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THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1978

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SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES OPENS

SECOND PO LEUNG KUK SECONDARY SCHOOL

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THE SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES, MR. E.P. HO, TODAY PRAISED THE PO LEUNG KUK FOR ITS UNTIRING EFFORTS TO PROMOTE EDUCATION IN HONG KONG.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE PO LEUNG KUK WU CHUNG COLLEGE IN WILLOW STREET, TAI KOK TSUI, MR. HO SAID THAT, WITHIN A SHORT SPAN OF TIME, THE KUK HAD ESTABLISHED SIX PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND TWO SECONDARY SCHOOLS, PROVIDING SOME 10,000 AIDED SCHOOL PLACES.

THE NEW SCHOOL WILL HAVE FOUR FORM CLASSES FOR 160 PUPILS TO START WITH, BUT BY 1981 THERE WILL BE 18 CLASSROOMS FOR 720 STUDENTS.

+ALL THESE SCHOOLS ARE RUN EFFICIENTLY AND HAVE PRODUCED STUDENTS WHO ACHIEVE IMPRESSIVE RESULTS, + MR. HO SAID.

+THIS IS CERTAINLY WELL APPRECIATED BY ME AND THE PUBLIC.+

MR. HO SAID THAT, AS A VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION ESTABLISHED BY THE CHINESE COMMUNITY, THE PO LEUNG KUK PROVIDED A WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES WHICH HAD MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE FIELDS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, EDUCATION, ACTIVITIES FOR YOUTH, THE CARE OF HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AS WELL AS GIRLS IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE.

+THESE SERVICES ARE INVALUABLE TO THE COMMUNITY AND WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE DEDICATION OF THE KUK'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS, BOTH PAST AND PRESENT, AND THE SUPPORT IT HAS RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC,+ HE SAID.

MR. HO THANKED MR. WỤ CHUNG AND HIS FAMILY FOR THEIR GENEROUS DONATIONS TO THE KUK FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SCHOOL.

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