SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1979
$12 MILLION PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL FOR CHAT WAN
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WORK IS STARTING SOON ON A $12 MILLION PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL IN CHAI WAN CAPABLE OF ACCOMMODATING ABOUT 1,000 STUDENTS FROM FORM 1 TO V.
THE CO-EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL, TO BE KNOWN AS THE MARDEN FOUNDATION CARITAS PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL - CHAI WAN, WILL BE BUILT ON A 60,000 SQ. FT. SITE AT SAN HA STREET, DIRECTLY OPPOSITE THE PO LEUNG KUK C.F.A. NO. 1 PRIMARY SCHOOL.
THE CAPITAL COST IS BEING PARTIALLY FINANCED BY THE MARDEN FOUNDATION AND MR. KENNETH TOPLEY, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, WILL BE UNVEILING THE COMMEMORATIVE STONE OF THE NEW SCHOOL ÁT A BRIEF CEREMONY ON FRIDAY, MARCH 2.
THE MODERN DESIGN SCHOOL WILL HAVE THREE SEPARATE BLOCKS OF SIX TO SEVEN STOREYS LINKED TOGETHER TO PROVIDE 15 CLASSROOMS, NINE WORKSHOPS, EIGHT SPECIAL ROOMS, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES AND A LARGE COMMUNITY HALL.
AS IN THE OTHER TWO PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS IN TUEN MUN AND SHA TIN SPONSORED BY THE MARDEN FOUNDATION, THE PREMISES ARE DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED PEOPLE, AND THE SCHOOL FACILITIES ARE ALSO MADE AVAILABLE TO OTHER COMMUNITY SERVICES AFTER NORMAL SCHOOL HOURS.
THOUGH THE SCHOOL WILL NOT BE READY TILL 1980, IT WILL COMMENCE OPERATING THIS SEPTEMBER WITH BORROWED PREMISES AND FACILITIES AT THE CARITAS ST. FRANCIS PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL IN CAINE ROAD.
INITIALLY IT WILL HAVE SEVEN CLASSES TOTALLING ABOUT 280
STUDENTS.
THE SCHOOL HAS ALREADY ARRANGED INTERVIEWS EARLY THIS MONTH FOR ENROLMENT OF FORM 1 STUDENTS IN SEPTEMBER.
WHEN FULLY ESTABLISHED IN ITS NEW PREMISES IN CHAI WAN IT WILL OFFER A VARIETY OF TECHNICAL, COMMERCIAL AND PRODUCTION SUBJECTS SUCH AS ENGINEERING METALWORK, ELECTRICAL STUDIES, TECHNICAL DRAWING, PRINTING AND BOOK-BINDING, CLOTHING AND RELATED TEXTILES, TYPING, OFFICE PRACTICE, BOOK-KEEPING AND RETAILING.
THERE ARE ALREADY 11 PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS WITH A TOTAL OF 7,500 STUDENTS. TWO ARE ON HONG KONG ISLAND, FIVE IN KOWLOON AND ONE EACH AT KWAI CHUNG, TSUEN WAN, TUEN MUN AND CHEUNG CHAU ISLAND.
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