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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1978
+HOWEVER, BY MID-MAY, URGED TO DO SO BY SOME PARENTS THE SPONSORING BODY MADE AN APPLICATION TO PE ALLOCATED ONE OF THE TWO NEW SCHOOLS TO BE OPENED IN WO CHE, BUT THERE APPEARED TO BE NO SUFFICIENTLY STRONG REASON TO ADVANCE THE PLANNED DATE OF THE OPENING OF ONE OF THE NEW SCHOOLS - SEPTEMBER 1979.
+ THE MAJORITY OF PARENTS APPEARED TO HAVE ACCEPTED THE PLACEMENT OF THEIR CHILDREN AND IT WAS NOT OBVIOUS THAT THE SPONSORING BODY THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH SHOULD BE THE SUBJECT OF IMMEDIATE SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS.
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+A PETITION WAS PRESENTED TO THE GOVERNOR ON THE OCCASION OF HIS VISIT TO SHA TIN IN LATE MAY BY A SMALL NUMBER OF PARENTS, BUT IT WAS NOT APPRECIATED HOW MUCH SUPPORT THEY HAD COME TO COMMAND UNTIL EARLY JULY WHEN THEY RESORTED TO DEMONSTRATIONS.
+RECOGNIS ING THE STRENGTH OF THE RESISTANCE TO THE EARLIER ARRANGEMENTS WHICH HAD NOW DEVELOPED AND THE SENTIMENT OF LOYALTY TO THE SCHOOL AND ITS STAFF WHICH WAS NOW BEING EXPRESSED, THE GOVERNMENT DECIDED TO OFFER TO THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH THE PREMISES WHICH COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE AHEAD OF THE SCHEDULED DATE.+
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