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THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1990
COVERNOR TOURS SHA TIN SCHOOLS
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON VISITED TWO SCHOOLS IN SHA TIN, ONE A
PREVOCATIONAL
OTHER AN AIDED SECONDARY SCHOOL WITH SPECIAL FACILITIES PHYSICAL EDUCATION.
AND SCHOOL FOR
THE ART AND
ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR DAVID FIRST VISITED THE TUNG WAH PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL.
OF
MR EDUCATION,
GROUP OF
HOSPITALS
Y.T. YOW
LI,
KAM
SIR YUEN
HE TOURED THE SCHOOL PREMISES AND OBSERVED CLASSES ELECTRICAL, PRACTICE AND RETAILING WORKSHOPS.
IN
PRINTING,
LIGHT
METALWORK
AND FINISHING,
IN SESSION OFFICE
WAS PLEASED TO SEE THAT PREVOCATIONAL
FORM OF
EDUCATION TO SECONDARY
SCHOOLS, SECONDARY TECHNICAL
AIMED
THAT AT
SAID HE SIR DAVID SCHOOLS OFFER AN ALTERNATIVE PROVIDED IN GRAMMAR STUDENTS WHO ARE MORE INCLINED TOWARDS PRACTICAL STUDIES.
NOTED HE
AND
THAT ALL,
OFFERED DEVELOPMENT
PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS ALREADY
MAJOR NEXT COURSES UP TO SENIOR SECONDARY LEVEL AND THE WOULD BE THE OPENING OF SIXTH-FORM CLASSES IN 1992.
ATTRACTIVE BY "THIS WILL MAKE PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS EVEN MORE
TO PURSUE THEIR EDUCATION IN PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS VOCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL FIELDS, HE SAID.
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HE ALSO NOTED THAT SEVEN MORE PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS BUILT OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
WOULD
BE
THE GOVERNOR THEN VISITED THE JOCKEY CLUB TI-I COLLEGE, SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN WITH TALENT AND POTENTIAL IN THE ARTS AND IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT.
A NEW VISUAL
OF 11 SECONDARY 1 TO 4
OPENED LAST SEPTEMBER WITH A TOTAL CLASSES, THE SCHOOL WILL REACH FULL DEVELOPMENT SECONDARY 1 TO 7 CLASSES.
IN 1993-94 WITH
ART WORK AND SIR DAVID SAW AN EXHIBITION OF STUDENT GYMNASIUM, PHYSICAL FITNESS AND SCULPTURE CLASSES IN SESSION.
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WATCHED
BY A GENEROUS
"THESE EXCELLENT FACILITIES WERE MADE POSSIBLE DONATION OF $70 MILLION FROM THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
"THIS IS A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR CAN
GRAMMAR SCHOOL EDUCATION," TO ADD DIVERSITY TO OUR TRADITIONAL DAVID SAID BEFORE ENDING HIS VISIT.
DO
SIR
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