Bulletin Vol. 6 No. 7 Jul–Aug 1970

of exports. If these concerns continue to be neglected, both the present and the future generations are going to suffer and pay the price. A rearrangement of personal values becomes, therefore, a part of our salvation. The driving force behind the preoccupation with new priorities, let me go back to my opening sentence, is no other than "the noble will". The will to dedicate one's self to serve the community and to hold a greater compassion for the individual is essential to this new and vast assignment. Independen t thinking, careful observation and vivid imagination will undoubtedly play an important role in backing and consolidating the noble will of self-dedication. There is no place like the university for the younger generation to develop these qualifications. The university is society's chief centre for rationa l inquiry and rigid scrutiny. Its traditional academic freedom provides the proper atmosphere for the rethinking of social problems and reshaping of new values. Furthermore, it is in the university that the students will form their habits of mind, their codes of behaviour and their attitudes toward their fellow men. When they complete their education, they go directly into work that wil l remould the social structures and existing conventions. It is only in the university that the new leadership, a breed of rational, self-disciplined and dedicated youngsters , will be educated to create an essentially humane community. It is heartening to see that the Second Asian Student Conference of the Asian Students' Association, with the Hong Kong Federation of Students as host, is now taking place. It represents a much broader co-operation among Asian nations, for in future, the Asians will seek more than a political tie and a common market. Asia will seek a regional identity, which is in reality a cultural affinity and union. Indeed, only through the development of regional identity will Asia be able to play a weighty role in shaping the destiny of the world. Thus, in the future, a nation, like an individual, cannot exist on its affluence and productivity alone. It must look after the well-being of its neighbours and fellow countries. Its national conscience will relate itself to the affairs of the region as a whole. In holding this timely and meaningful conference on "Student Co-operation in Asia" , you are participating in the important trend o f regional identity and dose co-operation. The significance of your message will be appreciated by all concerned. Your conference will not only receive our encouragement, but also our blessing and prayers. More power to you that you may develop a fine sense of judgment, a constant devotion and a noble will! E x a m i n a t i on News Graduate School Results Subject to the approval of the Senate, th e following 21 postgraduate students will be awarded higher degrees as listed below:— Master of Commerce: Division of Business Administration Lam Kin-hung Lau Sui Wong Mei-tak Master of Arts: (a) Division of Chinese History Chen Ta-tun Cheng Mun-jong Lee Lung-wah Tong Chan-hay Wong Ho-chiu Wu Wing-chiu (b) Division of Chinese Language and Literature Chew Cheng-hai Fung Man-yin Jim Sai-ling Kong Yu-ming Leung Pui-kam Luk Yuen-yee Miao Chin-an (c) Division of Philosophy Chung Shiu-wing Kwong Chi-yan Lee Tien-ming Leung Kwai-chun Ng Man Wah — 8 —