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Tuesday, May 2, 1972
LADY MACLEHOSE OPENS ST. PAUL'S SCHOOL IN LAM TIN
Lady MacLehose said today that providing a fine new school
situated in an area where the need is great "is yet another example of
what can be achieved by the collaboration between Government and a private
sponsoring body."
Lady MacLehose was speaking at the opening ceremony of St. Paul's
School at Lam Tin this afternoon.
She said that Hong Kong was now able to provide free primary
education for all and a great expansion was taking place with the aim of
providing secondary education for all who sought it.
The following is the full text of her speech:
"On my return to Hong Kong in November of last year one of the
first things I did was to come and see my former head-mistress. Owing to
the traffic congestion I arrived in this enormous housing estate very late.
During that frustrating drive I realised what a lot of development had
taken place since I was last in Hong Kong.
"I was very happy to learn that as long ago as 1966 the Order
of St. Paul de Chartres foresaw the need for schools in the new housing
developments, and asked for a site. While this is the newest venture of
the order in Hong Kong, I should like to pay my tribute to all the sisters
have achieved in Hong Kong particularly in the field of education, since
they first came here in 1848.
/"Hong Kong