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MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 1976

MR. KU SAID THE ESTATE WOULD HAVE A CENTRALLY LOCATED SHOPPING COMPLEX INCORPORATING A MULTI-STOREY CARPARK, RESTAURANT, SUPER- MARKET, WELFARE HALL, CAFE, COOKED FOOD STALLS, A MARKET AND SHOPPING ARCADES.

+THERE WILL ALSO BE SIX RECREATION GROUNDS WITH REST GARDENS, BASKETBALL COURTS AND FOOTBALL PITCHES, AND A BUS TERMINUS AND PUBLIC LIGHT BUS TERMINUS WILL BE PROVIDED RIGHT IN THE CENTRE OF THE ESTATE FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE RESIDENTS, HE SAID.

+ IN ADDITION, TWO STANDARD ESTATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND A KINDERGARTEN WILL BE BUILT WITHIN THE ESTATE TO CATER TO THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF THE CHILDREN.+

MR. KU SAID THE NEW DOMESTIC BLOCKS AND FACILITIES WERE INTENDED FOR TENANTS OF THE OLD SHEK KIP MEI ESTATE NEARBY WHICH IS BEING REDEVELOPED IN STAGES TO PRODUCE BIGGER AND BETTER FLATS.

SO FAR, THE P.W.D.'S ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE HAS CONVERTED SEVEN BLOCKS OF THE 20-YEAR-OLD ESTATE. ANOTHER SIX BLOCKS ARE NOW BEING REMODELLED.

ALL REDUNDANT PRIMARY TEACHERS FOUND ALTERNATIVE POSTS

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THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (PRIMARY), MR. LAM TAT-LAU, HAS THANKED THE SUPERVISORS OF ALL AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS FOR THEIR CO-OPERATION AND PATIENCE IN MAKING THE PLACEMENT SERVICE A SUCCESS.

MR. LAM ADVISED THE SUPERVISORS TO PROCEED WITH THE APPOINTMENT OF TRAINED TEACHERS, INCLUDING RECENT GRADUATES OF THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION, TO ANY OUTSTANDING VACANCIES FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR BEGINNING IN SEPTEMBER.

HE SAID THAT 218 REDUNDANT TEACHERS HAD REGISTERED WITH THE PLACEMENT SERVICE. OF THIS NUMBER, 165 WERE PLACED IN ALTERNATIVE TEACHING POSTS WHILE 47 HAD THEIR REDUNDANCIES WITHDRAWN FOLLOWING THE OPENING OF SPECIAL CLASSES FOR SLOW LEARNERS IN THEIR SCHOOLS OR BECAUSE OF RESIGNATIONS. SIX OTHER REDUNDANT TEACHERS DECLINED ASSISTANCE FOR PLACEMENT.

THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR SAID THAT THE PLACEMENT EXERCISE

WAS COMPLETED ACCORDING TO SCHEDULE.

+ IN FACT, THE OPERATION WAS COMPLETED A FORTNIGHT EARLIER WHEN COMPARED WITH LAST YEAR'S EXERCISE,+ MR. LAM ADDED.

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