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SUNDAY, MAY 20, 1984
FIRST CENTRAL PRIMARY SCHOOL IN SAI KUNG
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ABOUT 200 STUDENTS OF EIGHT RURAL PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN SAI KUNG WILL BE ABLE TO RECEIVE PROPER SCHOOLING IN A BETTER-EQUIPPED BUILDING THIS SEPTEMBER.
THE SAI KUNG CENTRAL PRIMARY SCHOOL - THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN HONG KONG - IS IN HO CHUNG NEAR THE HIRAM'S HIGHWAY.
IT IS A GOVERNMENT-SUBSIDISED UNI-SESSIONAL SCHOOL WITH ABOUT 500 PLACES FOR BOTH STUDENTS OF THE EIGHT RURAL PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND CHILDREN IN THE DISTRICT.
THE SCHOOL WITH AN AREA OF 3 900 SQUARE METRES HAS 12 STANDARD CLASSROOMS, A TEACHERS' ROOM, A MUSIC ROOM, AN ARTS AND CRAFTS ROOM, A BASKETBALL COURT, A LIBRARY, A PLAYGROUND AND A SCHOOL HALL.
THE IDEA OF COMBINING SUB-STANDARD RURAL PRIMARY SCHOOLS INTO A CENTRAL ONE WAS RECOMMENDED IN THE EDUCATION WHITE PAPER PUBLISHED A FEW YEARS AGO. IT AIMED AT IMPROVING THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT OF VILLAGE CHILDREN AND RAISING THEIR EDUCATIONAL STANDARD.
CONSTRUCTION COST OF THIS PRIMARY SCHOOL IS WHOLLY FINANCED BY THE GOVERNMENT.
WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE LOCAL DISTRICT OFFICE, A MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE HAS BEEN FORMED TO RUN THE CENTRAL SCHOOL.
THE COMMITTEE COMPRISES THE CHAIRMAN AND VICE-CHAIRMEN OF THE SAI KUNG RURAL COMMITTEE AND SUPERVISORS OF THE EIGHT RURAL PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
PARENTS WHO WISH TO HAVE THEIR CHILDREN ENROLLED CAN OBTAIN APPLICATION FORMS FROM THE SAI KUNG RURAL COMMITTEE OFFICE AT 1, PO TUNG ROAD IN SAI KUNG.
THE EIGHT RURAL PRIMARY SCHOOLS ARE CHIK SIN SCHOOL IN HO CHUNG, KAU SAI SCHOOL IN PAK SHA WAN, LIM CHUEN SCHOOL IN KAI HAM, LOK YUK SCHOOL IN WO MEI, MAN SENG SCHOOL IN PAK KONG, NAM CHEUNG SCHOOL IN NAM WAI, SZE WO SCHOOL IN CHI KING TUK AND HONG YING SCHOOL IN TAI NAM W00.
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