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MORE NEW SCHOOLS FOR SHA TIN

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1979

A SCHOOL FOR COMMERCE WILL BE BUILT IN SHA TIN TO PROVIDE COMMERCIAL TRAINING FOR 1,200 STUDENTS, THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

HE SAID THE NEW TOWN WILL ALSO HAVE A TECHNICAL INSTITUTE AND 41 SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

MR. AKERS-JONES WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS' 1,200-PLACE MRS. FUNG WONG FUNG- TING COLLEGE IN LEK YUEN ESTATE WHICH ALREADY HAS AN ENROLMENT OF 485 STUDENTS IN 12 CLASSES.

MR. AKERS-JONES SAID THE SCHOOL WAS BUILT AS PART OF THE PROGRAMME TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT SCHOOLS AND OTHER FACILITIES TO CREATE A BALANCED AND SELF-SUFFICIENT NEW TOWN AT SHA TIN,

HE SAID, +WE CAN SEE ALL AROUND US IN SHA TIN THE PROOF OF OUR DETERMINATION TO PRESS ON WITH THE BUILDING OF THE NEW TOWN. AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THIS, OTHER SECONDARY AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS WILL OPEN SHORTLY.+

MR. AKERS-JONES SAID THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS' CONTRIBUTION TO, AND MANAGING, A SCHOOL IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WAS EVIDENCE OF THE STEADY REMOVAL OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE OLD URBAN AREAS AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.

PRAISING MR. FUNG KAM CHUNG FOR HIS $550,000 DONATION TOWARDS THE COST OF BUILDING THE SCHOOL, HE SAID IT WAS +YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THAT GENEROUS SPIRIT WHICH WAS QUITE COMMONLY FOUND IN HONG KONG WHEREBY THOSE WHO WERE WEALTHY SHARED THEIR WEALTH IN HELPING TO PROVIDE SCHOOLS AND MANY OTHER FACILITIES FOR THE GENERAL GOOD.+

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