THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1976.
NEW SCHOOL BUILDING FOR SAM TSENG
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A NEW $1.4 MILLION SCHOOL BUILDING TO REPLACE ONE WHICH IS TO BE DEMOLISHED SOON TO MAKE WAY FOR A HIGHWAY VIADUCT WAS OPENED AT SAM TSENG, NEW TERRITORIES, TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, TSUEN WAN, MR. JAMES HAYES.
THE SCHOOL IS THE EMMANUEL CHURCH PRIMARY SCHOOL WHICH WILL CATER FOR A TOTAL OF 450 PUPILS IN MORNING AND AFTERNOON SESSIONS.
THE SCHOOL WAS DESIGNED AND BUILT BY THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WITH FUNDS ALSO PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT. CONSTRUCTION BEGAN IN 1974 AND WAS COMPLETED THIS WEEK.
THE 1,100-FOOT VIADUCT IS A CRUCIAL STAGE OF THE TUEN MUN TO TSUEN WAN HIGHWAY AND WILL PASS OVER SAM TSENG VILLAGE AT A HEIGHT OF ABOUT 90 FEET,
MR. HAYES, IN A SHORT ADDRESS, PRAISED THE +CO-OPERATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHURCH WHICH HAS SURRENDERED SOME OF
· ITS LAND TO MAKE WAY FOR THE VIADUCT.