Bulletin Vol. 1 No. 3 Sep 1964

been th e ir p u b lic -n a tu re : we have installed ou r Vice- C hancellor and conferred ou r firs t degrees before the w o rld ; p a rtic u la rly the academic w o rld . Publ ic Endorsed St atus O u r guests have p ro vided the necessary audience and ou r H o no rary G raduates, by accepting ou r degrees, have p u b lic ly endorsed ou r status as a U n iv e rs ity and p ro ­ claimed th e ir fa ith in us. Some o f them travelled many thousands o f m iles to be here , and we m ust a ll be very gra te ful indeed to them th a t they should have consented to undergo a fa tig u in g jo u rn e y in order to ho no ur us in th is very practical and essential manner. We fo r ou r pa rt are delighted to see those o f them who are visito rs here and tru s t that they are en jo ying th e ir stay in o u r city. I fin d m yself now the Chancellor o f tw o Universities. T h e faintest suggestion tha t this m ig h t ever happen w ould , I may say, have very greatly astonished m y tu to r when I was m yself an undergraduate. However, be tha t as it may, tw o U n iversities I am glad to say we now have. T h e y w ill be com plementary to and no t in com p e titio n w ith one another; each w o rk in g in its ow n way, and in its ow n sphere, b u t generally su p po rting each other in am ity, eq ua lity and m u tu a l respect. Hong Kong ' s Need T he re w ill na tu ra lly be points to be settled between them as the system develops, b u t there is already no doub t tha t th e ir d u a lity w e ll suits H ong K on g's needs and nature. I look fo rw a rd therefore to a b rig h t fu tu re fo r higher education in this Colony. As 1 have said, on D r. L i, whom we have installed today, w ill continue to fa ll the ch ie f re sp on sib ility fo r the a dm in istra tion o f the new Chinese U n iv e rs ity o f H o ng K on g . He and his colleagues all face a heavy and d iffic u lt task: b u t one w h ich I know w ill be b rillia n tly pe rform ed and most rewarding. I am certain you w ill a ll jo in me in w ish in g h im well in his task. O u r H o no ra ry Graduates have n o t on ly given great services to the U n iv e rs ity already, b u t by accepting degrees have expressed in a very personal way th e ir confidence in the fu tu re o f the U n iv e rsity . I ask you all therefore to rise now and d rin k to the health, p ro spe rity and fu tu re happiness o f ou r V ice- C hancellor and ou r firs t H o no rary Graduates. T he C h an c e ll o r : H.E. THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID TRENCH H is E xcellency S ir D a vid T re n c h arrived in H o ng K o n g on A p r il 14 , 1964 to assume the G ove rnorsh ip o f H o ng K o n g in succession to S ir Robert Black. B orn on June 2, 1915, S ir D a v id C live Crosbie T re n ch was educated at T o n b rid g e School and Jesus College, Cam bridge U n ive rs ity, graduating w ith a M .A . degree. He jo in e d the C olonial Service as a Cadet in the B ritish Solomon Islands Protectorate in 1938 and was seconded to the West Pacific H ig h Comm ission in 1941. Comm issioned d u rin g the war in the B ritis h Solomon Islands Defence Force, he served in the W estern Pacific d u rin g the campaign in the Solomon Islands and attained the rank o f L ieu te n a n t Colonel. He was awarded the M ilita ry Cross and the U n ite d States Le g ion o f M e rit. In 1947, he returned to the c iv il a dm in istra tion o f the Solomon Islands, w h ich fo rm pa rt o f the W estern Pacific H ig h Comm ission, serving as Secretary to the G ove rn- m ent o f the Solomon Islands Protectorate, and A c tin g Resident Comm issioner on tw o occasions. He attended the Joint Services S taff College in 1949. On a rriva l in H o ng K o n g on January 7 , 1950, he firs t served as Assistant Secretary in the Colon ia l Secretariat before being appointed D e p u ty Defence Secretary in M arch , 1950. He became A c tin g Defence Secretary in December 1951 and served in that capacity u n til his appointm ent as C lerk o f C ouncils in M arch , 1953. He became A c tin g D e pu ty F inancial Secretary in January, 1956 and was prom oted to Cadet O fficer, S taff G rade five months later. He served as D e p u ty F inancial Secretary (Finance) from June, 1956 to November, 1956. In February, 1957, he was appointed Comm issioner o f L a b o u r and Comm issioner o f M ines. H e went on leave in Novem ber, 1957, and attended the Im p e ria l Defence College in 1958 before re tu rn in g to H o ng K ong. In January, 1959 he was appointed D e p u ty Colonial Secretary and served in tha t post u n til his appointm ent as H ig h Comm issioner fo r the W estern Pacific in 1961. S ir D a vid is a member o f the Royal Comm onwealth Society and one o f his c h ie f hobbies is photography. 2

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