XN000022-1978-04-15 — Page 4

SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1978

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MORE EVENING STUDY ROOMS

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ANOTHER 16 MORE STUDY ROOMS WILL BE OPENED IN EIGHT PRIMARY SCHOOLS FROM NEXT MONDAY (APRIL 17) EVENING TO MEET INCREASING. DEMAND FOR SUCH FACILITIES.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID THE ARRANGEMENT WAS MADE FOLLOWING REPORTS FROM SUPERVISORS OF EXISTING STUDY. ROOMS REVEALED THAT THERE WAS DEMAND FOR MORE SUCH FACILITIES IN CERTAIN AREAS.

THE SCHOOLS WHERE THESE 16 ADDITIONAL STUDY ROOMS WILL BE AVAILABLE TWO IN EACH ARE 1 - TANG SHIU KIN PRIMARY SCHOOL, HONG KONG HONG KONG SZE YAP COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRY. ASSOCIATION SCHOOL, ST. JOHN BOSCO SCHOOL, LING TO PRIMARY SCHOOL AND MU KUANG PRIMARY SCHOOL IN KOWLOON- LAI CHACK TAM SHIU HONG MEMORIAL SCHOOL, CHUEN YUEN THIRD SCHOOL AND CHI YAN PUBLIC SCHOOL IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

WITH THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS, THE NUMBER OF STUDY ROOMS AVAILABLE IN THE EVENING WILL INCREASE FROM 86 TO 102 IN 18 GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND 25 AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT HONG KONG.

→SEATS IN THESE STUDY ROOMS ARE ALLOCATED ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST- SERVED BASIS FROM 7 P.M. TO 9 P.M. MONDAY TO FRIDAY,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

HE POINTED OUT THAT IF THERE IS FURTHER DEMAND, MORE STUDY ROOMS IN SCHOOLS WILL BE OPENED AND THE SITUATION IS KEPT UNDER CONSTANT REVIEW.

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