FRIDAY, DEC R 18, 1981
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NEW SECONDARY SCHOOL OPENS AT TSUEN WAN
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A GOVERNMENT-AITED SECONDARY SCHOOL, NAMED AFTER MADAM LEUNG SING-TAK, ONE TWO LADY MEMBERS OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK, WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED TODAY (FRIDAY) AT SHEK WAI KOK ESTATE, TSUEN WAN.
MADAM LEUNG HAS DONATED $500 000 TO THE SCHOOL, OF WHICH SHE IS THE SUPERVISOR.
THE SCHOOL IS THE FIRST TO BE OPERATED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS AND FORMER DIRECTORS OF POK 01 HOSPITAL LTD. MADAM LEUNG IS A FORMER DIRECTOR.
THE LEUNG SING TAK COLLEGE WAS FOUNDED IN SEPTEMBER 1979 USING PREMISES BORROWED FROM THE SHUN TAK FRATERNAL ASSOCIATION LEE SHAU KEE COLLEGE.
A YEAR LATER, IT MOVED TO THE 4 000 SQUARE-METRE SITE IT NOW OCCUPIES OVERLOOKING HILL TOP COUNTRY CLUB.
THE COST OF BUILDING THE SCHOOL WAS $7 MILLION.
AT PRESENT, THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 900 PLACES FOR FORM | TO FORM IV STUDENTS AND THIS NUMBER WILL BE EXPANDED TO 1 120 WHEN FORM V STUDENTS WILL BE ENROLLED IN THE NEXT ACADEMIC YEAR.
THERE ARE 28 CLASSROOMS, A HALL, FOUR LABORATORIES, TWO METAL AND WOOD WORK ROOMS, A HOME ÉCONOMICS ROOM, A LIBRARY, AND MUSIC AND ARTS ROOM.
THE WIFE OF THE SECRETARY FOR CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MRS JANE AKERS-JONES, PERFORMED THE OFFICIAL OPENING.
SHE SAID THE SCHOOL PROVIDED, APART FROM SCHOLASTIC EDUCATION, A GREAT CHOICE OF EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES WITH A NUMBER OF SOCIETIES FOR STUDENTS TO CULTIVATE AN INTEREST IN THE ARTS, SCIENCES, SPORTS, SCOUTS AND GIRL GUIDES ACTIVITIES, ALL OF WHICH PLAYED A VERY IMPORTANT PART IN BECOMING A WELL-BALANCED ADULT.
TSUEN WAN, WITH ITS TOWN HALL, ARTS COMMITTEE AND SPORTS GROUNDS AND HALLS AND WITH ITS OPPORTUNITIES FOR BALLET, FOLK DANCING, THEATRE AND SINGING, NEEDED THE STUDENTS* CONTINUING INTEREST AND PARTICIPATION EVEN AFTER THEY HAD LEFT SCHOOL, SHE SAID.
+ALL THESE THINGS WILL GIVE YOU FUN, A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY AND A SERVICE TO YOUR COMMUNITY AND A WAY OF MAKING FRIENDS WHICH WILL STAND YOU IN GOOD STEAD FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIVES.
+1 AM SURE THAT THIS SCHOOL WILL PLAY A GREAT PART IN FORMING THE PERSONALITIES OF THE CITIZENS OF THE FUTURE HONG KONG,+ MRS AKERS-JONES SAID,
THERE ARE AT PRESENT ABOUT 40 SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN TSUEN WAN WHERE 660 000 PEOPLE LIVE.
ALSO OFFICIATING AT TODAY'S OPENING WERE MADAM LEUNG SING-TAK- THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SCHOOL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, MR TAI TUNG-NGOK- AND THE PRINCIPAL, MR LAU CHOK-SHAN.
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