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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1988

OF

THREE

POST-SECONDARY SIR DAVID DESCRIBED THE AMALGAMATION COLLEGES TO CONSTITUTE THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG IN 1963 AS A POSITIVE RESPONSE BY THE GOVERNMENT TOWARDS MEETING AN DEMAND FOR HIGHER EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES IN HONG KONG.

"IT WAS ALSO AN INNOVATIVE ATTEMPT TO THAT COMBINES A CHINESE CULTURAL HERITAGE, AN AND A KEEN INTEREST IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY,

INCREASING

ESTABLISH A UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK,

HE SAID.

SIR DAVID SAID THE PHENOMENAL GROWTH OF THE UNIVERSITY

THE REMARKABLE PROGRESS PAST 25 YEARS WAS A REFLECTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN HONG KONG.

IN THE

IN

MADE

"THIS

UNIVERSITY

HAS

ALREADY PRODUCED

MORE

THAN

GRADUATES. ITS STUDENT POPULATION TODAY IS FIVE TIMES AS LARGE WAS IN 1963," HE SAID.

20,000 AS IT

EDUCATION

NEW

AND

ON ARTS

"A FOURTH COLLEGE, SHAW COLLEGE, HAS NOW BEEN ESTABLISHED.

MEDICINE, ADMINISTRATION, DEGREE COURSES IN BUSINESS ELECTRONICS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO BROADEN THE ORIGINAL EMPHASIS AND SCIENCE.

"THE

HAS UNIVERSITY

SUCCESSFULLY ALSO

PART-TIME DEGREE COURSES IN HONG KONG TO CATER NEEDS OF WORKING ADULTS."

LAUNCHED

THE

FIRST

TO THE EDUCATIONAL

DISTINGUISHED PERSONS WHO SIR DAVID ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO SIX

DEGREES WERE BEING HONOURED AT THE DINNER AFTER RECEIVING HONORARY

OF THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE UNIVERSITY YESTERDAY IN RECOGNITION TO SOCIETY.

WING-CHEUNG,

YU

THE SIX ARE: SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, DR PETER POON DR ESTHER LI, PROFESSOR PAUL CHU, PROFESSOR ZHAO ZHONG-XIAN AND DR ZHEN-FEI.

THEIR VARIOUS SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, DR POON AND DR LI HAD IN

PEOPLE WAYS MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WELL-BEING OF THE

CHU AND OF HONG KONG. THE

ACHIEVEMENTS OF PROFESSOR INTELLECTUAL

THE PROFESSOR ZHAO AND THE ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE OF DR YU HAD ENRICHED CULTURAL AND ACADEMIC LIFE OF AN EVEN WIDER CIRCLE, THE GOVERNOR SAID.

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