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THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1975.

INAUGURATION OF PENTECOSTAL SCHOOL

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THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY WILL INAUGURATE THE PENTECOSTAL SCHOOL IN PERTH STREET, KOWLOON, TOMORROW (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON.

THIS PRIVATE NON-PRO" | T-MAKING SECONDARY SCHOOL IS STANDING ON A 46,000 SQUARE-FOOT SITE WHICH WAS GRANTED FREE BY THE GOVERNMENT.

THE GOVERNMENT ALSO PROVIDED THE SPONSOR THE KOWLOON PENTECOSTAL CHURCH LIMITED -- WITH AN INTEREST-FREE LOAN OF $3.3 MILLION.

THE SCHOOL, WHICH HAS BEEN IN OPERATION SINCE SEPTEMBER 1973, HAS 24 CLASSROOMS AND 11 SPECIAL ROOMS. IT HAS MORE THAN 1,000 PUPILS:

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY

WHICH BEGINS AT 4 P.M. THE SCHOOL IS AT 14, PERTH STREET, KOWLOON.

LABOUR DISPUTE SETTLED

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A TWO-WEEK OLD DISPUTE INVOLVING 350 WORKERS AND THE MANAGEMENT OF THE HANWAY DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD. (COTTON MILL) IN TSUEN WAN WAS SETTLED LAST (WEDNESDAY) NIGHT AFTER A SERIES OF CONCILIATION MEETINGS CONDUCTED BY LABOUR DEPARTMENT OFFICERS.

AN AGREEMENT COVERING THE REVISED TERMS OF THE VARIOUS ALLOWANCES ENJOYED BY THE WORKERS WAS SIGNED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE TWO PARTIES IN THE PRESENCE OF THE CONCILIATOR, MR. SIN CHUNG YU OF THE LABOUR RELATIONS SERVICE, TSUEN WAN BRANCH.

THE WORKERS WENT ON STRIKE ON MARCH 19 IN PROTEST AGAINST A PROPOSED NEW SCALE OF ALLOWANCES. THEY RESUMED WORK A WEEK LATER WHILE CONCILIATION WAS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FINAL SETTLEMENT WAS REACHED LAST NIGHT.

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