XN000022-1979-11-29 — Page 6

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1979

MR. TOPLEY SAID CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE SCHOOL AND INDUSTRY WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE PREPARATION FOR THE WORKING WORLD WAS AN

IMPORTANT ASPECT OF SCHOOL LIFE.

+ IT IS POSSIBLE TO RECEIVE JUST AS NASTY A CULTURAL SHOCK BY ENTERING THE WORKING WORLD AS BY GOING TO LIVE IN ANOTHER COUNTRY.

+BUT EVEN MORE IMPORTANT IS THE FACT THAT INDUSTRY, THE WORLD OF WORK, AND INCLUDE COMMERCE AND SERVICES, CREATES THE WEALTH THAT SUPPORTS OUR STANDARDS OF LIFE AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREIN,+ HE SAID.

MR. TOPLEY COMMENDED THE SCHOOL AND ITS SPONSOR, THE CHINESE MUSLIM CULTURAL AND FRATERNAL ASSOCIATION FOR THEIR SUCCESSFUL WORK IN THE PAST DECADE.

HE ALSO NOTED THAT THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR MARKED THE BEGINNING OF THE COLLEGE'S CONVERSION TO FULLY AIDED STATUS WHICH WOULD BE ACHIEVED BY 1982.

GOVERNMENT GRANTS LAND TO POK 01 HOSPITAL ****

THE GOVERNMENT HAS GRANTED A SITE BY PRIVATE TREATY TO POK OF HOSPITAL IN YUEN LONG TO BUILD A STAFF QUARTERS AS PART OF ITS EXPANSION PROGRAMME.

THE LEASE FOR A 2 192 SQUARE METRE SITE AT AU TAU NEAR YUEN LONG WAS SIGNED TODAY (THURSDAY) BETWEEN MR. JOHN TODD, DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES AND MR. SIMON YEUNG CHUN-POI, CHAIRMAN OF THE HOSPITAL'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

A FOUR-STOREY BUILDING WILL BE CONSTRUCTED CONTAINING QUARTERS FOR DOCTORS AND NURSES WHO ARE REQUIRED TO RESIDE AT THE HOSPITAL ON OPERATIONAL GROUNDS. SIX OF THE QUARTERS WILL BE FOR MARRIED PERSONNEL, TWO FOR SENIOR NURSING STAFF AND THE REMAINING 14 FOR OTHER NURSING STAFF.

COST OF THE QUARTERS WILL BE $7.42 MILLION, OF WHICH GOVERNMENT WILL PROVIDE $5.57 MILLION. THE BUILDING COVENANT IS $1.54 MILLION TO BE FULFILLED WITHIN 36 MONTHS.

THE HOSPITAL IS TO EXPAND IN FIVE PHASES UP TO 1984/85, AT A COST OF ALMOST $41 MILLION. THE EXPANSION PROGRAMME INCLUDES VARIOUS EXTENSIONS, MORE STAFF QUARTERS, THE WIDENING OF AN ACCESS ROAD AND NEW OUT-PATIENT AND CASUALTY DEPARTMENTS. THE NUMBER OF BEDS WILL BE INCREASED FROM 218 AT PRESENT TO 290.

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