FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1978
GOVERNOR OPENS PRE-VOCATIONAL SCHOOL
AND SOCIAL CENTRE IN TUEN MUN
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE
SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, TODAY OPENED THE MARDEN FOUNDATION CARITAS PRE-VOCATIONAL SCHOOL AND SOCIAL CENTRE IN TUEN MUN WHICH WAS BUILT TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE DEVELOPING NEW TOWN.
OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE NEW COMPLEX, SIR MURRAY SAID IT WOULD SERVE AS +A MEANS OF ENCOURAGING UNDER ONE ROOF BOTH SOUND EDUCATION, AND A MEETING PLACE WHERE NEW RESIDENTS CAN BE HELPED TO GET TO KNOW THEIR NEIGHBOURS AND TO BECOME PART OF THE NEW COMMUNITY+.
FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH AT THE OPENING OF THE MARDEN FOUNDATION CARITAS PRE-VOCATIONAL SCHOOL AND SOCIAL CENTRE IN TUEN MUN TODAY:
+1 AM MOST GRATEFUL FOR YOUR INVITATION TO OPEN THE MARDEN FOUNDATION CARITAS PRE-VOCATIONAL SCHOOL AND SOCIAL CENTRE.
+AS A PRE-VOCATIONAL SCHOOL IT WILL BE IN THE MODERN TREND, SINCE THE WHITE PAPER ENVISAGES PRE-VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS BEING AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRAMME IN THE 80'S. SINCE SO MANY PUPILS OF PRE-VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS ARE OF ABOVE-AVERAGE ABILITY I HOPE THEY WILL HAVE SOME SENIOR SECONDARY PLACES AND THUS INCREASE THE RANGE OF OPPORTUNITY THEY OFFER.
+IN ACTING ALSO AS A SOCIAL CENTRE IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO MAKE FULLER USE OF THE PREMISES AND FACILITIES THIS BUILDING OFFERS, AND THUS ENABLE THE SCHOOL TO PLAY A LARGER PART IN THE LIFE OF THIS NEW COMMUNITY, A PART IN WHICH WHOLE FAMILIES, INSTEAD OF ONLY STUDENTS, CAN SHARE.
+BY PIONEERING THE FIRST OF SUCH OMNIBUS BUILDINGS AT TUEN MUN, I AM SURE MR. MARDEN HAS CORRECTLY INTERPRETED THE NEEDS OF DEVELOPING NEW TOWNS, AND HAS FOUND A MEANS OF ENCOURAGING UNDER ONE ROOF BOTH SOUND ÉDUCATION, AND A MEETING PLACE WHERE NEW RESIDENTS CAN BE HELPED TO GET TO KNOW THEIR NEIGHBOURS AND TO BECOME PART OF THE NEW COMMUNITY.
+BEFORE UNVEILING THE PLAQUE I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE MARDEN FAMILY AND CARITAS ON THE VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION THEY ARE MAKING. I WISH THIS BUILDING AND ALL WHO STUDY AND MEET IN IT EVERY SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS, AND HAVE MUCH PLEASURE IN DECLARING IT OPEN,+
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