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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1976

DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRAMME MAKING HEADWAY

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS PRESSING AHEAD WITH A $50 MILLION BUILDING PROGRAMME FOR 17 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN VARIOUS HOUSING ESTATES.

WORK IS ALREADY UNDERWAY ON NINE ESTATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS THREE AT TAI HING ESTATE, TWO AT PAK TIN ESTATE, TWO AT YU WAN ESTATE, AND TWO AT SHUEN LEE TSUEN ESTATE.

THE P.W.D.'S ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE HAS ALSO BEGUN WORK ON TWO NEW SECONDARY SCHOOLS AT KWAI SHING ESTATE AND WORK ON SIX OTHERS WILL BEGIN DURING THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.

THE ESTATE SCHOOLS ARE PART OF THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE'S COMMITMENT IN THE GOVERNMENT'S EDUCATION EXPANSION PROGRAMME.

MR. JOSEPH LEI, CHIEF P.W.D. ARCHITECT, SAID TODAY THE FIRST TWO SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE PROGRAMME WOULD BE COMPLETED AT KWAI SHING ESTATE IN TIME FOR THE 1978 SCHOOL YEAR,

+EACH OF THESE SCHOOLS WILL HAVE 24 CLASSROOMS, TWO WORKSHOPS FOR METAL AND WOOD WORK AND FOUR LABORATORIES FOR SCIENCE SUBJECTS, HE SAID.

+THERE WILL BE ALSO THREE SPECIAL ROOMS FOR MUSIC, ART, GEOGRAPHY AND GENERAL PURPOSES AND A HOME ECONOMICS COMPLEX FOR TEACHING NEEDLE WORK, COOKING AND HOME MANAGEMENT.+

OTHER FACILITIES INCLUDED ASSEMBLY HALLS, MEDICAL INSPECTION ROOM, LIBRARY, COVERED PLAYGROUND, HEADMASTER AND CAREER MASTER ROOMS, GENERAL OFFICE AND STAFF ROOM.

THE TWO SCHOOLS WILL SERVE RESIDENTS OF KWAI SHING ESTATE WHICH WAS COMPLETED BY THE P.W.D. ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE LAST MONTH AT A TOTAL COST OF ABOUT $82 MILLION.

IN TERMS OF SIZE, KWAI SHING ESTATE IS THE LARGEST IN THE P.W.D. PROGRAMME. IT HAS TEN DOMESTIC BLOCKS WITH ACCOMMODATION FOR SOME 37,000 PEOPLE. IT IS SERVED BY A LARGE COMMERCIAL COMPLEX WITH VARIOUS FACILITIES, INCLUDING SHOPS, RESTAURANTS, YARKET, PARKING SPACES, BUS AND PLB TERMINI AND RECREATIONAL OPEN SPACE.

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