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MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1992

SCHOLARSHIP FUND IN HONOUR OF LORD WILSON

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ΤΟ BE A TRUST FUND IN HONOUR OF THE GOVERNOR, LORD WILSON, IS SET UP TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR HONG KONG STUDENTS ATTENDING THE LI WELL AS FOR PO CHUN UNITED WORLD COLLEGE WHICH OPENS THIS AUTUMN AS

PARTS OF HONG KONG STUDENTS ATTENDING UNITED WORLD COLLEGES IN OTHER THE WORLD.

SCHOLARSHIP "THE LORD WILSON UNITED WORLD COLLEGES

THE BE ADMINISTERED BY A COUNCIL UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF

TRUSTEE OF A NUMBER FOR HOME AFFAIRS WHO IS ALREADY THE TRUST FUNDS," A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

THE ON

"OTHER MEMBERS

COUNCIL INCLUDE LI SHIU-TSANG, MR LEE CHUNG-KEUNG, MR DAVID W.

PING-YEE.

FUND WILL SECRETARY OF OTHER

SIR GAIRNS

Q.W. LEE,

MR

AND MR LUNG

THE FUND BY THE LI PO CHUN UNITED

SO FAR, A SUM OF $45,275,000 HAS BEEN RAISED FOR SIR Q.W. LEE IN HIS CAPACITY AS CHAIRMAN OF WORLD COLLEGE (LPCUWC).

SPOKESMAN SAID THE GIVING SOME BACKGROUND ON THE LPCUWC, THE

MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH A GENEROUS ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COLLEGE WAS

AND WITH GRANT FROM THE LI PO CHUN CHARITABLE TRUST FUND IN MAY 1989 SUPPORT FROM THE GOVERNMENT.

SHIU-TSANG

THE PROJECT WAS INITIATED BY SIR Q.W. LEE AND MR LI

CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR AND GIVEN ENCOURAGEMENT BY LORD WILSON AND THE DAVID FORD.

THE SCHOOL IS EXPECTED TO

BE OPERATIONAL

IN SEPTEMBER

THIS

YEAR.

COVERING PROGRAMME,

THE FINAL TWO YEARS OF THE TEACHING

WILL AIM то DEVELOP SECONDARY EDUCATION BEFORE UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE,

BREADTH, EACH STUDENT'S TOTAL PERSONALITY THROUGH EDUCATION PROVIDING BALANCE AND CHALLENGE WHICH CANNOT BE ACHIEVED IN THE CLASSROOM ALONE.

A

TOTAL

OF

250

THE COLLEGE WILL ENROLL TWO-YEAR PROGRAMME, 125 FOR EACH YEAR.

OVER STUDENTS

ITS

ABOUT 40 PER CENT OF THE INTAKE ARE EXPECTED TO COME FROM KONG AND THE OTHERS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES.

HONG

THE CHEQUE FOR SETTING UP THE SCHOLARSHIP

MR LI SHIU-TSANG TO THE GOVERNOR BY SIR Q.W. LEE AND HELD AT THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE THIS (MONDAY) EVENING.

FUND WAS PRESENTED AT A CEREMONY

BOARD OF DONORS то THE

THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SUEN; THE DIRECTORS OF THE LI PO CHUN UNITED WORLD COLLEGE FUND ALSO ATTENDED THE CEREMONY.

AND

SIR Q.W. SAID HE WAS GRATEFUL THAT THE GOVERNOR SECRETARY HAD GIVEN "POSITIVE ENCOURAGEMENT" FOR THE UNITED WORLD COLLEGE IN HONG KONG.

AND THE FORMATION

CHIEF OF A

/HE ALSO