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SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1975.

GROUND BREAKING CEREMONY OF NEW TSIMSHATSUI KAIFONG

ASSOCIATION BUILDING COMPLEX

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THE DIRECTOR OF HOME AFFAIRS, MR. ERIC HO, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE GROUND BREAKING CEREMONY OF THE NEW TSIMSHATSUI KAIFONG ASSOCIATION BUILDING COMPLEX ON APRIL 14 (MONDAY) AT 3 P.M.

THE SITE FOR THIS COMPLEX, COVERING AN AREA OF ABOUT 40,000 SQ.FT., IS SITUATED NEAR THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE EX-WHITFIELD BARRACKS AT THE JUNCTION OF NATHAN ROAD AND AUSTIN ROAD. IT WAS HANDED OVER TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT BY THE ARMY AND ALLOCATED TO THE TSIMSHATSUI KAIFONG ASSOCIATION.

THE BUILDING COMPLEX, WHEN COMPLETED, WILL CONSIST OF A PRIMARY SCHOOL WITH 24 CLASS ROOMS, A SERVICE CENTRE FOR COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AND A HALL WHICH CAN ACCOMMODATE ABOUT 800 PERSONS.

IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE PRIMARY SCHOOL WILL BE COMPLETED IN 2 YEARS TIME TO REPLACE THE EXISTING TSIMSHATSUI KAIFONG ASSOITION PRIMARY SCHOOL SITUATED AT 136 NATHAN ROAD. AS FOR THE SERVICE CENTRE AND THE COMMUNITY HALL, THEY WILL BE COMPLETED AT A LATER DATE.

THE EXPENSES FOR THIS PROJECT WILL BE MET BY DONATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC AND SUBVENTIONS FROM THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.

THE CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER (KOWLOON), MR. A.F. NEOH, THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICER (YAU MA TEI), MR. LAU CHAU-WAH AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TSIMSHATSUI KAIFONG ASSOCIATION, MR. YU LUK-YAU, WILL ALSO ATTEND THE GROUND-BREAKING CEREMONY.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

PRESS REPRESENTATIVES ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO COVER THE EVENT WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF EX-WHITFIELD BARRACKS NEAR THE JUNCTION OF NATHAN ROAD AND AUSTIN ROAD.

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