THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1987
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HE SAID THOUSANDS OF YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN HAD BENEFITED FROM A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMME OF INSTRUCTION FOUNDED ON THE UNIVERSITY'S UNIQUE COLLEGIATE SYSTEM.
+A FOURTH COLLEGE IS NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND PROPOSALS ARE UNDER EXAMINATION FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW FACULTY OF ENGINEERING STUDIES,+ SIR DAVID ADDED.
HE SAID THESE ADDITIONS, WHEN MATERIALISED, WOULD FURTHER BROADEN THE BASIS OF THE UNIVERSITY.
HE NOTED THAT PRIVATE BONATIONS HAD ALWAYS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT AND INDISPENSABLE ROLE IN THE PROVISION OF UNIVERSITY EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES.
+YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WALK FAR IN OXFORD, CAMBRIDGE, HARVARD, OR ANY WORLD FAMOUS UNIVERSITY TO SEE THE RESULTS, OR TO HEAR THE NAMES, OF BENEFACTIONS MADE ØVER HUNDREDS OF YEARS,+ ŠIR DAVID SAID.
HE SAID THIS PROCESS CONTINUED AND HE WAS PLEASED TO SEE HOW NOTABLY IT CONTINUED IN HONG KONG.
SER DAVID SAID THAT IN THE LAST TRIENNIUM, PRIVATE DONATIONS RECEIVED BY THE UNIVERSITY AMOUNTED TO SOME $60 MILLION WHICH WAS NO SMALL AMOUNT BY ANY STANDARD.
GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE CO-OPERATION KEY TO EDUCATION
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ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY HAS BEEN THE AMOUNT OF PRIVATE BENEFACTIONS TO THE UNIVERSITY, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY),
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING OF THE HO TIM BUILDING IN THE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS, SIR DAVID SAID THE NEW BUILDING WAS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF PRIVATE BENEFACTION AND GOVERNMENT EFFORT CO-OPERATING.
SIR DAVID SAID HE WAS VERY PLEASED TO HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DECLARE THE BUILDING OPEN.
+I HAVE, OF COURSE, BEEN HERE MANY TIMES BEFORE WHEN I LIVED AND WORKED IN HONG KONG, BUT TO COME AS A CHANCELLOR IS A GREAT PLEASURE AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN THE HO TIM BUILDING,+ HE SAID.
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