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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1977

$6.9 MILLION PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL AT TUEN MUN

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A $6.9 MILLION PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL IS TO BE BUILT AT TUEN MUN IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

EIGHTY PER CENT OF THE COST WILL BE MET BY THE GOVERNMENT AND TWENTY PER CENT BY THE SPONSOR.

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IT IS THE FIRST OF THREE NEW PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS SPONSORED BY THE MARDEN FOUNDATION AND TO BE MANAGED BY CARITAS HONG KONG. WHEN COMPLETED, THE FULLY AIDED SCHOOL WILL BE THE NINTH TO OFFER THREE YEARS OF PREVOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN HONG KONG. IT WILL BE CALLED THE MARDEN FOUNDATION CARITAS PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL - TUEN MU.......

THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED IN MID-1977 AND THE SCHOOL WILL ADMIT ITS FIRST BATCH OF 360 BOYS AND GIRLS NEXT SEPTEMBER.

ULTIMATELY THE WHOLE-DAY SCHOOL WILL HAVE AN ENROLMENT OF 1,080 PUPILS. THERE WILL BE 15 CLASSROOMS, A LIBRARY, A MULTI-PURPOSE HALL AND 19 SPECIAL ROOMS, LABORATORIES AND WORKSHOPS.

THE TECHNICAL SUBJECTS OFFERED ARE COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL STUDIES, DOMESTIC AND HOTEL SERVICE STUDIES, ELECTRICAL STUDIES, MECHANICAL STUDIES, TEXTILE AND TAILORING STUDIES AS WELL AS WOODWORK STUDIES SPREAD OVER THE THREE YEARS' COURSE.

THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES WILL UNVEIL A COMMEMORATIVE STONE ON WEDNESDAY TO MARK THE COMMENCEMENT OF WORK ON BUILDING THE NEW SCHOOL. THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF HONG KONG, THE MOST REV. JOHN B. WU, WILL BLESS THE STONE, THE SITE AND THE CONSTRUCTION WORK DURING THE CEREMONY.

NOTE TO EDITORS :

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE CEREMONY AT TUEN MUN SITE, LOT NO. 111, NEAR TAI HING ESTATE, TUEN MUN NEW TOWN, NEW TERRITORIES AT 11.15 A.M. ON FEBRUARY 16, 1977.

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