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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1979

FISHERMEN'S CHILDREN GRADUATE FROM SCHOOL

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FISHERMEN'S CHILDREN HAVE BEEN ASKED TO MIX WITH THE +OUTSIDE COMMUNITY+ TO UNDERSTAND OTHER PEOPLE AND TO BE UNDERSTOOD.

THE CALL WAS MADE BY UNOFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, MR. WONG LAM, AT THE FISH MARKETING ORGANISATION SECONDARY AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS JOINT GRADUATION CEREMONY AT THE CITY HALL TODAY.

HE SAID THAT OWING TO THE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE FISHING FOLK AND THEIR FAMILY BACKGROUND, FISHERMEN'S CHILDREN TEND TO RESTRICT THEMSELVES TO THEIR OWN SOCIETY AND LOSE CONTACT WITH OTHER PEOPLE.

+THIS IS A PROBLEM WHICH DESERVES OUR ATTENTION.

+I SINCERELY HOPE YOU START TO MIX WITH THE OUTSIDE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND OTHER PEOPLE AND BE UNDERSTOOD. OUR COMMUNITY WILL BENEFIT BY SUCH MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND CO-OPERATION, SAID MR. WONG.

DURING THE GRADUATION CEREMONY, MR. WONG PRESENTED CERTIFICATES TO 77 SECONDARY AND 507 PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS ATTENDING FMO SCHOOLS, WHILE THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, MR. TED NICHOLS AWARDED FMO SECONDARY SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS To 15 SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES.

IN HIS ADDRESS TO THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS, MR. WONG SAID WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHER IES DEPARTMENT AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, THE ORGANISATION NOW HAS 13 +WELL-MANAGED AND ESTEEMED SCHOOLS.+

+AS A RESULT OF THE GENERALISATION OF EDUCATION, THESE SCHOOLS ARE EXPANDING AND ONE OF THEM WILL PROVIDE SENIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION FOR THE STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION IN 1983.

+THIS REFLECTS THE IMPORTANCE THE FMO AND THE GOVERNMENT PLACES ON THE EDUCATION OF FISHERMEN'S CHILDREN,+ SAID MR. WONG.

LAND SALE RESULTS

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A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT SITE IN TSIM SHA TSUI EAST WAS SOLD FOR $260 MILLION AT AN AUCTION CONDUCTED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE IN THE CITY HALL THIS (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON,

THE 1 500-SQUARE METRE SITE, FOR NON-INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES, WAS BOUGHT BY THE SEA LORD TRADING COMPANY LIMITED AT $173 333.33 PER SQUARE METRE.

/ANOTHER LOT,