FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1982
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ADDITIONAL RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AT OCEAN PARK
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THE GOVERNMENT HAS APPROVED PROPOSALS OF OCEAN PARK LIMITED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY.
ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE AIM WAS TO HELP THE PARK TO REMAIN FINANCIALLY VIABLE WHILE GREATLY EXPANDING AND IMPROVING THE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.
IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE, HE SAID, THE EXISTING CONDITIONS OF GRANT HAD NOW BEEN MODIFIED TO PERMIT SOME COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE PARK AND THE GOVERNMENT HAD ALSO APPROVED A PRIVATE TREATY GRANT OF AN EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING OCEAN PARK SITE AT NIL PREMIUM.
HOWEVER, HE STRESSED THAT ALTHOUGH THESE FACILITIES INCLUDED AMUSEMENTS AND SHOWS IT WAS NOT THE INTENTION TO TURN THE AREA INTO A FULL-SCALE AMUSEMENT PARK BUT TO KEEP IT ESSENTIALLY A PUBLIC AMENITY.
THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB HAS AGREED TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THE WHOLE PROJECT INCLUDING THE BUILDING ON THE EXTENSION AREA OF A SECOND ENTRANCE TO THE PARK WITH ACCESS ROAD AND A CRAFT VILLAGE OF ABOUT 40 SHOPS WHICH OCEAN PARK WILL LET BY COMPETITIVE TENDER.
SCHOOL UPHOLDS TRADITION AND MEETS TODAY'S NEEDS
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SACRED HEART CANOSSIAN COLLEGE MAY HAVE MOVED TO NEW AND MODERN PREMISES BUT STUDENTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE TAUGHT TO RESPECT TRADITIONAL VALUES, MR COLVYN HAYE, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE SCHOOL'S NEW PREMISES IN POKFULAM AND ANNUAL SPEECH DAY, MR HAYE SAID STUDENTS WERE TAUGHT TO RESPECT THEIR FAMILIES, THEIR TEACHERS, THEIR SCHOOL AND SOCIETY,
+TRADITION IS HARD EARNED AND THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR EXPERIENCE. THERE IS MUCH TO LEARN FROM THE HISTORY OF THIS SCHOOL AND FROM THE EXAMPLE OF THOSE WHO ESTABLISHED IT, HE SAID.
SACRED HEART CANOSSIAN COLLEGE WAS FOUNDED IN 1860 WITH ONLY
40 GIRLS. THE SCHOOL NOW HAS OVER 1 300 STUDENTS.
+THE SCHOOL IS OVER 100 YEARS OLD, AND THIS IS VERY SPECIAL BECAUSE WE ARE A COMPARATIVELY YOUNG SOCIETY AND 100 YEARS COVER THE BEST PART OF OUR HISTORY.
+ IT HAS GROWN WITH HONG KONG AND HAS PROVED THAT IT CAN ADAPT TO ADVANCES AND TO CHANGE, AND HAS UPDATED ITS TEACHING METHODS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF A CHANGING SOCIETY AND THE DEMANDS OF STUDENTS,+ MR HAYE SAID.
NEW SCHOOLS LOOK TO OLDER SCHOOLS FOR INSPIRATION AND GUIDANCE, AND IN THIS RESPECT SACRED HEART CANOSSIAN COLLEGE IS A SHINING EXAMPLE FOR ANY NEW SCHOOLS NOW AND IN FUTURE, HE ADDED.
LR