Friday, April 2, 1976
LADY MACLAHOSE VISITS GIRLS' SCHOOL IN KWUN TONG
Lady MacLehose this (Friday) morning spent over an hour visiting
St. Catharine's School for Girls in Kwun Tong.
Accompanied by the principal, the Rev. J.M. Bennett, Lady MacLehose
first had an overall impression of the work of the school and students at an
exhibition mounted in the school hall.
St. Catharine's, an Anglo-Chinese school under the sponsorship of
the Chinese Anglican Church in Hong Kong (Sheng Kung Hui), has an enrolment
of about 1,150.
A special feature of the school is its curriculum which branches
out into five streams arte, science, commercial, vocational and technical
from form three upwards and students can pick those subjects they
studies
like most from these fields.
Students at the school are also active in extra-curricular and
community activities. Recently at an annual fun fair, the students' union
raised some 12,000 for handicapped children in the Kwun Tong area,
Lady HacLehose was very interested in the work of the school and
during her tour of the classrooms, she, chatted with several students and
enquired about their studies and activities.
In the music room, she was treated to songs by the girls taking
their singing lessons.
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