FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1983
INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION MUST CONTINUE
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IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT HONG KONG CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THE EDUCATION OF ITS YOUNG PEOPLE SO THAT THEY WILL BE WELL TRAINED AND EQUIPPED TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF THE FUTURE, THE GOVERNOR, SİR EDWARD YOUDE, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE FOUNDATION STONE LAYING WHICH HE PERFORMED FOR THE NEW CAMPUS OF HONG KONG SHUE YAN COLLEGE, SIR EDWARD SAID THAT SHUE YAN WAS MAKING A VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO HONG KONG IN THIS RESPECT.
THE FOUNDATION STONE LAYING +MARKS A NEW PAGE IN THE HISTORY OF THE COLLEGE, AND CONSTITUTES ANOTHER STEP FORWARD IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION IN HONG KONG,+ SIR EDWARD SAID.
THE NEW CAMPUS PROJECT IS BEING ERECTED ON A SITE IN NORTH POINT GRANTED BY THE GOVERNMENT AT NO PREMIUM.
SIR EDWARD PAID TRIBUTE TO DR HENRY H.L. HU AND DR CHUNG CHI-YUNG, WHO FOUNDED THE COLLEGE IN 1971 AND TO THE TING FAMILY.
+THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS IN PERSONAL ENTHUSIASM AND IN FINANCIAL TERMS ARE CONSIDERABLE, AS ARE THOSE OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS.
*WITHOUT THEIR ENERGY, FORESIGHT AND DETERMINATION, SHUE YAN WOULD NOT HAVE COME INTO BEING AND THIS PROJECT WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN REALISED, SIR EDWARD SAID.
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