THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1934
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CERTIFICATES FOR TAI TAM GIRLS
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FIVE YOUNG WOMEN WHO PASSED VARIOUS EXTERNAL EXAMINATIONS WHILE RECEIVING TRAINING AT TAI TAM GAP CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION WERE AWARDED THEIR CERTIFICATES TODAY.
THEY RECEIVED THE CERTIFICATES FROM THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, DR ROBERT ANDRY, AT A CEREMONY HELD AT PHOENIX HOUSE, A HALF-WAY HOUSE OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE FIVE HAD TAKEN LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EXAMINATIONS IN ELEMENTARY BOOKKEEPING AND TYPEWRITING AND PITMAN INTERMEDIATE TYPEWRITING AND ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE EXAMINATIONS LAST NOVEMBER AND FEBRUARY.
ONE OF THEM HAS ALREADY BEEN DISCHARGED, THREE ARE RESIDENTS OF THE HALF-WAY HOUSE, AND ONE IS STILL UNDERGOING TRAINING AT TAI TAM GAP CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION.
PRIMARY SCHOOL NO. 7 FOR TUEN MUN ESTATES
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WORK IS TO START NEXT WEEK BUILDING A SEVENTH PRIMARY SCHOOL AT ON TING AND YAU OF ESTATES, TUEN MUN.
THE ONE-YEAR CONTRACT, VALUED AT $5.9 MILLION, WAS AWARDED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO HUNG YUE AND COMPANY.
THE SIX-STOREY SCHOOL WILL BE BUILT ON A 0.39-HECTARE SITE ON RECLAIMED LAND IN THE VICINITY OF YAU OI ESTATE AND THE TEMPORARY HOVERFERRY PIER.
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IT WILL HAVE 24 CLASSROOMS AND AN ASSEMBLY HALL.
THERE WILL ALSO BE A COVERED PLAY AREA AND AN EXTERNAL PLAY
AREA WITH BASKETBALL AND VOLLEY BALL COURTS.
THERE ARE 33 PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN TUEN MUN NEW TOWN WHERE 190 000 PEOPLE AT PRESENT LIVE.
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