SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1978
ADULT EDUCATION AND RECREATION CENTRE TO OPEN IN SHA TIN
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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL OPEN AN ADULT EDUCATION AND RECREATION CENTRE IN SHA TIN TO SERVE AS ANOTHER FOCAL POINT OF ACTIVITIES FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FAST-GROWING NEW TOWN.
THE CENTRE AT SHA TIN TSUNG TSIN SCHOOL IN LEK YUEN ESTATE WILL COME INTO OPERATION ON NOVEMBER 14. INITIALLY IT WILL PROVIDE 16 COURSES FOR ADULTS AT EVENINGS RANGING FROM HOBBY PURSUIT TO LANGUAGE STUDIES.
IT WILL OPEN FROM 7.30 P.M. TO 9.30 P.M. EVERY EVENING FROM TUESDAY TO FRIDAY EXCEPT SCHOOL HOLIDAYS FOR PEOPLE AGED 18 AND ABOVE. ALL COURSES PROVIDED ARE FREE OF CHARGE.
MR. CHAN CHUEN-AH, AN EDUCATION OFFICER IN THE ADULT EDUCATION SECTION OF THE DEPARTMENT SAID MORE COURSES WILL BE ORGANISED IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO CATER FOR VARIOUS INTERESTS OF RESIDENTS IN SHA TIN,
HE ALSO REVEALED THAT A SURVEY IS NOW UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE THE INTERESTS OF RESIDENTS IN THE DISTRICT AND MORE THAN 5,000 QUESTIONNAIRES HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE RESIDENTS SEEKING THE IR VIEWS ON THE KIND OF COURSES THEY WOULD PREFER.
THE OPENING OF THE SHA TIN CENTRE WILL BRING TO 16, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ADULT EDUCATION AND RECREATION CENTRES OPERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT WITH THE AIM OF PROVIDING A PROPER OUTLET FOR ADULTS TO SPEND THE IR LEISURE TIME IN THE EVENING.
THE CENTRE, THE FOURTH IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, IS ALSO
IN LINE WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY TO PROVIDE MORE RECREATIONAL AND AMENITY FACILITIES IN DEVELOPING NEW TOWNS.
THE ADULT EDUCATION AND RECREATION CENTRE SCHEME, WHICH WAS INTRODUCED IN 1955, HAS PROVED TO BE VERY POPULAR.
THE EXISTING 15 CENTRES HAVE A COMBINED REGISTERED MEMBERSHIP OF MORE THAN 47,000 AND THEY PROVIDE ABOUT 50 KINDS OF ACTIVITIES.
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