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SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1984
NEW PRIVATE SCHOOL COMMENDED
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THE HONG LOK YUEN SCHOOL IN TAI PO IS A FINE EXAMPLE OF HOW LOCAL RESIDENTS CAN SUCCEED IN PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES AND AT THE SAME TIME ENRICH THEIR OWN COMMUNITY THROUGH SELF- HELP AND CO-OPERATION.
THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR NEW TERRITORIES, MR IAN MACPHERSON, SAID THIS TODAY (SATURDAY) WHEN HE DECLARED THE SCHOOL OPEN.
THE IDEA OF ESTABLISHING A SCHOOL IN THE ESTATE WAS FIRST DEVELOPED BY ENTHUSIASTIC PARENTS AND RESIDENTS IN MID-1981,
+WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TWO YEARS, THE IDEA HAD BEEN TURNED INTO REALITY, HE SAID.
IT IS A PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL PRIMARY SCHOOL JOINTLY MANAGED BY A NON-PROFIT-MAKING ORGANISATION AND THE ESTATE DEVELOPERS. ENROLMENT IS OPEN TO BOTH RESIDENTS AND NON-RESIDENTS OF HONG LOK YUEN.
THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM INCORPORATES INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS. IT ALSO INCLUDES THE CHINESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE FOR PUPILS WHOSE PARENTS WISH THEM TO STUDY THESE SUBJECTS.
MR MACPHERSON NOTED THAT THE PROBLEM OF COMMUNITY BUILDING TOOK ON A NEW DIMENSION IN TAI PO NEW TOWN WHERE A SIZABLE PROPORTION OF THE RESIDENTS ARE EXPATRIATES.
+THE PROCESS OF SOCIAL INTEGRATION BETWEEN RESIDENTS OF DIFFERENT CULTURES AND RACES IS OFTEN NOT AN EASY ONE, BUT I AM VERY PLEASED TO SEE THAT THE RESIDENTS HERE HAVE TAKEN THE LEAD TO ORGANISE THEMSELVES IN ESTABLISHING THIS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, + HE ADDED.
FESTIVE CELEBRATIONS IN TA PO TO BEGIN TOMORROW
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THE ANNUAL TAI PO FESTIVE CELEBRATION PROGRAMME WILL BEGIN TOMORROW (SUNDAY) EVENING WITH A VARIETY PERFORMANCE OF LION AND UNICORN DANCES, ORIENTAL DANCES, FOLK SONGS SINGING AND A CHINESE ORCHESTRA,
THE VARIETY SHOW, TO BE STAGED AT THE TAI PO PLAYGROUND, WILL START AT 8 PM AND TIE IN WITH THE OPENING OF A LUNAR NEW YEAR FAIR THERE.
FROM TOMORROW UNTIL FEBRUARY 19, MORE THAN 20 CULTURAL RECREATIONAL AND SPORTING EVENTS WILL BE STAGED IN THE DISTRICT.
ON FEBRUARY 4 (SATURDAY), A DISCO NIGHT WILL BE HELD AT THE TAI PO COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR MORE THAN 1 000 YOUNG PEOPLE.
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