FEATURE ADDRESS BY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, ON THE OCCASION OF THE 75 TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS OF THE CARIBBEAN UNION COLLEGE (CUC) MARACAS, ST. JOSEPH, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 19 JANUARY 2002 Theme: Celebrating Our Past ... Challenging Our Future It gives me great pleasure to participate in today's celebrations marking the 75 th Anniversary of this Institution and to deliver the feature address. My task has been made much more pleasant than anticipated by the scenic location of this noble Institution in the lush, green Maracas Valley with its high, majestic mountains on either side. The environment is indeed most relaxing and conducive to learning and the founders of the College deserve the highest praise for selecting this tranquil and beautiful location with its vast potential for development. The highest praise is also due to the successive administrations of the College who exploited the potential with great creativity and imagination, as demonstrated by the beautiful buildings around us. My task this afternoon, even though in such a pleasant ambience, is somewhat difficult. This is so because the Institution has so many proud achievements to celebrate that doing justice to the theme "Celebrating Our Past ..... Challenging Our Future" in the time allocated poses a serious challenge for me. Time would allow me to highlight and speak only on a selected few of them. I therefore ask your forgiveness if I omit any which you think should have been included. | |
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