TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1992
THEY COULD ALSO PURSUE EXTENDED STUDIES WHICH COULD NOT BE FITTED INTO THEIR OWN SCHOOL-BASED PROGRAMMES.
MR LI SAID THE PROPOSED CENTRE WOULD RR NAMRD THE FUNG HON CHU GIFTED CHILDREN EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTRE AND WOULD BE HOUSED IN THE PRESENT PREMISES OF TSUEN WAN SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOL,
THE SCHOOL HAS BEEN REPROVISIONED IN SHEUNG SHUT AND THE PRESENT PREMISES WOULD BE VACATED BY THE SUMMER OF 1994.
CONVERSION WORKS COULD START AT THAT TIME AND I'T IS EXPECTED THAT THE CENTRE WOULD OPEN IN LATE 1994 OR KARLY 1995, BEFORE HONG KONG HOSTS THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GIPTEDNESS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 1995.
THE CENTRE WOULD HOUSE LECTURE ROOMS, A REFERENCE LIBRARY, A THEATRE, A SCIENCE LABORATORY, WORKSHOPS
OTHER ANCILLARY FACILITIES.
AND
THE TOTAL CUST OF CONVERSION, FURNITURK AND EQUIPMENT 18 ESTIMATED TO BE $6 MILLION. THE ANNUAL RECURRENT COST OF OPERATING THE RESOURCE CENTRE, ESTIMATRD TO RE $1.4 MILLION IN THE INITIAL YEARS, WILL BE MET BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
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MR FUNG SAID THE BALANCE OF THE $8 MILLION TRUST FUND COULD USED TO SUPPORT OTHER WORTHWHILE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, ΠΡΟΝ APPLICATION TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (DESIGNATE), MK DOMINIC S.W. WONG.
ALSO EXPRESSED HIS GRATITUDE TO MR FUNG.
HE COMMENTED THAT THIS WAS YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE CIVIC- MINDEDNESS AND GENEROSITY OF COMMUNITY LEADERS, WHO WERE NO KEEN TO ENSURE EVER IMPROVING EDUCATIONAL PROVISION FOR CHILDREN IN HONG KONG.
NEW DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION TAKES UP OFFICK
MR DOMINIC WONG SHING-WAH WILL TAKE UP THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) MR WONG SUCCEEDS MR WHO WELL RETIRE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
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MR WONG, AGED 50, JOINED THE CIVIE SERVICK IN 1962 AND WAS APPOINTED TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE IN 1973. НЕ ROSE TO RIS PRESENT RANK OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE A IN 1991. HR IS A JUSTICE OF THE PRACE.
/MR WONG