STEWART LOCKHART
(Contd.)
The Hongkong civil servants and many public organisations arranged functions in honour of Mr. Lockhart before his departure. At one of these, particular reference was made to Mr. Lockhart's scholastic attainments. During a brilliant university career at Edinburgh he was awarded the gold medal for Greek, and his years in China made him a proficient scholar of Chinese.
Mr. Lockhart also took a keen interest in sport. As a young cadet, he was for a time secretary of the Victoria Recreation Club, and it was mainly because of his organising genius that the Hongkong Football Club made such rapid progress in the latter part of the last century.
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STEWART LOCKHART
(Contd.)
The Hongkong civil servants and many public organisations arranged functions in honour of Mr. Lockhart before his departure. At one of these, particular reference was made to Mr. Lockhart's scholastic attain- ments. During a brilliant university career at Edinburgh he was awarded the gold medal for Greek, and his years in China made him a proficient scholar of Chinese.
Mr. Lockhart also took a keen interest in sport. As a young cadet, he was for a time secretary of the Victoria Recreation Club, and it was mainly because of his organising genius that the Hongkong Football Club made such rapid progress in the latter part of the last century.
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