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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1981
NOTING THAT THE RAPID EXPANSION OF THE AIDED SECTOR WAS IN THE DIRECT LINE OF GOVERNMENT POLICY, MR HAYE WENT ON TO SAY THAT IT WAS ONLY RIGHT AND PROPER THAT THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG SHOULD BE HELPED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO HELP THEMSELVES.
+THIS HAS BEEN DESCRIBED BY SOME OF OUR CRITICS AS AN ABDICATION OF RESPONSIBILITY, BUT IT IS THE QUICKEST, MOST ECONOMICAL. AND EFFECTIVE MANNER IN WHICH WE CAN EXPAND SOCIAL SERVICES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE MOST PEOPLE.+
TRADE GROUP SEEKS TSUEN WAN SCHOOL SITE ****
THE TSUEN WAN TRADE ASSOCIATION WISHES TO OBTAIN A SITE TO BUILD A SECONDARY SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT, THE TOWN MANAGER, DR JAMES HAYES, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
+WE SHALL BE LOOKING INTO THE POSITION WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE TSUEN WAN PROJECT MANAGER TO SEE WHAT THE PROSPECTS ARE, HE SAID.
DR HAYES WAS SPEAKING AT THE 42ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASSOCIATION AND THE INAUGURATION OF ITS FIFTH TERM OFFICE-BEARERS.
HE ALSO PRAISED THE ASSOCIATION'S WORK ON BEHALF OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, TO WHICH IT HAD PROVIDED ALL KINDS OF SERVICES OVER THE PAST 40 YEARS, AND STRESSED THAT THE NEED FOR ITS ASSISTANCE TO HIS OFFICE AND THE TOWN WAS GREATER THAN EVER.
EARLIER, THE CHAIRMAN, MR CHOW KWAN-SHING, SPOKE OF THE ASSOCIATION'S A IMS.
THE ASSOCIATION, HE SAID, HAD OPERATED A FREE NIGHT SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT BETWEEN 1955 AND 1966, AND SINCE THEN IT HAD BEEN PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIPS TO NEEDY STUDENTS.
+WE WOULD THEREFORE LIKE TO CONTINUE OUR AIM OF PROMOTING EDUCATION, BUT WE HOPE WE CAN BE PROVIDED WITH SOME FINANCIAL AID AND A SITÉ FOR A SCHOOL PREMISES, HE SAID.
MR CHOW SAID IF THEY WERE ABLE TO SOLICIT ALL THE NECESSARY HELP, AND OBTAIN SUPPORT FROM THE AUTHORITIES, THE SCHOOL COULD BE READY IN THREE TO FOUR YEARS.
TWENTY-EIGHT EXECUTIVE MEMBERS, INCLUDING THE CHAIRMAN AND TWO VICE-CHAIRMEN, WERE SWORN IN FOR A TERM OF TWO YEARS.