WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1974
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MORE OVERSEAS CHILDREN REMAINED IN HONG KONG FOR THEIR EDUCATION NOWADAYS AND MORE NON-ENGLISH CHILDREN SOUGHT ADMISSION THAN USED TO BE THE CASE, HE SAID.
MR. WILLIAMS CONTINUED THAT NEITHER WAS THERE ANY SENSE OF URGENCY IN IMPLEMENTING PLANS ALREADY MADE. THE JUNIOR SCHOOL IN STUBBS ROAD TO REPLACE THE KENNEDY ROAD JUNIOR SCHOOL WAS A CASE IN POINT.
ORIGINAL DISCUSSIONS, HE SAID, ENVISAGED COMPLETION OF THE SCHOOL IN 1973 AND, ALTHOUGH HE HAD BEEN ASSURED IN COUNCIL A YEAR AGO THAT THE PROJECT WOULD BE RAISED TO CATEGORY A IN APRIL FOR BUILDING TO START IN AUGUST LAST YEAR, NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE AND NOW COMPLETION IN 1975 IS IMPOSSIBLE. +
ON SPORTS, MR. WILLIAMS EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THE COUNCIL FOR RECREATION AND SPORT WOULD BE GIVEN THE MEANS TO BRING FIRST CLASS COACHES TO HONG KONG IN A WIDE VARIETY OF SPORTS..
+ IF WE ARE TO GENERATE ENTHUSIASM FOR SPORTS IN HONG KONG IT IS NOT SIMPLY A MATTER OF PROVIDING THE FACILITIES. TO ENCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE TO TAKE PART WE MUST HAVE OUR STARS WHO ARE UP TO INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS,+ HE SAID,
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