XN000022-1993-05-17 — Page 12

11

ADVICE ON OVERSEAS STUDY

MONDAY, MAY 17, 1993

PARENTS WISHING ΤΟ SEND THEIR CHILDREN OVERSEAS ΤΟ STUDY SHOULD CONSULT NON PROFIT-MAK]NG ORGANISATIONS SUCH AS THE CAREERS AND GUIDANCE SERVICES SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE BRITISH COUNCIL.

GIVING THE ADVICE, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (MONDAY) THAT PARENTS SHOULD NOT BE HASTY IN APPLYING FOR THEIR CHILDREN TO PURSUE PRE-UNIVERSITY, COMMERCE OR TECHNICAL

COURSES IN PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS OVERSEAS.

מיני

"THEY SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL IN CASES WHERE THEY WOULD BE REQUESTED

DEPOSIT 4 LARGF DOWNPAYMENT AS REGISTRATION OR TUITION FEES, THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINKI.

*

IT WOULD BE ADVISABLF TO CONSULT WITH NON-PROFIT MAKING ORGANISATIONS, INCLUDING THE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION, THE EDUCATION ADVISORY SERVICE OF THE HANG SENG BANK OR THE CONSULATES AND COMMISSIONS OF THE COUNTRIES CONCERNED.

"PARENTS ARE ALSO ADVISED TO FIND OUT WHETHER THEIR CHILDREN WILL BE FREE TO MOVE TO ANOTHER INSTITUTION IN THE SAMP COUNTRY AND IN WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES ANY FEES PAID WOULD BE REFUNDABLE, HE SAID.

1

CHIEF JUSTICE PAYS TRIBUTE TO SIR GEOFFREY BRIGGS

THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR TI LIANG YANG, WILL PAY TRIBUTE TO THE LATE SIR GEOFFREY BRIGGS, A FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE OF HONG KONG A'T A CEREMONY AT 9.15 AM ON FRIDAY (MAY 21) IN COURT NO. SUPREME COURT.

Į

SIR GEOFFREY DIED IN ENGLAND ON MAY

12.

VICE-PRESIDENT OF COURT OF APPEAL, MR JUSTICE SILKE, HIGH COURT JUDGE MR JUSTICE LIU, DISTRICT JUDGE DANIELL AND CHIEF MAGISTRATE MR G P MUTTRUE, WILL SIT ON THE BENCH WITH THE CRIEF JUSTICE DURING THE CEREMONY.

EDUCATED AT

SIR GEOFFREY WAS BORN ON MAY 6, 1914 AND WAS OXFORD, ENGLAND. HE WAS CALLED TO THE BAR AT GRAY'S INN IN 1939.

IN 1962/65, SIR GEOFFREY WAS CHIRE JUSTICE IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC. HE JOINED THE HONG KONG JUDICTARY AS A PUISNE JUDGE IN 1965, AND WAS APPOINTED CHIEF JUSTICE IN 1973. HE RETIRED ON AUGUST 27, 1979.

/12