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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1991

SIR ACCOMPAINED BY THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR LI YUET-TING,

ROAD WHERE HE DAVID FIRST

IN ROBINSON VISITED RAIMONDI COLLEGE OBSERVED LANGUAGE CLASSES IN SESSION AND TALKED TO TEACHERS.

HE SPEND ABOUT AN HOUR AT THE COLLEGE BEFORE

LEAVING FOR THE

ILE.

HKUST KEY TO TECHNOLOGY-BASED ECONOMY

THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR HAMISH MACLEOD, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (HKUST) WOULD BE A KEY TO HONG KONG'S FUTURE IN A TECHNOLOGY-BASED ECONOMY.

PHASE

SPEAKING AT THE TOPPING-OUT CEREMONY OF THE UNIVERSITY'S II

PLEASED TO SEE THIS ACADEMIC BUILDING, MR MACLEOD SAID HE WAS MAMMOTH PROJECT COMING TO FRUITION AND FARING SO WELL.

"FROM THE VERY OUTSET, THE HKUST PROJECT HAS HAD THE FULLEST POSSIBLE BACKING OF THE GOVERNMENT IN TERMS OF THE HIGH PRIORITY GIVEN TO THE EXPANSION OF TERTIARY EDUCATION IN WHICH THIS UNIVERSITY A MAJOR ROLE,' HE SAID.

PLAYS

IN

NOTED THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY HE

CONTINUED LINE WITH ITS TARGET OF EXPANSION ΤΟ

FULL-TIME-EQUIVALENT 7,000 STUDENTS, FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF PHASE I AND INTAKE OF THE BATCH OF STUDENTS EARLIER THIS MONTH.

FIRST

"I UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN PHASE II IS COMPLETED, THIS ACADEMIC AND BUILDING

METRES WILL HAVE A GROSS FLOOR AREA OF 170,000 SQUARE

POURED, USING THAT 160,000 CUBIC METRES OF CONCRETE WILL HAVE BEEN

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EVEN THE NUMBER OF DOORS OF REINFORCING STEEL. STAGGERING 5,300, MR MACLEOD SAID.

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THE ON

ACADEMIC

THE MAIN PHASE II CONTRACTOR STARTED WORK COMPLEX IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR AND THE BUILDING WAS TOPPED OUT TODAY.

"EVEN

AND BY HONG KONG STANDARDS, FOR A BUILDING OF THIS SIZE COMPLEXITY TO HAVE REACHED THIS STAGE IN SUCH A SHORT TIME IS A CONSIDERABLE ACHIEVEMENT. IT REFLECTS GREAT CREDIT ON ALL CONCERNED, " HE SAID.

MR PARTICULAR, IN

MACLEOD CONGRATULATED SIR S. Y. CHUNG. LEADERSHIP, PROFESSOR C. W. WOO, AND THE UNIVERSITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR AND

HONG MR

THE GORDON MACWHINNIE AND THE STEWARDS OF JOCKEY CLUB FOR THEIR GENEROUS DONATIONS AND UNWAVERING SUPPORT.

ROYAL

KONG

"WITHOUT

THEIR STERLING EFFORTS SO MUCH COULD NEVER HAVE ACHIEVED SO QUICKLY," HE SAID.

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