HAS NOW EXCEEDED 600.+

MR. BRAY SAID THIS SUCCESS HAS BEEN ACHIEVED THROUGH THE CONCERTED EFFORTS AND DEVOTION OF THE MEMBERS, THE TEACHERS, THE PARENTS AND THE CHINESE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

+THE CONTINUATION OF SUCH EFFORTS AND DEVOTION WILL, I AM CERTAIN, SEE YOU THROUGH THE NEXT STAGE OF YOUR WORK IN RAISING ENOUGH FUNDS FOR THE RENOVATION AND DECORATION OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING, HE SAID.

MR. BRAY ADDED THAT THE MAJORITY OF MEMBERS OF THE CHINESE COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM HAVE COME FROM HONG KONG AND LIVED HERE FOR SOME 20 YEARS.

+THE INITIAL PERIOD OF SETTLING IN YOUR WORK, ESTABLISHING YOUR BUSINESSES AND FAMILIES HERE HAS PASSED. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE TIME HAS COME FOR YOU TO LOOK BEYOND THE CONFINES OF YOUR OWN COMMUNITY AND LIVE A FULLER LIFE AS A CITIZEN OF THIS COUNTRY.

+AS A DEVELOPED COUNTRY AND A WELFARE STATE, THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS ALL SORTS OF FACILITIES AND RESOURCES FOR ONE AND ALL TO ENJOY AND MAKE USE OF.

+ IN RECENT YEARS, THERE ARE ALSO SPECIAL AUTHORITIES SET UP BOTH LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY TO ASSIST MINORITY GROUPS WITH THE IR PARTICULAR NEEDS.

+ I UNDERSTAND THAT VARIOUS GROUPS IN THE CHINESE COMMUNITY UP AND DOWN THE COUNTRY ARE IN TOUCH WITH THE AUTHORITIES AND ARE IN THE COURSE OF ESTABLISHING WELFARE CENTRES FOR THE CHINESE. WHAT

I AM SUGGESTING HERE IS THAT THE GOOD-WILL AND THE RESOURCES ARE THERE WAITING FOR YOU TO TAP THEM, + HE SAID.

MR. CHEUNG KAM-CHUEN WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE 11TH TERM EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE CHINESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE OTHER NEW OFFICERS ARE MR. NG SHIV-CHO, FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT, AND MR. LEUNG TING-BUN, MR. CHEUNG HOK-SHING, AND MR. FU KEI-CHUN, VICE-PRESIDENTS.

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