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Tuesday, September 19, 1972
GOVERNMENT GRANTS FOR HONG KONG SEA SCHOOL
The Hong Kong Sea School is to be granted a piece of land at
Shuen Wan in the New Territories and a capital subsidy of $1,176,000 for
a new school.
When completed the school will be operated in conjunction with
the existing subsidised Hong Kong Sea School at Stanley.
A building containing eight classrooms will be built on the Shuen
Wan site. This will provide ample facilities to accommodate a total of
480 pupils in two daily sessions.
A spokesman for the Education Department said today that the
proposed school will cater for boys aged 14
on preparing them for work at sea.
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The school accommodation for which the grant was sought will form
part of a larger complex which will provide boarding accommodation for all
the pupils.
The boarding accommodation and ancillary facilities will be built
with private funds, but the sponsors will apply for a social welfare
subvention towards the recurrent expenses involved.
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