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THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1980

FOUNDATION STONE LAID FOR SAI KUNG SCHOOL

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THE FOUNDATION STONE FOR +ONE OF THE FINEST NEW SCHOOLS IN HONG KONG+ WAS LAID TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES.

THE SCHOOL IS THE CO-EDUCATIONAL SAI KUNG HANG HAU SECONDARY SCHOOL AND IS NAMED AFTER PHILANTHROPIST, MR. CHENG CHEK-CHEE, WHO DONATED MORE THAN $1 MILLION TOWARDS THE PROJECT.

SITUATED CLOSE TO THE JUNCTION OF HIRAM'S HIGHWAY AND CLEARWATER BAY ROAD, THE SCHOOL WILL HAVE 24 CLASSROOMS CATERING FOR 1 350 STUDENTS IN FORMSI - VI.

THE GOVERNMENT HAS PROVIDED A CAPITAL SUBSIDY OF $12.254 MILLION, WITH THE BALANCE OF $1.618 MILLION COMING FROM MR. CHENG AND MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING SOME WHO ARE LIVING OVERSEAS.

MR. AKERS-JONES SAID THE SCHOOL WAS DESIGNED TO THE MOST MODERN EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS AND ENJOYED UNUSUALLY ATTRACTIVE SURROUNDINGS. IT WILL BE ONE OF THE FINEST NEW SCHOOLS IN HONG KONG,+ HE SAID.

+THESE ADVANTAGES, COMBINED WITH THE HIGH CALIBRE OF THE TEACHING STAFF, WILL ENSURE THE BEST EDUCATION AVAILABLE FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF SA KUNG AND HANG HAU.+

MR. AKERS-JONES PRAISED THE SAJ KUNG AND HANG HAU COMMUNITIES FOR THE ENERGY AND GENEROSITY WITH WHICH THEY HAD SUPPORTED THE PROJECT.

THE BUILDING OF THE SCHOOL WAS ALSO THE RESULT OF THE FORESIGHT AND ENERGY OF HANG HAU RURAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN,' MR. YAU KEI, WHO IS ALSO CHAIRMAN OF THE SCHOOL'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THE OTHER DIRECTORS AND THE MEMBERS OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE WHO TOGETHER FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS HAD WORKED VERY HARD TO MAKE THE PROJECT A SUCCESS.

THE NEW SCHOOL, THE BUILDINGS OF WHICH HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, WILL TAKE IN ITS FIRST STUDENTS NEXT SEPTEMBER. SINCE LAST SEPTEMBER, STUDENTS WHO WILL BE ATTENDING IT HAVE BEEN HAVING LESSONS IN THE NEARBY SENG KUNG WUI YAT SHAU PRIMARY SCHOOL.

THE NON-PROF IT-MAKING SCHOOL WILL BE OPERATED BY THE CHENG CHEK-CHEE SECONDARY SCHOOL OF SAI KUNG AND HANG HAU DISTRICT LIMITED.

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