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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1976
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THE DIRECTION OF THE NEW CURRICULUM HOWEVER WAS INDICATED IN THE WHITE PAPER WHEN IT RECOMMENDED 25 PER CENT PRACTICAL WORK IN ALL SCHOOLS, BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY THE NEW CURRICULUM, AS MR. TOPLEY PUTS IT, IS PRACTICAL, DOWN TO EARTH AND DESIGNED TO FIT STUDENTS FOR LIFE IN HONG KONG. AT THE SAME TIME THE PRACTICAL WORK IS ITSELF DESIGNED TO MAKE STUDENTS THINK.+
HE SAID HE WAS DEEPLY IMPRESSED BY THE PERSERVERANCE SHOWN BY THE SHENG KUNG HUT IN BUILDING UP THE TANG SHIU KIN SECONDARY SCHOOL TO ITS PRESENT STATURE.
/+THE OPERATION OF THIS SCHOOL IS YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE IR UNFAILING INTEREST. ON THIS OCCASION I CONSIDER IT APPROPRIATE ALSO TO PAY TRIBUTE TO SIR SHIU KIN TANG WHOSE GENEROUS DONATION TO THE SHENG KUNG HUI EDUCATION FUND SOME YEARS AGO HELPED TO MAKE THIS SCHOOL PROJECT A REALITY. IN FACT THERE ARE OTHER BUILDINGS IN THE MORRISON HILL AREA WHICH BEAR TESTIMONY TO SIR SHIU KIN'S GENEROSITY, THE DIRECTOR SAID.
WATER CUT
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WATER SUPPLY TO A NUMBER OF AREAS IN HONG KONG, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL BE INTERRUPTED ON THURSDAY (DECEMBER 16) TO ENABLE WATERWORKS OFFICE STAFF TO CARRY CUT NIGHT LEAKAGE TESTS AND PIPE CONNECTION.
ON THE ISLAND, WATER SUPPLY TO A NUMBER OF PREMISES IN WAN CHAI WILL BE TURNED OFF FOR FIVE HOURS FROM 1 A.M.
THE AFFECTED AREA IS BOUNDED BY THE WESTERN SIDE OF MORRISON HILL ROAD, TIN LOK LANE, NUMBERS 95 TO 227 AND 106 TO 236, WANCHAI ROAD THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF JOHNSTON ROAD BETWEEN NUMBERS 178 AND 288, HEARD STREET, MALLORY STREET, BURROWS STREET, CROSS LANE, BULLOCK LANE, WOOD ROAD, SALVATION ARMY STREET. WING CHEUNG STREET AND THE NORTHERN SIDE OF QUEEN'S ROAD EAST BETWEEN STUBBS ROAD AND SPORTS ROAD.
IN KOWLOON, WATER SUPPLY TO SOME AREAS IN KOWLOON CITY WILL ALSO BE TURNED OFF FOR FIVE HOURS STARTING FROM 1 A.M. ON THE SAME DAY.
AFFECTED WILL BE THE AREA BOUNDED BY ARGYLE STREET MA TAU CHUNG ROAD, SUNG WONG TOI ROAD, KOWLOON CITY ROAD, MA TAU KOK ROAD, SHING TAK STREET AND FU NING STREET, INCLUDING TAM KUNG ROAD, PAK TAI STREET, PAU CHUNG STREET, MOK CHEONG STREET, FUK CHEUNG STREET, MA TAU MAI ESTATE AND CHUN SEEN MEI CHUEN.
IN YUEN LONG, WATER SUPPLY TO A NUMBER OF PREMISES WILL BE TURNED OFF FOR SIX HOURS STARTING FROY 10 A.M. TO FACILITATE THE CONNECTION OF A WATER MAIN,
AFFECTED WILL BE ALL PREMISES IN TAI TONG ROAD EETMEN KWONG MING SCHOOL AND WAI HAR SCHOOL AND THE SECOND DISTRICT OF TAI KI LING VILLAGE.
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