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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1976

TOPLEY OPENS $7 MILLION COLLEGE IN TSUEN WAN

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THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY THIS AFTERNOON OPENED THE $7 MILLION TUNG WAH CHEN ZAO-MEN COLLEGE, AN AIDED SECONDARY SCHOOL IN TSUEN WAN.

THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS CONTRIBUTED JUST OVER $1-1/4 MILLION OF WHICH OVER $400,000 WAS DONATED BY MR. CHEN ZAO-MEN.

THE COLLEGE OCCUPIES A SITE OF OVER 68,000 SQUARE FEET WHICH WAS GRANTED FREE OF PREMIUM BY THE GOVERNMENT.

MR. TOPLEY SAID: +TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN IS A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING COMMUNITY. IN THE FIVE YEARS SINCE 1971 THE POPULATION HAS GROWN FROM 266,000 TO TODAY'S FIGURE OF 449,000 AND BY 1986 IT IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH 900,000.

+THE COLLEGE WILL HELP TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF THIS COMMUNITY BUT MANY MORE SCHOOLS WILL BE NEEDED IN TSUEN WAN AND THE OTHER NEW TOWNS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE EDUCATION FOR THE PEOPLE LIVING THERE.+

MAKING A FEW REMARKS ON THE FUNCTION OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS, THE DIRECTOR SAID: +AS I SEE IT. THE SECONDARY SCHOOL HAS FOR ITS GENERAL AIM THE HARMONIOUS DEVELOPMENT OF PUPILS IN KEEPING WITH THEIR AGE, ABILITY AND APTITUDE.+

HE SAID IT WAS THE TEACHER'S DUTY TO SEARCH OUT THE TALENTS, NEEDS, AMBITIONS AND PROBLEMS OF EACH INDIVIDUAL PUPIL AND TO HELP HIM TO MAKE THE MOST OF HIMSELF.

+ON THE OTHER HAND, HE SAID, IT MUST BE RECOGNISED THAT THE MODERN SCHOOL CANNOT LIVE APART FROM ITS COMMUNITY. THE WORK OF THE SCHOOL WILL, IN MANY OF ITS ASPECTS, HAVE FULL MEANING FOR THE CHILD ONLY WHEN IT IS RELATED TO THE LIFE AND WORK OF THAT COMMUNITY.

+ IT IS EXPECTED THAT, IN SEEKING TO ACHIEVE THE AIMS OF SECONDARY EDUCATION, TEACHERS WILL MAKE GOOD USE OF THE COMMUNITY RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN TERMS OF PHYSICAL FACILITIES, AND THE GOODWILL AND CO-OPERATION OF THE PARENTS AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY,+

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