XN000022-1989-12-18 — Page 3

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1989

CONGRATULATING THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS,

THE COLLEGE COUNCIL, THE PRESIDENT AND ALL THE COLLEGE STAFF ON મ JOB WELL DONE, THE GOVERNOR SAID THE COMPLETION OF THE SIR RUN RUN SHAW BUILDING AND THE SCIENCE TOWER BUILDING PROJECTS BROUGHT MANY YEARS OF PLANNING AND HARD WORK TO FRUITION.

OF THE MANY PEOPLE WHO HAD MADE THE COLLEGE'S EXPANSION POSSIBLE, SIR RUN RUN STOOD OUT AS A REAL CHAMPION OF THE COLLEGE, SIR DAVID SAID.

"SINCE 1986, HE HAS MADE AVAILABLE THE SIR RUN RUN SHAW ENDOWMENT FUND.

"HE HAS ALSO TAKEN A PERSONAL INTEREST IN THE DEVELOPMENT AT THE COLLEGE OF PROGRAMMES IN FILM AND TELEVISION EDUCATION.

"TIE NAMING OF THE WEST BUILDING AFTER SIR RUN RUN 19 A FITTING RECOGNITION OF HIS SUPPORT AND GENEROSITY, SIR DAVID SAID.

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THE GOVERNOR DESCRIBED THE BAPTIST COLLEGE AS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF WHAT HONG KONG COULD ACCOMPLISH WITH LEADERSHIP, DETERMINATION AND IMAGINATION.

"I AM CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL BE EQUALLY SUCCESSFUL WITH THE NEW WIDER INITIATIVES WE HAVE TAKEN IN THE FIELD OF TERTIARY EDUCATION,

.. HE ADDED.

TOYS BILL TO ADOPT INTERNATIONAL SAFETY STANDARDS

A BILL ON TOYS AND CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS

SAFETY, WHICH IS NOW

BEING DRAFTED, WILL ADOPT INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED SAFETY STANDARDS, THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR JOHN CHAN, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

CHAIRMEN OF NO NEED ΤΟ MANY LOCAL

SPEAKING AT A LUNCH MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION OF THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS, MR CHAN SAID THERE WAS ESTABLISH ANOTHER SET OF SAFETY STANDARDS IN HONG KONG AS TOY MANUFACTURERS HAD ALREADY COMPLIED WITH THE REGULATIONS OF THE

IMPORTING COUNTRIES.

T

EXISTING STANDARDS

"THE GOVERNMENT WILL, THEREFORE, ADOPT THE AS FAR AS POSSIBLE IN FORMULATING THE LEGISLATION WHICH WILL ON ONE HAND SPEED UP THE PROTECTION FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, AND ON THE . OTHER ENABLE MANUFACTURERS TO OBSERVE THE SAME STANDARDS

LOCAL AND OVERSEAS MARKETS, HE SAID.

IN BOTH

MR CHAN ADDED THAT THE ADOPTION OF INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED STANDARDS IN HONG KONG'S LEGISLATION WAS ALSO IN LINE WITH THE PRINCIPLE OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE.

"THE PRACTICE