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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1987
A MARKET "DURING THE PAST 10 YEARS, TUEN MUN HAS CHANGED FROM
A NEW TOWN OF 300,000 WITH NUMEROUS CENTRE OF 30,000 PEOPLE TO
HOUSING, SCHOOLS, MEDICAL AND FACILITIES SUCH AS PUBLIC TRANSPORT, SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES, HE SAID.
H
THE
DISTRICT
"TO COMPLEMent all thesE, AN INTEGRAL COMMUNITY ALSO REQUIRES
AND INTERACTION AMONG
DISTRICT BOARD, CO-OPERATION ORGANISATIONS AND RURAL ASSOCIATIONS TO BUILD A HARMONISED AND COMMUNITY."
MR NG THOUGHT THAT
THE
OF LAUNCHING COULD HELP TO ACHIEVE THE ABOVE AIMS.
UNITED
THE BIENNIAL
FESTIVAL
DRAMA FESTIVAL EVENTS RANGE FROM EXHIBITIONS, SINGING CONTEST,
PUPPET SHOWS, TO COMPETITION, CANTONESE OPERA PERFORMANCE, MIME AND
ALL HRLD IN DIFFERENT VENUES. RUNNING GYMNASTIC TEAMS WILL BE ANOther ATTRACTION.
AND SOCCER COMPETITIONS,
RESIDENTS WAS
MEANWHILE, A TOTAL OF $240,000 DONATED BY LOCAL RAISED BY THE FESTIVAL ORGANISING COMMITTER FOR THE COMMUNITY CHEST.
BRIEFING FOR NT DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS
A TOTAL OF 60 DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS ATTENDED A BRIEFING ON BDUCATIONAL
IN THE NEW TERRITORIES MATTERS GIVEN BY THE BDUCATION (MONDAY) MORNING AT THE OLD LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT THIS
COUNCIL CHAMBER IN THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, LOWER ALBERT ROAD.
THE BRIEFING BEGAN WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR
OF EDUCATION, MR DAVID LAN.
OF
THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A TALK GIVEN BY THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR EDUCATION (BUILDING AND SYSTEM), MR 8. H. HSU, ON THE SCHOOL BUILDING ADDITIONAL TEACHING SPACE PROGRAMME AND CONVERSION WORKS TO PROVIDE IN SCHOOLS.
STUDENTS AND
BY THE
THE BRIEFING ALSO INCLUDED TALKS ON EXPULSION OF FLOATING CLASSES BY THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (SCHOOLS),
S. W. WONG,
THE PROVISION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (SERVICES), MR LUCAS CHAN.
MR
IT ENDED WITH A
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SESSION CHAIRED DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR Y. T. LI.
BY
THE
A SIMILAR BRIEFING WILL BE GIVEN TO DISTRICT BOARD THE HONG KONG AND KOWLOON REGION EARLY NEXT MONTH.
MEMBERS
IN
THE BRIEFINGS
ENABLE THE
DIRECTORATE
OF
DEPARTMENT TO ESTABLISH A DIRECT DIALOGUE WITH DISTRICT BOARD ON MATTERS OF MUTUAL CONCERN.
THE EDUCATION MEMBERS
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