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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1976
+THIS MEANS THAT A NUMBER OF SPONSORS ARE BEING ASKED TO TAKE NEW SITES FOR SCHOOLS WHICH THEY ARE SPONSOR ING.
+IN GENERAL SPONSORS ARE PROVING WILLING TO ACCEPT THIS SHIFT OF LOCALE, THE DIRECTOR SAID.
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BUT THE NEW SITES OFFERED TO TWO SPONSORS - THE HOLY TRINITY CHURCH AND THE CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD DID NOT FIT THE IR INTENTIONS SINCE THEIR PLANS WERE TO BUILD THE SCHOOLS WITHIN THEIR OWN PARISH BOUNDARIES.
MR. TOPLEY SAID WHILE NO FINAL DECISION HAD BEEN TAKEN IN THIS MATTER HE WAS UNABLE TO AGREE TO THE BUILDING OF THESE SCHOOLS IN KOWLOON AT THIS TIME WHEN THERE WAS A FAR GREATER NEED FOR SCHOOLS ELSEWHERE,
THE QUESTION OF GOVERNMENT'S MORAL AND LEGAL OBLIGATION TO THESE SPONSORS WAS A SEPARATE ONE AND THE DIRECTOR WAS TAKING ADVICE ON THIS.
+1 DO NOT HONESTLY BELIEVE, HOWEVER, THAT THERE IS ANY JUSTIFICATION FOR BUILDING SCHOOLS IN WHAT WOULD TODAY BE THE WRONG PLACE. THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT DO NOT FEEL A GOOD DEAL OF SYMPATHY FOR THESE SPONSORS BUT I DO NOT THINK THAT I SHOULD LET MY SYMPATHY OVERRIDE MY JUDGEMENT IN THESE MATTERS,+ MR. TOPLEY SAID.
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