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SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1973

FREE TUTORIAL SERVICE FOR STUDENTS IN SHEK O AND STANLEY

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STUDENTS IN SHEK O VILLAGE AND STANLEY ARE NOW ABLE TO ENJOY FREE TUTORIAL SERVICE IN STUDY ROOM IN THE EVENING - THANKS TO A COMMUNITY PROJECT JOINTLY ORGANISED BY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS AND VOLUNTARY GROUPS.

UNDER THE PROJECT, MORE THAN 100 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY STUDENTS ARE USING THE CLASSROOM AT MAN SUN PRIMARY SCHOOL IN SHEK O AND SIMILAR FACILITIES IN STANLEY FOR PRIVATE STUDIES DURING WEEKDAY EVENINGS.

VOLUNTEERS FROM THE SHEK O YOUTH GROUP ARE ON HAND TO OFFER FREE TUTORIAL SERVICE TO STUDENTS IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE.

THE PROJECT AIMS AT PROVIDING SPACE AND TUTORIAL ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS WHO LIVE IN CROWDED CONDITIONS IN THE AREAS DURING THE MONTHS OF EXAMINATION UNTIL MID-JUNE.

THE PROJECT IS INITIATED BY THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT STUDENTS SERVICES COMMITTEE, WHICH COMPRISES REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, LOCAL KAIFONG ASSOCIATIONS AND VOLUNTARY GROUPS.

THE SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS IN THE TWO AREAS EVERY EVENING FROM MONDAY TO FRIDAY BETWEEN 7.30 P.M. AND 10 P.M.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

A CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT 8 P.M. TONIGHT AT THE MAN SUN PRIMARY SCHOOL IN SHEK O.TO MARK THE OPENING OF THE TUTORIAL SERVICE FOR SHEK O STUDENTS. OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY WILL BE THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICER (SOUTHERN), MR. NORMAN Y.T. KAM, AND SOUTHERN DISTRICT KAIFONG LEADERS. YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO COVER THE CEREMONY.

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