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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1979

VISITING MP TOURS SECONDARY SCHOOLS

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VISITING CONSERVATIVE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, MR. FERGUS MONTGOMERY TODAY (THURSDAY) TOURED TWO SECONDARY SCHOOLS TO OBTAIN SOME INFORMATION ON HONG KONG'S EDUCATION AT GRASS-ROOT LEVEL.

MR. MONTGOMERY, WHO WAS LAST HERE 10 YEARS AGO, WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY WHEN HE VISITED QUEEN'S COLLEGE IN CAUSEWAY BAY.

THEY WERE MET ON ARRIVAL BY THE PRINCIPAL OF THE COLLEGE MR. TIMOTHY YUNG, WHO TOOK THEM AROUND TO SEE CLASSES IN SESSION. MR. MONTGOMERY ALSO TALKED TO TEACHERS AND STUDENTS AT AN ART CLASS, A SCIENCE CLASS AND AN ENGLISH CLASS.

IN THE FORM 7 SCIENCE CLASS MR. MONTGOMERY MET MR. YAU TZE-KOK, WHO GAINED NINE DISTINCTIONS IN THE 1978 CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION. MR. YAU TOLD THE VISITOR THAT HE PLANNED TO GO ON TO STUDY MEDICINE.

NEXT MR. MONTGOMERY WENT TO SHA TIN NEW TOWN IN THE COMPANY OF THE PRINCIPAL EDUCATION OFFICER (NEW TERRITORIES), MR. DAVID LEUNG TO VISIT THE NEWLY OPENED TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS' FUNG WONG FUNG TING COLLEGE.

MR. MONTGOMERY A FORMER TEACHER, WAS PARLIAMENTARY PRIVATE SECRETARY TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EDUCATION AND SCIENCE IN 1973-74.

TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS FOR HAPPY VALLEY RACING

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MOTORISTS AND RACEGOERS ARE ADVISED THAT THROUGHOUT THE RACING SEASON STARTING ON SATURDAY (SEPTEMBER 22) TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE HAPPY VALLEY AREA TWO HOURS BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF EACH MEETING. THIS APPLIES TO BOTH DAY AND NIGHT RACING.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ADVISED MOTORISTS TO NOTE THAT TRAFFIC DIVERSIONS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED TWO HOURS BEFORE THE START OF THE FIRST RACE OF EACH MEETING IN THE FOLLOWING ROADS:-

MORRISON HILL ROAD, TIN LOK LANE, LEIGHTON ROAD, CANAL ROAD EXTENSIÓN, BROADWOOD ROAD, SING WOO ROAD, TSOI TAK STREET, SHAN KWONG ROAD, SPORTS ROAD,

01 KWAN ROAD AND WONG NEI CHUNG ROAD.

TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE SET UP AND TRAFFIC POLICEMEN WILL

BE ON HAND TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.

THE SPOKESMAN.....