THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1979
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SOCIAL STUDIES WORKSHOPS
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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS ARRANGED FOR PROF. ANGUS M. GUNN OF THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA, TO CONDUCT TWO WORKSHOPS ON SOCIAL STUDIES ON JULY 16 AND 17.
SECONDARY SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS INTERESTED IN ATTENDING THE WORKSHOPS SHOULD APPLY THROUGH THEIR PRINCIPALS.
APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE SENT TO THE PRINCIPAL INSPECTOR (SOCIAL
STUDIES), EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, NOT LATER THAN JUNE 20.
+APPLICATIONS WILL BE ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS, + A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
SQUASH COURT COMPLEX IN YUEN LONG
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THE FIRST SQUASH COURT COMPLEX IN YUÊN LONG IS DUE TO BE COMPLETED LATER THIS YEAR TO MEET THE DEMAND FOR SPORTS FACILITIES
IN THE NEW TOWN.
THE FOUR-COURT COMPLEX, COSTING MORE THAN $1 MILLION, IS BEING BUILT WITH FUNDS DONATED BY SIR SHIU-KIN TANG.
AT A CEREMONY HELD THIS (THURSDAY) MORNING, THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, LAID THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE PROJECT WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION IN OCTOBER.
ADDRESSING THE GATHERING, SIR SHIU-KIN SAID HE HAD DONATED THE COURTS IN HONOUR OF SIR DENYS ROBERTS TO MARK HIS MANY YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE GOVERNMENT AND HIS CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.
HE NOTED THAT SQUASH IS AT PRESENT A POPULAR SPORT IN HONG KONG. +THERE ARE NOW Six SQUASH COURTS IN HONG KONG AND KOWLOON AND TWO IN TSUEN WAN,+ SIR SHIU-KIN SAID.
+THIS COMPLEX WHEN COMPLETED WILL NO DOUBT PROVIDE A HEALTHY OUTLET FOR LOCAL PEOPLE DURING THE IR SPARE TIME.
THE COMPLEX, SIMILAR IN DESIGN TO THE KOWLOON TSAI SQUASH COURT, IS ON A 430-SQUARE-METRE SITE IN ON LING ROAD.
THE COURTS WILL BE HOUSED IN TWO SEPARATE BLOCKS LINKED BY A STAIRCASE WITH CHANGING AND TOILET FACILITIES.
EACH COURT WILL HAVE A PUBLIC GALLERY WITH ACCOMMODATION FOR ABOUT 50 SPECTATORS,
UPON COMPLETION THEY WILL BE HANDED OVER TO THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES FOR MANAGEMENT.
IN THE LIGHT OF THE RAPIDLY INCREASING POPULARITY OF THE GAME ABOUT SIX SQUASH COURTS ARE PLANNED FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS.