SUNDAY, MAY 5, 1991
SUPERVISORS OR HEADS OF SCHOOL MAY APPOINT SUPPLY TEACHERS A MONTH-TO-MONTH BASIS TO REPLACE THE TEACHERS UNDERGOING TRAINING.
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APPLICATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE EDUCATION
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AT LEE GARDENS, HYSAN AVENUE, CAUSEWAY BAY AND ITS SUB-OFFICÉ AT KOWLOON GOVERNMENT OFFICES, OR FROM THE SIR ROBERT BLACK COLLEGE OF EDUCATION.
THE CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATION IS JUNE 7
AT PRESENT, OVER 250 TEACHERS ARE UNDERGOING THE COURSE.
A TSIM SHA TSUI LANDMARK TO BE RESTORED
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A 90-YEAR-OLD BUILDING IN TSIM SHA TSUI WILL HAVE A FACELIFT AND ACCOMMODATE THE OFFICE OF THE ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS OFFICE OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE BRANCH.
THE RESTORATION WORK WILL SOON BE CARRIED OUT BY THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WITH A PRICE-TAG OF $4.9 MILLION.
THE RED-BRICK BUILDING FACING THE KOWLOON PARK HAS LONG BEEN A LANDMARK IN NATHAN ROAD THE GOLDEN MILE OF HONG KONG.
BURIED AMONG SKYSCRAPERS IN THE AREA, IT WAS USED AS THE PREMISES OF THE TSIM SHA TSUI KAIFONG ASSOCIATION SINCE 1946.
THE BUILDING WAS ORIGINALLY USED AS A SCHOOL AND THE RESIDENT, CONSTRUCTION COSTS WERE MET BY A DONATION FROM A WELL-KNOWN SIR ROBERT HOTUNG.
THIS SMALL BRITISH SCHOOL WAS OPENED BY THE THEN ADMINISTRATOR OF THE TERRITORY, MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM GASCOIGN, IN 1902.
WITH 39 PUPILS AND THREE STAFF RIGHT AT THE START, THE SMALL SCHOOL HAD DEVELOPED INTO THE PRESENT KING GEORGE V SCHOOL AND KOWLOON JUNIOR SCHOOL.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID A AFTER THE RESTORATION WORK, THERE WOULD BE A CONSERVATION WORKSHOP,' LIBRARY AND AN OFFICE.
HE SAID THE OLD ASSEMBLY HALL WOULD BE CONVERTED INTO AN EXHIBITION HALL FOR AUDIO/VISUAL DISPLAYS ON ASPECTS OF CONSERVATION IN THE TERRITORY,
MEANWHILE, A TWO-STOREY EXTENSION TO THE BUILDING WILL BE DEMOLISHED. EXTENSIVE REPAIRS AND REFURBISHMENT WILL BE CARRIED
INSTALLED AND A NEW AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM WILL BE
REPLACE
WINDOW UNITS.
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