TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1979
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+TEACHERS OF NEEDLECRAFT AND HANDWORK, FOR WHOM THERE IS LESS DEMAND SHOULD NOW COME FORWARD FOR VACANCIES IN THE RECENTLY ESTABLISHED STUDENT GUIDANCE OFFICER SHCEME WHERE THERE ARE MORE THAN ENOUGH JOBS FOR THEM,+ MR. TOPLEY SAID.
+AND IF THEY ARE NOT SUITED TO THE STUDENT GUIDANCE OFFICER SCHEME, THESE TEACHERS CAN BE ASSURED THAT THEY WILL ALWAYS HAVE JOBS AS CIVIL SERVANTS,+ HE ADDED,
THE GOVERNMENT SCHOOL NON-GRADUATE TEACHERS' UNION WAS TOLD THAT OPTIONS FOR AFFECTED GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS WOULD REMAIN OPEN UNTIL AUGUST 31, 1980. THE UNION HAS HAD
A SERIES OF MEETINGS WITH THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION TO DISCUSS THE QUESTION, AND HAS BEEN ASSURED ON MANY OCCASIONS THAT WITH THE CONTINUED COOPERATION OF ALL CONCERNED THE PROBLEM OF SURPLUS GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS CAN BE RESOLVED IN A REASONABLE WAY.
10,000 TOP-QUALITY HOMES BEING BUILT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES
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THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, TODAY (TUESDAY) FORECAST A LARGE MOVEMENT OF MANAGEMENT AND PROFESSIONAL-LEVEL PEOPLE FROM THE URBAN AREAS TO NEW PRIVATE TOP-QUALITY HOUSING UNDER DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
HE SAID THAT 10,000 HIGH-GRADE HOUSING UNITS, RANGING FROM LUXURY APARTMENTS IN MEDIUM AND HIGH DENSITY BLOCKS TO DUPLEXES AND TOWN HOUSES, WOULD COME ON THE MARKET IN THE NEW TERRITORIES OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
THESE HOUSES HE POINTED OUT, WERE BEING BUILT TO MEET THE INCREASING DEMANDS FOR LUXURY AND HIGH-QUALITY HOUSING IN HONG KONG, AND TO MATCH THE GROWTH IN POPULATION IN THE SIX NEW TOWNS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
HE ASSURED THOSE CONTEMPLATING THE MOVE THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD BE PROVIDING SCHOOLS, BOTH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY, IN THE NEW AREAS - THE QUALITY
THE QUALITY OF WHICH WOULD BE EVERY BIT AS GOOD AS HONG KONG OR KOWLOON.
MR. AKERS-JONES TOLD A DINNER MEETING OF THE LIONS CLUB OF KOWLOON CENTRAL THAT WHILE THE MAIN THRUST OF THE GOVERNMENT'S DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEW TOWNS WAS ON PUBLIC HOUSING. THIS WAS BALANCED BY A WIDE RANGE OF PRIVATE HOUSING PROJECTS COVERING A SPECTRUM FROM HIGH-GRADE TOWN HOUSES IN THE HILLS OVERLOOKING SHA TIN AND TUEN MUN TO MEDIUM-SIZED FLATS IN ESTATES ALONG THE LINES OF MEI FOO SUN CHUEN.
+THERE WILL BE HOME OWNERSHIP FLATS AND APARTMENT BLOCKS WITH SWIMMING POOLS AND TENNIS COURTS SIMILAR TO THOSE AT WORLD WIDE GARDENS ON THE WAY TO SHA TIN, HE SAID..
/IN ADDITION,