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NASSAU, The Bahamas \u2013 Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Fred Mitchell encouraged the nine Bahamians who received scholarship to study in China to be good ambassadors for this country.<\/p>\nNASSAU, The Bahamas \u2013 Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Fred Mitchell encouraged the nine Bahamians who received scholarship to study in China to be good ambassadors for this country.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe expect that you will ably represent The Bahamas while in China and portray all that is good about our Bahamas, its people, its culture and its tradition,\u201d Mr. Mitchell said as he addressed the scholarship awards ceremony in the conference at the Immigration Department on Wednesday, August 15, 2012.<\/p>\n
Also present were His Excellency Hu Shan, Ambassador of the People\u2019s Republic of China to The Bahamas; officials from both governments and family members of the awardees.<\/p>\n
The recipients and their areas of study are Rasheed Robinson \u2013 Bachelor\u2019s degree in Clinical Medicine and Sanay Collie, Bachelor\u2019s degree in Finance. At the Master\u2019s degree level are Daron Beneby, International Trade; Robert McKenzie, Enterprise Management; Prince Moss, Educational Leadership & Policy; Denise Farquharson, Educational Leadership & Policy; Lynn Gibson, Public Administration in Chinese Governance; Kathryn Campbell, International Communication and Betty Vedrine, International Communication.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis group represents the broad spectrum of talent and the ever-growing potential of our people. These persons are an inspiration, choosing as they have, to study in a country vastly different from their own and to learn another language,\u201d Mr. Mitchell said.<\/p>\n
To date, 37 Bahamians have received full scholarships through the programme sponsored by the People\u2019s Republic of China, plus the nine, bringing the total to 46.<\/p>\n
The scholarship programme is in keeping with diplomatic relations established between The Bahamas and China in May 1997.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince then, the Government of China continues to demonstrate its friendship for the Bahamian people by its offering of scholarships to Bahamian students to pursue higher education in China at the Bachelor\u2019s and Master\u2019s levels in a range of disciplines from manufacturing and design of clothing and apparel, to medicine, astrophysics\/astronomy, international business management, marketing, Chinese culture and language and architecture,\u201d Mr. Mitchell said.<\/p>\n
Earlier recipients, having completed their studies are contributing to the growth and development of The Bahamas, he said.<\/p>\n
He advised the new recipients that staff of The Bahamas Embassy in Beijing stand ready to assist them as they join the cadre of Bahamians already in China.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know that you will be good ambassadors for our country. Take full advantage of this opportunity to learn all that you can; become fluent in the Chinese language; it is the language of the fast growing economy in the world. Strive for excellence in all that you do,\u201d Mr. Mitchell said.<\/p>\n
The country looks forward to the students returning at the conclusion of their studies, to play an integral role in its further development, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn behalf of the Government and the people of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, I wish to extend my sincere appreciation for the technical assistance and cooperation that the Government of the People\u2019s Republic of China has extended to The Bahamas over the past 15 years,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
By Lindsay Thompson
\nBahamas Information Services<\/p>\n
CAPTION: The Government of the People\u2019s Republic of China awarded nine Bahamians with scholarships to study in China. The awards ceremony was held in the conference room at the Immigration department on Wednesday, August 15, 2012. Pictured from left are Lynn Gibson, Master\u2019s degree, Public Administration in Chinese Governance; Sanay Collie, Bachelor\u2019s degree, Finance; Betty Vedrine, Master\u2019s degree, International Communication; Robert McKenzie, Master\u2019s degree, International Trade; Zhai Xingfu, Counsellor, Chinese Embassy, Bahamas; the Hon. Fred Mitchell, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration; Prince Moss, Master\u2019s degree, Educational Leadership & Policy; His Excellency Hu Shan, Chinese Ambassador to The Bahamas; Rasheed Robinson, Bachelor\u2019s degree, Clinical Medicine; Daron Beneby, Master\u2019s degree, International Trade; Philip Miller, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration; and Kathryn Campbell, Master\u2019s degree, International Communication. (BIS Photo\/Kris Ingraham)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Through a scholarship programme sponsored by the People\u2019s Republic of China nine Bahamians have been given the opportunity to study in a country vastly different from their own and learn another language.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[91,21,296],"class_list":["post-24719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-china","tag-educational","tag-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24719\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}