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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1982
APART FROM CHOI YUEN ESTATE, BEING BUILT AS PART OF FANLING/ SHEK WỤ HUI AND WHICH IS TO OPEN SOON, THREE OTHER ESTATES, INCLUDING A HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME, ARE SOON TO BE BUILT IN NORTH DISTRICT. ALTOGETHER THEY WILL ACCOMMODATE 83 000 PEOPLE AND WILL BE LINKED TO KOWLOON BY A FAST ELECTRIC TRAIN SERVICE IN THE SUMMER OF 1983.
THERE ARE 15 PRIMARY AND SIX SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT. TWO PRIMARY AND TWO SECONDARY SCHOOLS ARE NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
A TOTAL OF 33 HECTARES OF LAND HAS BEEN RESERVED FOR DISTRICT OPEN SPACE AND MAJOR RECREATIONAL PROJECTS INCLUDE THE NEWLY COMPLETED SQUASH COURTS IN FANLING, A CULTURAL COMPLEX, A SPORTS COMPLEX, A SWIMMING POOL, AN INDOOR GAMES HALL AND A TOWN PARK.
THE NEW TOWN, WHEN COMPLETED, WILL PROVIDE HOUSING FOR 172 000 PEOPLE.
FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH :
+1 AM VERY HAPPY TO BE WITH YOU TO-DAY TO CELEBRATE THE GOLDEN JUBILEE OF THE FUNG KAI PUBLIC SCHOOL.
+ IF CHAIRMAN LUI HAD NOT DRAWN OUR ATTENTION TO THE HUMBLE ORIGINS OF THE SCHOOL AND THE HARDSHIPS IT FACED IN THE PAST. NO ONE WOULD HAVE GUESSED THEM, FOR SEE A FLOURISHING, CONFIDENT SCHOOL TO-DAY. SUSPICION AT THE SCHOOL'S FOUNDING, SHORTAGE OF MONEY, THE DISRUPTION AND DIFFICULTIES OF WAR, ALL THESE OBSTACLES WERE OVERCOME THROUGH THE LOYALTY OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND THE DEDICATION OF ITS LEADERS.
+NOW A DIFFERENT CHALLENGE FACES THE SCHOOL. ALL AROUND US THE NORTHERN NEW TERRITORIES IS BEING CHANGED BY DEVELOPMENT TO ACCOMMODATE HONG KONG'S GROWING POPULATION.
+THE FIRST PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE IN THIS DISTRICT WILL BE OPENING SHORTLY IN SHEK WU HUI, NEWCOMERS, MANY OF WHOM HAVE NO PREVIOUS CONNECTION WITH THE NEW TERRITORIES, WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THIS DISTRICT IN THEIR THOUSANDS.
+THE CHALLENGE IS TO MAKE THESE PEOPLE FEEL THAT THEY TOO BELONG TO FANLING OR SHEUNG SHUI, THAT THESE TOWNS ARE THEIR HOME AS WELL AS YOURS.
+WE MUST STRIVE TO ENSURE THAT THE NEW TOWN HAS A DISTRICT CHARACTER, AND PRESERVE THE BEST OF THE PAST WHILE BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE.
+A FINE, WELL-ESTABLISHED SCHOOL SUCH AS FUNG KAI CAN HELP A GREAT DEAL IN THIS EFFORT. BY CONSCIOUSLY MAINTAINING ITS TRADITIONS AND HIGH STANDARDS, AND COPING WITH THE CHANGES AS THEY COME.
+ THE LIU CLAN IS RIGHTLY PROUD OF FUNG KA! PUBLIC SCHOOL'S FIRST FIFTY YEARS. I AM SURE THAT THE SCHOOL WILL CONTINUE TO JUSTIFY THIS PRIDE IN THE YEARS TO COME.
+ FINALLY, I WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR+.
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