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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1994

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NEW UNIVERSITY BUILDING TO STIMULATE ENGINEERS

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SOME WORLD-CLASS

NEW AND STIMULATE

THE HO SIN-HANG

THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG NOW HAS

WHICH LABORATORIES IN

TO CHALLENGE RESEARCH

WITH THE

OF OPENING OF ENGINEERS GENERATIONS ENGINEERING BUILDING TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THE

OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING OF THE BUILDING, THE GOVERNOR,

THE OPPORTUNITIES HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, SAID: "THE CHALLENGES, FACING ENGINEERS TODAY ARE PROBABLY GREATER THAN THEY HAVE EVER BEEN.

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MORE WASTE AND PROBLEMS

THE CHALLENGES AHEAD WERE TO DEVELOP PROCESSES THAT MADE EFFICIENT USE OF ENERGY AND OTHER RESOURCES, THAT PREVENT

THE TACKLE POLLUTION AS

AS TO PROVIDE THE MEANS TO WELL ALREADY CREATED.

THROUGHOUT THE

MR PATTEN SAID HONG KONG, CHINA AND COUNTRIES ASIA-PACIFIC REGION WOULD LOOK TO ENGINEERS TO DEVISE SOLUTIONS IN THE YEARS AHEAD.

WOULD

HE EXPRESSED CONFIDENCE THAT THE UNIVERSITY'S GRADUATES

IT RESPONDED ΤΟ THE HELP TO SUSTAIN AND TO NOURISH HONG KONG AS DEMANDS AND OPPORTUNITIES OF THE COMING CENTURY.

FAMILY CARE AND DEMONSTRATION CENTRE SET UP

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ESPECIALLY INDIVIDUAL MR IAN

PROMOTED, THE IDEA OF PRESERVING FAMILY SHOULD BE

PURSUIT OF NOWADAYS WHEN

THINK TOO MUCH OF THE PEOPLE GOALS, RIGHTS AND BENEFITS, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, STRACHAN, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

OF HONG WAS

SPEAKING AT THE LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE ZONTA CLUB KONG,

MR STRACHAN SAID THE FAMILY CARE AND DEMONSTRATION CENTRE PART OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL.

THE INITIATIVES TO THE SETTING UP OF THE CENTRE IS ONE OF COMMEMORATE THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE FAMILY THIS YEAR.

DEPARTMENT

A SURVEY AMONG CASEWORKERS OF SERVICE UNITS IN THE HAS IDENTIFIED A NEED TO DEVELOP A FAMILY PRESERVATION PROGRAMME.

OF HELP

PROVIDE SUPPORT ΤΟ THE CENTRE IS AN INNOVATIVE ATTEMPT TO CASEWORKERS AND TO ORGANISE PROGRAMMES FOR FAMILIES IN NEED FOR REBUILDING, READJUSTMENT AND STRENGTHENING FAMILY LIFE.

OFFERING A COMFORTABLE AND STIMULATING

THE CENTRE IS

LEARNING

DESIGNED IN A HOME-LIKE SETTING TO GIVE WARMTH AND SECURITY. FAMILIES CAN LEARN THROUGH SHARING AMONG THEMSELVES.

ENVIRONMENT,

A SENSE OF AND SUPPORT

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