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Friday, December 14, 1973
MANY SCHOOLS TO BE BUILT IN SHA TIN
The Sha Tin Government Secondary School is one of the forerunners
of many schools to be built in the township of Sha Tin, according to Mr.
P.C. Woo, Senior Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council and Chairman
of the Board of Education.
"This fine new secondary school will meet a need that is already
being felt in the district," he said when he officially opened the school
today.
"Its existence now makes it possible for a larger number of young
people of the area to complete their secondary education, as it were 'at
home', thus avoiding the tiresome journeys to and from Kowloon or Hong Kong
Ialand."
The school, built by the government at a cost of $5.5 million,
should also serve the valuable purpose of bringing together the young people
of the area to share in their studies and other school activities, thus
helping to cement those ties which will be required if Sha Tin was to develop
and maintain a healthy community spirit.
Mr. Woo said the pace and extent of new developments in Sha Tin
was going to accelerate greatly.
"In the very near future we are going to see here in this valley
a staggering growth in the population and the establishment of an imposing
township in which it is planned to provide its residents with all these
amenities and services normally associated with such a development.
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