XN000022-1974-11-21 — Page 2

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1974.

COMMUNITY MUST SHARE EFFORT TO RAISE LIVING STANDARDS,

SAYS GOVERNOR ******

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, TODAY URGED NEW TERRITORIES RESIDENTS TO PLAY THEIR PART IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR DISTRICTS +AND NOT LEAVE EVERYTHING TO THE GOVERNMENT.+

+VERY OFTEN, HE SAID, LOCAL INVOLVEMENT IN COMMUNITY PROJECTS IS THE BEST WAY OF GETTING THINGS DONE.

SIR MURRAY WAS SPEAKING TO RURAL COMMITTEE LEADERS OF SAI KUNG DISTRICT DURING A VISIT TO THE RURAL COMMITTEE'S NEW PREMISES, AS PART OF A TOUR OF SAI KUNG PENINSULA. HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, AND THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR. CLIVE OXLEY.

THE GOVERNOR INDICATED THAT SAI KUNG, WHICH NOW HAS ONLY ONE SECONDARY SCHOOL, COULD LOOK FORWARD TO A SECOND ONE. THE RURAL COMMITTEE'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE PLANNING OF THE NEW SCHOOL, HE SAID, HAD ENCOURAGED THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION TO GIVE STRONG SUPPORT TO THE PROJECT.

SIR MURRAY ALSO TOURED SAI KUNG TOWN AND HAD A FIRST-HAND LOOK AT THE HIGH ISLAND WATER SCHEME REHOUSING BLOCK. HE EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION FOR THE CO-OPERATION OF THE VILLAGERS AFFECTED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT, AND SAID HE WAS SURE THEY REALISED THAT THE SCHEME WAS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

EARLIER, THE GOVERNOR ATTENDED THE GOLDEN JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS OF THE SUNG TSUN MIDDLE SCHOOL WHERE HE EMPHASISED THE GOVERNMENT'S DETERMINATION TO PROVIDE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE THREE YEARS OF SUBSIDISED SECONDARY EDUCATION FOR ALL CHILDREN IN HONG KONG.

THE EFFORT, HE SAID, WOULD BE VERY GREAT, INVOLVING NEW CURRICULA, NEW ORGANISATION OF SCHOOL TIME, MANY MORE TEACHERS, NEW PRESSURE ON SCHOOL BOARDS AND HEADMASTERS, +BUT IT IS AN OBJECTIVE WHICH IS INFINITELY WORTHWHILE AND ONE WHICH WE CAN ACHIEVE PROVIDED OUR EFFORTS ARE UNITED.+

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