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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1979

SAI KUNG'S FIRST COMMUNTIY-SPONSORED GRAMMAR SCHOOL OPENS

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THE FIRST SUBSIDISED ANGLO-CHINESE GRAMMAR SCHOOL TO BE SPONSORED AND ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMUNITIES OF SAI KUNG AND HANG HAU WAS OPENED TODAY (MONDAY).

AN OPENING CEREMONY FOR THE CHENG CHEK CHEE SECONDARY SCHOOL OF SAI KUNG AND HANG HAU DISTRICTS WAS HELD AT THE SENG KUNG WUI YAT SHAU PRIMARY SCHOOL FROM WHERE THE NEW SCHOOL WILL OPERATE UNTIL ITS OWN BUILDING IS COMPLETED AT A SITE NEAR THE JUNCTION OF THE CLEAR WATER BAY ROAD AND HIRAM'S HIGHWAY. THE BUILDINGS, NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION, WILL BE READY IN A YEAR'S TIME.

OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY WERE THE SCHOOL'S PRINCIPAL MRS. ANITA CHAM FOK PO-CHUN- MR. CHENG CHEK-CHEE, A PROMINENT MEMBER OF THE SAI KUNG COMMUNITY WHO DONATED $1.1 MILLION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SCHOOL MR. YAU KEI, CHAIRMAN OF THE HANG HAU RURAL COMMITTEE AND CHAIRMAN OF THE SCHOOL'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS- AND MR. MICHAEL STONE, ACTING DISTRICT OFFICER OF SAI KUNG.

A LETTER OF CONGRATULATIONS FROM THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, WAS PRESENTED TO BY MR. STONE.

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MR. YAU

IN A SPEECH TO THE GATHERING. MRS. CHAM SAID SHE HOPED THE SCHOOL WOULD BECOME A CULTURAL CENTRE IN THE DISTRICT WHERE CHINESE, WESTERN, RURAL AND URBAN INFLUENCES COULD INTERMINGLE TO THE BENEFIT OF THE STUDENTS.

SHE NOTED THAT THE DISTRICT WAS BEING RAPIDLY DEVELOPED AS AN IMPORTANT RESIDENTIAL AND RECREATIONAL REGION OF HONG KONG.

THE SCHOOL WHEN FULLY DEVELOPED WILL BE ABLE TO ADMIT 1 350 PUPILS IN FORMS - VI.

ALSO SPEAKING AT THE SCHOOL'S OPENING WAS MR. STONE. HE SAID THE LOCATION OF THE SCHOOL WAS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE.

+TO SERVE BOTH HANG HAU AND SAI KUNG, IT HAD TO BE CONVENIENTLY PLACED SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE TWO TOWNS AND FINDING SUCH AN IDEAL SITE WAS SOMETHING OF A MIRACLE.

IT IS ALSO VERY SCENIC, SURROUNDED BY OPEN COUNTRYSIDE AND COMMANDING A FINE VIEW OF THE HO CHUNG VALLEY - SUCH A SETTING IS UNUSUAL FOR A SCHOOL IN HONG KONG,+ MR. STONE SAID.

THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT IS 111.1 MILLION.

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