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IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE FINANCED BY TSUEN WAN DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD AND MANNED BY STAFF OF THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE. IT WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM DAILY AND ALL FACILITIES WILL BE PROVIDED FREE.
A TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THE OPENING OF THE NEW CENTRE, TOGETHER WITH THE SEVEN POSSIBLE RECREATIONAL SITES RECENTLY IDENTIFIED IN THE AREA, SHOWED THAT EVERY EFFORT WAS BEING MADE TO MEET RECREATIONAL NEEDS.
HE SAID AFTER CLOSURE OF THE TEMPORARY CENTRE, SPORTING FACILITIES ORGANISED BY STAFF OF THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE WOULD BE AVAILABLE AT A SCHOOL IN TSUEN WAN FROM 5.30 PM - 9 PM ON WEEKDAYS AND FROM 9 AM 9 PM ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.
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HE AGREED THAT CLOSURE OF THE CENTRE WOULD RESULT IN SOME INCONVENIENCE TO USERS, BUT ADDED: +WE WILL CARRY ON UNTIL THE NEW CENTRE IS READY, EVEN THOUGH WE MIGHT HAVE TO OPERATE AT A
EDUCED SCALE.+
THE CHAI WAN KOK TEMPORARY SPORTS CENTRE CAME INTO USE TWO ARS AGO, OCCUPYING TWO FLOORS OF A VACATED GODOWN ON THE
RONT. IT HAS PROVIDED SPORTING ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS, ERS AND PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE IN THE AREA.
DURING ITS FIRST YEAR, MORE THAN 72 000 PEOPLE FROM OVER TRGANISATIONS USED THE CENTRE- THE NUMBERS HAVE NEARLY DOUBLED
CURRENT YEAR.
THE SITE WILL BE HANDED BACK TO THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT EARLY
"ONTH FOR CONVERSION TO A FACTORY.
A FAREWELL PARTY AND SPORTING DAY WILL BE HELD AT THE CENTRE ON MARCH 29.
EXPANSION PLAN FOR PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS
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THE GOVERNMENT PLANS TO ALLOCATE $6.5 MILLION IN THE NEXT FINANCIAL YEAR TO DEVELOP PREVOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS, RS LOUISE MOK, DEPUTY CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS SAID TODAY' (THURSDAY).
THE AMOUNT WILL BE SPENT TO MEET EQUIPMENT AND CONVERSION CHARGES ON TWO NEW SUBJECTS, ENGINEERING SCIENCE, AND ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICITY, AT FORM IV LEVEL IN PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS, SHE ADDED.
SHE WAS SPEAKING ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF PREVOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN THE '80S AT THE HONG KONG PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS JOINT ATHLETIC CARNIVAL HELD AT THE GOVERNMENT STADIUM.
PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS WILL START FORM IV CLASSES THIS SEPTEMBER, AND 3 MILLION HAD BEEN EARMARKED TO IMPROVE THE STAFFING RATIO AND RECRUIT GRADUATE TEACHERS, MRS YOK SAID,
STUDENTS FROM THESE SCHOOLS WILL ENTER THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MAY 1993.
/FRITS AMS TEATR