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..EDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1935

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PUBLIC FUNDS FOR BAPTIST COLLEGE WELL SPENT

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THE COUNCIL OF THE HONG KONG BAPTIST COLLEGE WAS +MOST SATISFIED+ THAT THE COLLEGE HAD ESTABLISHED AN EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TO ENSURE THAT PUBLIC FUNDS ALLOCATED TO THE COLLEGE WERE SPENT IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAYS, THE HON WONG PO-YAN SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

TABLING THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COLLEGE FOR 1983-84 IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR WONG SAID THIS HAD BROUGHT ABOUT OPTIMUM IMPROVEMENTS TO THE QUALITY OF THE COLLEGE'S ACADEMIC WORK, DIRECTLY BENEFITTING DESERVING STUDENTS WHO ASPIRE TO BETTER HIGHER EDUCATION.

+ALTHOUGH IT WAS NOT UNTIL NOVEMBER, 1983, THAT THE COLLEGE CAME UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE, GOVERNMENT FUNDING RECEIVED SINCE THEN HAS ALREADY MADE A VERY SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE STAFF AND SUPPORT FACILITIES FOR THE COLLEGE'S ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES.+

MR WONG SAID WHILE THE COLLEGE TRULY APPRECIATED THE SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT IT WAS EQUALLY GRATIFYING THAT SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY WAS STILL CONTINUING.

HE NOTED THAT PRIVATE DONATIONS HAD BEEN RECEIVED FOR A VARIETY OF PURPOSES, INCLUDING THE SETTING UP OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND BURSARIES, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LIBRARY AND THE CAMPUS AND ALSO FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES.

+THE COLLEGE IS NOW MOVING FULL STEAM AHEAD IN PLANNING NEW COURSES AT DEGREE LEVEL AND IS SPARING NO EFFORT IN INTRODUCING THE FIRST TWO DEGREE COURSES IN OCTOBER, 1986, + HE SAID.

IT HAD ALSO LAUNCHED A CAPITAL PROJECT TO ADD FIVE NEW

BUILDINGS.

+BASED ON MY OWN EXPERIENCE WITH THE COLLEGE, I CAN PROJECT WITH CONFIDENCE THAT IT WILL HAVE MANY MORE ENCOURAGING DEVELOPMENTS TO REPORT BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, WHEN THE COLLEGE WILL BE CELEBRATING THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS FOUNDATION, MR WONG SAID.

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