FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1981
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NE SCHOOL DID NOT RE-OPEN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR, AFTER THE OPERATER'S APPLICATION TO RUN MORE CLAUSES IN ANOTHER SCHOOL HE OWNED WAS APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION.
IN THE CASE OF THE OTHER SCHOOL, OFFICERS OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAVE TOLD THE SUPERVISOR AND THE PRINCIPAL TO KEEP THEIR 128 STUDENTS INFORMED OF THE IMPENDING CLEARANCE. THEY HAVE ALSO OFFERED TO PROVIDE THE DISPLACED STUDENTS WITH LISTS OF PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KOWLOON WHERE VACANCIES EXIST.
CHINESE-STYLE PAVILION OPENED AT BRIDE'S POOL
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SOME SEVEN MILLION PEOPLE VISITED THE COUNTRYSIDE LAST YEAR COMPARED WITH FIVE MILLION IN 1979, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY (NEW TERRITORIES), MR IAN MACPHERSON, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF A CHINESE-STYLE PAVILION AT BRIDE'S POOL, CLOSE TO TWO COUNTRY PARKS, PAT SIN LENG AND PLOVER COVE. TOGETHER THEY HAVE ATTRACTED NEARLY TWO MILLION VISITORS A YEAR WHICH IS MORE THAN A QUARTER OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VISITORS TO THE COUNTRYSIDE IN HONG KONG.
+THE SITE CHOSEN FOR THE PAVILION IS AUSPICIOUS, BEING SITUATED AT BRIDE'S POOL AND WATCHED OVER BY THE PAT SIN, MR MACPHERSON SAID.
+IN ENCOURAGING THE COMMUNITY TO TAKE PART IN RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES, IT IS GOVERNMENT'S OBJECTIVE TO INCREASE AND IMPROVE FACILITIES IN THE COUNTRY PARKS AS WELL AS TO PROTECT THE COUNTRYSIDE BY PREVENTING OR REDUCING FIRES AND LITTERING. +
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IN TERMS OF FACILITIES, THE COUNTRY PARKS AUTHORITY HAD PROVIDED, AND WOULD CONTINUE TO PROVIDE, MORE BARBECUE PITS, TABLE UNITS, BENCHES, PLAY APPARATUS FOR CHILDREN, LITTER BINS AND TOILETS, HE SAID.
IN KEEPING THE COUNTRYSIDE GREEN AND CLEAN, THERE HAD BEEN IMPROVEMENTS IN REFUSE COLLECTION, FIRE LOOK-OUT, FIRE FIGHTING AND GENERAL MANAGEMENT IN THE COUNTRYSIDE, THROUGH THE JOINT EFFORTS OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED.
+I CANNOT LET PASS THIS OPPORTUNITY OF COMMENTING ON THE NEED FOR A MUCH GREATER AWARENESS OF THE NEED TO KEEP OUR COUNTRYSIDE CLEAN AND FREE OF LITTER, + MR MACPHERSON SAID.
+IT IS SUCH A SHAME TO SEE THESE BEAUTIFUL AREAS COVERED IN RUBBISH, WHEN ONLY A SLIGHT EFFORT BY EACH VISITOR COULD AVOID THIS.+
THE COST OF $200 000 FOR THE PAVILION WAS DONATED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES LIONS CLUB, WHOSE PRESIDENT IS MR HO YUNG-SANG.
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