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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1991

UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY A PRIDE OF HK: GOVERNOR

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (THURSDAY) SAID HONG KONG CAN TAKE A GREAT DEAL OF PRIDE IN THE OPENING OF THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND THE ACHIEVEMENT THAT IT REPRESENTS,

OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE UNIVERSITY, THE GOVERNOR SAID THE CAMPUS WHICH WAS DEVELOPED WITH SKILL AND IMAGINATION ON A GOOD SITE AND A DRAMATIC SETTING, MUST SURELY RANK AS ONE OF THE REGION'S FINEST.

HE SAID THE HUGE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OF THE CAMPUS HÅD BEEN UNDERTAKEN AT IMPRESSIVE SPEED TO MEET HONG KONG'S URGENT NEED FOR MORE UNIVERSITY PLACES.

SIR DAVID ALSO NOTED THAT A MAJOR RECRUITMENT EXERCISE, BOTH LOCALLY AND OVERSEAS, HAD SUCCEEDED IN ATTRACTING AN OUTSTANDING TEAM OF ACADEMICS AND ADMINISTRATORS.

HE OUTLINED THE SPLENDID FACILITIES OF THE UNIVERSITY WHICH INCLUDED A LARGE, WELL-STOCKED LIBRARY, A FIBRE OPTIC BASED SYSTEM, AND EXTENSIVE, WELL-EQUIPPED TEACHING AND

LABORATORIES.

COMPUTER RESEARCH

SIR DAVID SAID IT WAS SIGNIFICANT THAT THE BUILDING HOUSING THESE RESEARCH FACILITIES RAN ALONG THE CENTRAL SPINE OF THE CAMPUS.

EQUALLY

"THEY WILL BE A FOCUS OF THE UNIVERSITY'S ACTIVITIES. IMPORTANT, MUCH OF THE RESEARCH CARRIED OUT HERE WILL HAVE PRACTICAL BENEFITS.

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THE GOVERNOR POINTED OUT THAT PARTNERSHIPS WERE BEING SET UP WITH COMMERCIAL INTERESTS WHICH HAD ALREADY COMMITTED SUBSTANTIAL RESEARCH FUNDS.

"HONG KONG NOW HÁS THE EXCITING PROSPECTS OF SHOWING HOW ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP AND COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE CAN WORK TOGETHER.

HE SAID.

"THAT WILL BENEFIT BOTH. IT WILL BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY TOO,

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PROJECT,

PAYING TRIBUTE TO ALL THOSE WHO HAD INVOLVED IN THE SIR DAVID SAID WHILE HE WAS USUALLY RELUCTANT TO SINGLE OUT NÁMES PARTICULAR MENTION ON SUCH OCCASIONS, NEVERTHELESS HE BELIEVED THAT ON THIS IMPORTANT OCCASION, HE SHOULD MAKE AN EXCEPTION AND MENTION FOUR WHO HAD MADE A VERY SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION.

THE GOVERNOR REFERRED TO SIR EDWARD YOUDE, THE FORMER LÅTE GOVERNOR; THE STEWARDS OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB; THE VICE- CHANCELLOR AND PRESIDENT, PROFESSOR WOO CHIA-WEI, AND SIR S.Y. CHUNG, CHAIRMAN OF THE UNIVERSITY COUNCIL.

THE GOVERNOR SAID SIR EDWARD YOUDE HAD FORESEEN ALMOST A DECADE AGO THE NEED FOR AN INSTITUTION OF THIS KIND IN HONG KONG AND IT

WAS HIS FORESIGHT AND INSPIRATION THAT GAVE THE EARLY PLANNING IMPETUS.

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/THE STEWARDS