MONDAY, APRIL 25, 1983
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NEW PRIMARY SCHOOL OPENS IN SHA TIN
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A NEW PRIMARY SCHOOL WAS OPENED IN SHA TIN THIS (MONDAY) MORNING, PROVIDING A FURTHER 2 000 SCHOOL PLACES FOR THE NEW TOWN.
THE LOK SIN TONG CHAN CHO CHAK SCHOOL, LOCATED IN JAT MIN CHUEN, HAS AN AREA OF 10 000 SQUARE METRES WITH 24 CLASSROOMS, SEVERAL MULTI-PURPOSE LECTURE ROOMS, A LIBRARY, AN INDOOR STADIUM, BASKETBALL COURTS AND A SCHOOL HALL,
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR IAN MACPHERSON, SAID THE SCHOOL WOULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL MUCH-NEEDED SCHOOL PLACES FOR THE FAST GROWING NEW TOWN.
HE THANKED THE LOK SIN TONG'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN PLANNING AND BUILDING THE SCHOOL.
+YOUR TONG HAS MORE THAN 100 YEARS OF HISTORY AND IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHARITY ASSOCIATIONS IN HONG KONG, PROVIDING A FULL RANGE OF ACTIVITIES BOTH IN THE URBAN AREA AND THE NEW TERRITORIES,
+YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO EDUCATION, MEDICAL, SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND OTHER SERVICES HAVE BEEN WIDELY RECOGNISED AND HAVE BEEN INVALUABLE TO THE COMMUNITY, HE SAID.
HE ALSO PAID SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO MR CHAN CHO CHAK FOR HIS $300 000 DONATIONS TOWARDS THE SCHOOL'S FOUNDATION FUND.
STUDENTS FROM THE SCHOOL HAD BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN THE DISTRICT'S ACTIVITIES, HAVING WON TWO FIRST PRIZES AND A NUMBER OF HONOURS IN THE RECENT SHA TIN HOME SAFETY CAMPAIGN SLOGAN DESIGN AND ESSAY WRITING CONTESTS.
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