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THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1991

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SCHOOL PRAISED FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO EDUCATION

*

ST

STEPHEN'S

PAID (THURSDAY)

TRIBUTE TO LADY WILSON TODAY GIRLS COLLEGE FOR ITS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO EDUCATION.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING

CEREMONY

OF THE 85TH ANNIVERSARY OLDEST SCHOOLS IN OF ACADEMIC

CELEBRATION OF THE SCHOOL, SHE SAID AS ONE OF THE

ONE OF

THE

FINEST TRADITIONS WITH AND HONG KONG EXCELLENCE, ST STEPHEN'S HAD A LOT TO BE PROUD OF.

SAID BEING A

BY TEACHER

WAS PROFESSION, SHE

PROVISION OF

LADY WILSON DELIGHTED TO NOTE THE EMPHASIS THE SCHOOL PLACED ON THE GOOD LIBRARY FACILITIES FOR ITS STUDENTS.

AND

"I FULLY AGREE WITH DR (KAY) BARKER THAT INDEPENDENT STUDY RESEARCH SHOULD PLAY A CENTRAL PART IN THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE.

A

ACTIVITY, LEISURE

READING

AS "EVEN KNOWLEDGE AND DEVELOPS OUR MINDS INTELLECTUALLY.

"IT IS ALSO AN EFFECTIVE WAY

OF

INCREASES OUR

**

SKILLS, LANGUAGE IMPROVING

SHE ADDED.

LADY

GENERATIONS

OF YOUNG GIRLS THAT NOTED WILSON PROGRESSED THROUGH THE SCHOOL IN THE COURSE OF 85 YEARS.

HAD

WHO

YOUNG WOMEN

EXAMPLES OF PROFESSOR MA

ACCOMPLISHED INTO *THOUSANDS HAVE GROWN UP HAVE MADE THEIR MARK ON SOCIETY," SHE SAID, CITING THREE

LI, PAST STUDENTS FROM DIFFERENT GENERATIONS: DR ELLEN HOGEI AND MRS RITA FAN.

LADY WILSON SAID THE OCCASSION ALSO MARKED THE BEGINNING

THE LAYING WITH THE FOR

SCHOOL EXPANSION NEW PERIOD OF

AND SCIENCE BLOCK FOUNDATION STONE FOR THE NEW ASSEMBLY HALL WOULD BE NAMED AFTER MRS RITA FAN'S FATHER.

OF A OF THE WHICH

MODERN NEW EXCELLENT

ITS

AND

AND BROAD

ΤΟ

то FORWARD

UPON ITS BUILD BALANCED

FOR EDUCATION

LOOK "ST STEPHEN'S GIRLS COLLEGE CAN

TO OPERATE,

A PROVIDING OF

BUILDINGS IN WHICH TRADITION

STUDENTS, SHE SAID.

LADY WILSON THANKED MRS RITA FAN,

THEIR GENEROSITY TO THE SCHOOL

AND OTHERS FOR ALL THE TEACHERS,

HER FAMILY AND CONGRATULATED

BOTH PAST AND PRESENT, FOR THEIR DEDICATION.

..

TO DR KAY "IN PARTICULAR, I WOULD LIKE TO PAY SPECIAL TRIBUTE

THIS YEAR,

AND BARKER, WHO CELEBRATES HER 30TH ANNIVERSARY AS PRINCIPAL

DEDICATION FNTHUSIASM, THAT

BARKER'S DR ADDING SHE SAID,

INTEGRITY WERE WELL KNOWN TO ALL.

SHE ALSO CONGRATULATED ALL OF THE GIRLS, FOR

WHICH THEY THE SCHOOL SUCH A FINE AND HAPPY ONE, PROUD OF.

BE

HELPING ΤΟ MAKE COULD

RIGHTLY

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