WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1974
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MR. TOPLEY WAS HAPPY TO LEARN THAT THE PUPILS OF THE SCHOOL WERE KEEN PARTICIPANTS IN VARIOUS EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES WITH EMPHASIS LAID ON THE CULTURAL, RECREATIONAL AND SOCIAL ASPECTS OF LIFE.
THE DIRECTOR CONCLUDED HIS HALF-DAY TOUR BY VISITING THE BUDDHIST WONG FUNG LING COLLEGE IN EASTERN HOSPITAL ROAD.
HE WAS WELCOMED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE HONG KONG BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION, THE REV. KOK KWONG, THE SUPERVISOR, MR. WONG WAN-TIN AND THE PRINCIPAL, MR. SHUEN PO-YUEN.
THIS SUBSIDIZED ANGLO-CHINESE GRAMMAR SCHOOL HAS AN ENROLMENT OF 447. IT IS THE FIRST SECONDARY SCHOOL SPONSORED BY THE HONG KONG BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION. MANY OF ITS PUPILS ARE KEEN SCOUTS AND GUIDES AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE RED CROSS. OTHERS PARTICIPATE IN THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD SCHEME.
NEXT WEEK MR. TOPLEY WILL VISIT THE EXAMINATIONS DIVISJON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES SECTIONS OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IN CANTON ROAD. HE WILL ALSO GO TO BROADCAST DRIVE TO SEE THE FACILITIES AT THE EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION CENTRE.
SHATIN DISTRICT OFFICE MOVES TO NEW PREMISES
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THE SHATIN DISTRICT OFFICE, WHICH CAME INTO OPERATION IN APRIL THIS YEAR TO LOOK AFTER THE AFFAIRS OF AN EXPANDING SHATIN, HAS MOVED TO NEW AND BETTER PREMISES.
THE NEW OFFICES, SITUATED AT 2, TUNG LO WAN HILL, SHATIN, CNEXT TO THE SHATIN POLICE STATION) ALSO ACCOMMODATES THE SHATIN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE AND OTHER PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SUB-OFFICES.
THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR. MICHAEL SUEN MING-YEUNG, SAID IN AN OPENING SPEECH TODAY THAT THE MAIN JOB OF THESE OFFICES WAS TO IMPLEMENT THE DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS FOR SHATIN NEW TOWN.
WHEN FULLY DEVELOPED, SHATIN NEW TOWN WILL SUPPORT A POPULATION OF ALMOST HALF A MILLION PEOPLE. THE TOTAL COST TO THE GOVERNMENT IN DEVELOPING SHATIN WILL BE $4,000 MILLION AT TODAY'S PRICES.
THE DISTRICT OFFICER SAID THAT THIS WAS AN AMBITIOUS PROGRAMME AND WAS AN INDICATION OF THE GOVERNMENT'S DETERMINATION TO BRING ABOUT BETTER LIVING CONDITIONS TO THE POPULATION OF HONG KONG BY PROVIDING BETTER HOUSING AND BETTER FACILITIES IN NEW TOWNS LIKE SHATIN.
+THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHATIN WILL ALSO ENABLE THE LOCAL PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TOWN AND SHARE THE PROSPERITY THAT COMES ALONG WITH THESE NEW DEVELOPMENTS+, MR. SUEN ADDED.
THE SECRETARY FOR NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES PERFORMED THE RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY WHICH MARKED THE OPENING OF THE NEW DISTRICT OFFICE.
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