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MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1982

COMMUNITY'S SUPPORT FOR EDUCATION PRAISED

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HONG KONG STUDENTS OWED A GREAT DEAL TO THE COMMUNITY FOR ITS GENEROUS SUPPORT OF EDUCATION, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR DENIS BRAY, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

ON ITS PART, THE GOVERNMENT WAS CONTINUALLY EXAMINING NEW WAYS OF IMPROVING EDUCATION, WHICH WAS ONE OF ITS LARGEST FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS, MR BRAY TOLD THE GATHERING AT THE 13TH GRADUATION CEREMONY OF THE JU CHING CHU ENGLISH COLLEGE, AT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL THIS AFTERNOON.

MR BRAY SAID THE GOVERNMENT ALSO GAVE ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS WISHING TO PURSUE THEIR STUDIES ABROAD AND HAD STARTED A LOAN SCHEME TO ASSIST UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN BRITAIN.

HE NOTED THAT THE COLLEGE HAD EXPANDED RAPIDLY IN THE 16 YEARS OF ITS EXISTENCE WITH THE OPENING OF THREE ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS CAPABLE OF ACCOMMODATING SOME 6 000 STUDENTS IN VARIOUS NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICTS, AND SAID HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC GROWTH COULD NOT BE SUSTAINED WITHOUT AN INFLOW OF TECHNOLOGY WHICH COULD ONLY BE EXPLOITED BY TRAINED AND EDUCATED MEN AND WOMEN.

+ I HOPE THAT YOU, THE STUDENTS, WHO WERE BORN AND EDUCATED HERE WILL DEVELOP A SENSE OF BELONGING TO THE PLACE THAT BROUGHT YOU UP AND WILL USE YOUR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS AND SKILLS TO PROMOTE THE PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG, MR BRAY SAID.

HE WAS GLAD TO LEARN, HE ADDED, THAT THE SCHOOL AIMED TO INCULCATE THE SAME OBJECTIVES IN STUDENTS IN THEIR DAILY SCHOOL LIFE.

HE SAID ALSO THAT IT WAS UP TO THE STUDENTS TO DO MORE TO MAKE HONG KONG A CITY TO BE PROUD OF.

MR BRAY NOTED ALSO THAT THE COLLEGE WAS FOUNDED 16 YEARS AGO BY A BOARD OF DIRECTORS, HEADED BY MR DEACON CHIU, WHO WAS WELL KNOWN FOR HIS KEEN INTEREST IN THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION, AND CONGRATULATED THE GRADUATES RECEIVING THEIR CERTIFICATES, AND THE STAFF FOR THEIR HARD WORK.

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