TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1981
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NEW PRIMARY SCHOOL OPENED IN TUEN MUN
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SPECIAL SOLUTIONS HAVE HAD TO BE DEVISED FOR TUEN MUN WHERE THE PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE POPULATION IS 3.7 TIMES MORE THAN THE AVERAGE, THE SECRETARY FOR CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
MR AKERS-JONES WAS OFFICIALLY OPENING THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS TANG SHIU KIN PRIMARY SCHOOL AT ON TING ESTATE,
HE SAID IN THE SHORT TERM ADDITIONAL CLASSROOMS WOULD BE ADDED TO EXISTING PRIMARY SCHOOLS, AND IN THE LONG TERM MORE PRIMARY SCHOOLS WOULD BE BUILT IN NEW ESTATES.
+MORE PREMISES WILL HAVE TO BE SET ASIDE FOR KINDERGARTENS
AND NURSERIES,+ MR AKERS-JONES SAID.
+MORE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN WILL HAVE
TO BE PROVIDED IN NEW HOUSING ESTATES.+
THESE MATTERS WERE NOW BEING CLOSELY MONITORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.
+THE OPENING OF THIS PRIMARY SCHOOL IS THEREFORE MOST TIMELY, HE SAID.
+1 AM ALSO GLAD TO SEE A LONG-ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY ORGANISATION - THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS STRETCHING OUT TO TUEN MUN TO JOIN IN THE WORK OF BUILDING THIS GREAT NEW TOWN, MR AKERS-JONES SAID.
*WE ALSO HAVE TO THANK SIR SHIU KIN TANG ONCE MORE FOR HIS GENEROSITY TO THE PEOPLE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES AND IT IS HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT THAT WITHIN A FEW DAYS WE WILL OPEN A NEW SPORTS GROUND IN TUEN MUN AS A FURTHER RESULT OF THAT GENEROSITY.
SIR SHIU KIN AND LADY TANG WERE PRESENT AT THE CEREMONY. ALSO PRESENT WERE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS, MR LUI CHE-WOO, AND OTHER DIRECTORS OF THE BOARD.
THE NEW SCHOOL IS THE EIGHTH OPERATED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS AND THE SECOND IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. THERE ARE 48 CLASSES IN 24 CLASSROOMS ON A BI-SESSIONAL BASIS, PROVIDING A TOTAL OF 2 160 PRIMARY SCHOOL PLACES, IT ALSO HAS THREE SPECIAL ROOMS AND A SCHOOL HALL.
THE POPULATION OF TUEN MUN, AT PRESENT 130 000, IS EXPECTED
TO REACH 500 000 BY THE EARLY 1990S.
ON TING ESTATE NOW HAS 5 000 RESIDENTS. IT WILL HOUSE 30 000 PEOPLE WHEN FULLY OCCUPIED BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR.
THERE ARE 12 SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND 27 PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN TUEN MUN.
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