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Friday, December 14, 1973

MANY SCHOOLS TO BE BUILT IN SHA TIN

The Sha Tin Government Secondary School is one of the forerunners

of many schools to be built in the township of Sha Tin, according to Mr.

P.C. Woo, Senior Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council and Chairman

of the Board of Education.

"This fine new secondary school will meet a need that is already

being felt in the district," he said when he officially opened the school

today.

"Its existence now makes it possible for a larger number of young

people of the area to complete their secondary education, as it were 'at

home', thus avoiding the tiresome journeys to and from Kowloon or Hong Kong

Ialand."

The school, built by the government at a cost of $5.5 million,

should also serve the valuable purpose of bringing together the young people

of the area to share in their studies and other school activities, thus

helping to cement those ties which will be required if Sha Tin was to develop

and maintain a healthy community spirit.

Mr. Woo said the pace and extent of new developments in Sha Tin

was going to accelerate greatly.

"In the very near future we are going to see here in this valley

a staggering growth in the population and the establishment of an imposing

township in which it is planned to provide its residents with all these

amenities and services normally associated with such a development.

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