THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1980
GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS ALONE WERE INADEQUATE AND SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY WAS NECESSARY. IT WAS IN THE BUDDHIST SPIRIT OF SERVING THE COMMUNITY THAT THE HONG KONG BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION FOUNDED THEIR SUM HEUNG LAM MEMORIAL SCHOOL.
+THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT STUDENTS IN TUEN MUN WILL BENEFIT FROM BEING ABLE TO STUDY IN SUCH A WELL-EQUIPPED SCHOOL REINFORCED BY THE MORAL TEACHINGS OF THE BUDDHIST RELIGION,
+1 AM EVEN MORE HEARTENED TO SEE THAT THE HONG KONG BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION HAS DECIDED TO PROVIDE SUCH A USEFUL SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF TUEN MUN SO EARLY IN THE NEW TOWN'S DEVELOPMENT WHEN THE NEED FOR ALL KINDS OF SOCIAL SERVICES IS MOST PRESSING.+
MR SWEETMAN SAID THE BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION HAD A LONG HISTORY OF PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY IN HONG KONG AND IT ALREADY HAD OVER 25 000 SECONDARY, PRIMARY AND KINDERGARTEN PLACES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.
+WITH THE OPENING OF THIS SCHOOL TODAY THE ASSOCIATION CAN PROUDLY ADD ANOTHER 1 300 PLACES TO THE LIST, HE SAID.
+THE ESTABLISHMENT OF YOUR SCHOOL WILL BE A MILESTONE IN THE FIELD OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN TUEN MUN BECAUSE GOVERNMENT'S EXISTING POLICY IS TO CO-ORDINATE EFFORTS FROM ALL SECTORS TOWARDS ACHIEVING THIS GOAL, HE SAID.
+! TRUST THAT YOUR SCHOOL WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND ASSOCIATIONS AND ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN OUR PROGRAMME OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN TUEN MUN,+
MR SWEETMAN EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION OF MADAM SUM HEUNG-LAM AND HER SONS, SUM TUNG-FUK AND SUM TUNG-HANG, FOR THEIR +GENEROUS DONATION+ TOWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SCHOOL, NAMED AFTER THE LATE MR SUM HEUNG-LAM, A WELL-KNOWN PHILANTHROPIST.
THE SUM HEUNG LAM MEMORIAL SCHOOL IS THE SEVENTH SECONDARY SCHOOL RUN BY THE HONG KONG BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION.
IT WAS FOUNDED IN SEPTEMBER, 1978, IN TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION PROVIDED BY THE BUDDHIST LAU TIN SANG PRIMARY SCHOOL, MOVING TO THE PRESENT SITE LAST SEPTEMBER.
THE SCHOOL HAS 16 CLASSROOMS FOR ABOUT 650 STUDENTS AT PRESENT, BUT THE NUMBER WILL BE INCREASED TO 30 CLASSES BY 1984,
THE GOVERNMENT PAID FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SCHOOL WHICH IS HOUSED IN FIVE STOREYS.
IT WILL BECOME FULLY SUBSIDISED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN 1982.
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