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FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1978

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NEW SCHOOL FORMS PART OF TSING YI'S DRAMATIC DEVELOPMENT

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THE NEW CHAN LAI SO CHUN MEMORIAL SCHOOL FORMS PART OF THE DRAMATIC DEVELOPMENTS OF TSING YI AND SYMBOLISES THE GOVERNMENT'S HOPES AND PLANS FOR THE FUTURE, SAID THE SECRETARY FOR. THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES TODAY (FRIDAY).

ADDRESSING THE GATHERING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SCHOOL, MR. AKERS-JONES SAID: THE YOUNG CHILDREN WHO GO TO THIS SCHOOL WILL GROW UP TO SEE THE DEVELOPMENT OF TSING YI INTO A TOWN OF 180,000 .... PEOPLE.+

+THEY WILL PROBABLY SEE, BEFORE THEY LEAVE SECONDARY SCHOOL, AN ADDITIONAL BRIDGE TO TSING YI AND THE ROAD FROM THE BRIDGE SWEEPING ACROSS TSING YI AND ON OVER ANOTHER BRIDGE TO LANTAŲ. IS AN EXCITING PROSPECT.+

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MR. AKERS-JONES REMINDED THE GATHERING THAT THE BRIDGE TO TSING YI WAS OPENED FOUR YEARS AGO ON FEBRUARY 28, AND REITERATED WHAT THE GOVERNOR HAD SAID AT THE BRIDGE'S OPENING CEREMONY TO LIVE, HONG KONG MUST CONTINUE TO GROW. GROWTH REQUIRES NEW LAND FOR INDUSTRY AND FOR THOSE WHO WORK IN INDUSTRY TO LIVE ON AND ENJOY.+

THE GROWTH OF TSING YI SINCE THEN HAS BEEN REMARKABLE, A NUMBER OF MAJOR FACTORIES FOR SPECIAL INDUSTRIES HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED AND ARE IN PRODUCTION. TWO MAJOR SHIPYARDS ARE BEING CONSTRUCTED, AND ARE ALREADY PARTLY IN OPERATION.

A HOUSING ESTATE FOR 67,000 PEOPLE IS BEING BUILT AND 12,000 PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY MOVED INTO THE ESTATE.

+WITHOUT THE BRIDGE AND THE INITIATIVE AND ENTERPRISE OF THOSE PRIVATE COMPANIES WHO SAW TO ITS CONSTRUCTION, NONE OF THIS ASTONISHING GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE,+ SAID

MR. AKERS-JONES.

HE SAID THE SCHOOL WAS A REMINDER OF TWO FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS OF OUR SOCIETY. FIRSTLY, RESPECT AND VENERATION FOR THOSE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE PROGRESS OF HONG KONG, AND SECONDLY, THE PERSONAL CONTRIBUTION OF THE LIVING TO THE FUTURE WELL-BEING OF THE PEOPLE.+

MR. AKERS-JONES PRAISED MR. CHAN PAK-KEUNG WHO HAS GENEROUSLY DONATED MONEY TO BUILD THE SCHOOL IN MEMORY OF HIS LATE MOTHER AND THE SZE YAP COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION WHICH MANAGES THE NEW SCHOOL.

+MR. CHAN PAK-KEUNG AND MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION HAVE CONTRIBUTED NOT ONLY TO THE MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCHOOL, BUT ALSO BY THEIR INVOLVEMENT AND CONCERN WILL HELP IN FUTURE TO SHAPE THE GROWTH, AND PROMOTE THE STABILITY AND PROSPERITY OF THE NEW COMMUNITY ON TSING YI,+ SAID MR. AKERS-JONES.

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