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MONDAY, JUNE 16, 1975

NEW SECONDARY SCHOOL PLANNED FOR KWAI CHUNG

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PLANS ARE IN HAND FOR A NEW NON-PROFIT-MAKING SECONDARY SCHOOL IN KWAI CHUNG.

+THE DISTRICT OFFICE, TSUEN WAN, THE TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE AND MY DEPARTMENT ARE WORKING HAND IN HAND TO PROCESS THE GRANT OF SITE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE,+ THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY SAID TODAY (MONDAY)

HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE GRADUATION CEREMONY OF JU CHING CHU ENGLISH COLLEGE AT THE CONCERT HALL OF CITY HALL..

MR. TOPLEY EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THE NEW SCHOOL WOULD PARTICIPATE IN THE THREE-YEAR BOUGHT PLACES SCHEME AND OFFER AS MANY FORM 1 TO FORM 3 PLACES AS POSSIBLE(((

THE DIRECTOR ADDED: THE SITE CHOSEN IS A VERY GOOD ONE AS IT IS IN A RATHER DENSELY POPULATED AREA OF TSUEN WAN. INDICATIONS ARE, THEREFORE, THAT THE NEW SCHOOL SHOULD FIND NO DIFFICULTY IN BECOMING ESTABLISHED. +

THE SPONSORS OF THE PROJECT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR RUNNING THE JU CHING CHU ENGLISH COLLEGE, WHICH IS A PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOL.

MR. TOPLEY SAID THAT THE NEW PROJECT WOULD PROVIDE MORE SECONDARY PLACES, THUS MAKING A GREAT CONTRIBUTION TO EDUCATION IN HONG KONG.

THE DIRECTOR CONGRATULATED THE COLLEGE FOR ITS AWARENESS THAT ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION ALONE WAS NOT ENOUGH IF AN ALL-ROUND EDUCATION WAS TO BE OFFERED.

+THE IMPORTANCE OF CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL AWARENESS IS EQUALLY RECOGNISED AND PROVIDED FOR IN THE WIDE RANGE OF EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES ORGANISED WITHIN THE SCHOOL AND IN THE ENCOURAGEMENT GIVEN TO THE STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN INTER-SCHOOL COMPETITIONS AND IN ACTIVITIES INVOLVING COMMUNITY SERVICE, + HE SAID.

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