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Governor opens the West Island School
The English Schools Foundation has responded to the rapidly growing demand for international school places by setting up the West Island School, the Governor, the Rt Hon Christopher Patten, said today (Wednesday).
"We have a tremendous challenge ahead of us to meet the needs for this kind of school," Mr Patten said.
Speaking at the official opening ceremony of the school, Mr Patten said the extraordinary development of Hong Kong as one of the world's great centres for international business and services was bringing people and their children in the region from all over the world.
"Hong Kong families are returning from abroad and want their children to carry on in the education systems that they have started overseas," he added.
He noted that the West Island School had been operating in the old British Military Hospital on Borrett Road since September 1991.
Since then, all the teachers, parents and the English School Foundation administrators had been working together in setting up the new school building.
Note to Editors:
A photo taken at the ceremony will be boxed.
end/Wednesday, December 7, 1994