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SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 1976
TOPLEY OPENS NEW LIBRARY AT BAPTIST COLLEGE
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THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY UNVEILED A PLAQUE TODAY AT THE HONG KONG BAPTIST COLLEGE TO FORMALLY OPEN THE LUI MING CHOI LIBRARY.
MR. TOPLEY SAID IT WAS FITTING IN THIS TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY YEAR OF THE COLLEGE THAT THE CELEBRATIONS SHOULD INCLUDE THE OPENING OF A LIBRARY OF A SCOPE AND QUALITY WHICH THE COLLEGE HAD EVERY REASON TO BE PROUD OF A LIBRARY THAT WOULD BE SEEN AS A SYMBOL OF THE COLLEGE'S GROWTH TOWARDS MATURITY.
THE DIRECTOR NOTED THAT THE LIBRARY HAD BEEN ORGANISED WITH THE USER FIRMLY IN MIND - THAT IS, THE BOOKS SERVE THE STUDENTS INSTEAD OF THE STUDENTS SERVING THE BOOKS.
THE SPACIOUS LIBRARY BUILDING OFFERS COMFORTABLE STUDY FACILITIES FOR UP TO 350 STUDENTS AT A TIME.
THE NEW LIBRARY WAS GIVEN ITS NAME IN RECOGNITION OF A VERY GENEROUS GRANT FROM THE LUI MING CHOI FOUNDATION TO BUILD THE CHRISTIAN EDUCATION CENTRE ON THE COLLEGE CAMPUS.
1,000 YOUNGSTERS TO COMPETE IN ENDURANCE RACE
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SOME 1,000 BOYS AND GIRLS WILL COMPETE IN A SIX-MILE ENDURANCE RACE ROUND THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT TOMORROW (SUNDAY).
IS THE RACE, DIVIDED INTO THREE GROUPS OF DIFFERENT AGE, SPONSORED JOINTLY BY THE KWUN TONG RECREATION AND SPORTS OFFICE AND THE COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICE,
PRIZES WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE FIRST 20 WINNERS OF EACH GROUP BY MR. DICKEN YUNG, SENIOR RECREATION AND SPORTS OFFICER OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT POLICE SUPERINTENDENT R.C. SMALLSHAW OF KWUN TONG DISTRICT AND MR. LAM KWOK-WAN, PRINCIPAL SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO COVER THE RACE WHICH WILL START AT TSUI PING ROAD/LEI YU MUN ROAD RECREATION GROUND TOMORROW (SUNDAY) AT 10 A.M. THE PRIZE PRESENTATION WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE KWUN TONG COMMUNITY CENTRE, 17 TSUI PING ROAD AT 11.30 A.M. ON THE SAME DAY.
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