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SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 1977

TANG SHIU KIN SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOL

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SIR SHIU-KIN TANG IS CELEBRATING HIS 76TH BIRTHDAY TOMORROW (MONDAY) WITH A GENEROUS DONATION TOWARDS THE COST OF BUILDING A GOVERNMENT SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOL AT MORRISON HILL.

HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE REALISATION OF THIS PROJECT IS

64 MILLION.

SIR SHIU-KIN IS WELL KNOWN FOR THE VERY GENEROUS SUPPORT HE HAS GIVEN IN A WIDE FIELD OF PUBLIC, SOCIAL AND CHARITABLE WORK IN HONG KONG. THE PRESENT DONATION IS A FURTHER ACT OF SUCH GENEROSITY.

THE TANG SHIU KIN SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOL, AS IT IS TO BE KNOWN, WILL BE BUILT ON A 4,300 SQUARE METRE SITE IN OF KWAN ROAD, WAN CHAI.

THE NEW SCHOOL IS BEING BUILT TO REPROVISION VICTORIA TECHNICAL SCHOOL WHICH CURRENTLY OCCUPIES PREMISES IN NEARBY WOOD ROAD.

THIS NEW GOVERNMENT SCHOOL WILL BE OF SIMILAR DESIGN TO THAT OF THE HA KWAI CHUNG GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR. IT WILL COMPRISE 24 CLASSROOMS, 16 SPECIAL ROOMS AND A HALL.

TENDERS WILL BE CALLED THIS SUMMER FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING, WORK IS EXPECTED TO COMMENCE IN SEPTEMBER 1978 AND TO BE COMPLETED BY APRIL 1979. AFTER COMPLETION THE PREMISES OF THE TANG SHIU KIN SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOL WILL BE OCCUPIED BY THE PUPILS AND STAFF OF VICTORIA TECHNICAL SCHOOL. THE FIRST INTAKE OF GIRLS INTO THE NEW CO-EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL IS EXPECTED TO TAKE PLACE IN 1979.

THE WOOD ROAD PREMISES TO BE VACATED BY VICTORIA TECHNICAL SCHOOL IN 1979 WERE ORIGINALLY BUILT FOR GOVERNMENT AT COST EY THE BUILDING CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION IN 1937. THEY WERE FIRST OCCUPIED BY THE HONG KONG TRADE SCHOOL, WHICH IN 1947 BECAME THE HONG KONG TECHNICAL COLLEGE. WHEN THE COLLEGE (NOW THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC) MOVED TO ITS NEW PREMISES IN HUNG HOM IN 1957 THE WOOD ROAD PREMISES WERE TAKEN OVER BY VICTORIA TECHNICAL SCHOOL.

THE WOOD ROAD PREMISES WILL BE USED EVENTUALLY AS AN ANNEX OF THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, WHICH ALREADY RUNS EVENING CLASSES IN THE BUILDING. SOME OF THE ACCOMMODATION WILL ALSO BE USED BY THE HONG KONG TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE.

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