XN000022-1980-03-03 — Page 5

MONDAY, MARCH 3, 1980

EDUCATION CHIEF TOURS PRIMARY SCHOOL

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THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR KENNETH TOPLEY, IN HIS ROUTINE INSPECTION OF SCHOOLS THIS (MONDAY) MORNING CALLED AT THE HENNESSY ROAD GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL TO CHAT WITH PARENTS QUEUING FOR SCHOOL ADMISSION FORMS FOR THEIR CHILDREN.

MR TOPLEY WAS MET ON ARRIVAL BY THE PRINCIPAL, MR FUNG KAM-PANG. HIS VISIT COINCIDED WITH THE START OF THE TWO-WEEK PERIOD FOR PARENTS SEEKING ADMISSION OF THEIR CHILDREN TO GOVERNMENT AND AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS FOR THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR STARTING IN SEPTEMBER.

HE SAW THE CONTINUOUS FLOW OF PARENTS, MAINLY HOUSEWIVES CALLING AT THE SCHOOL TO COLLECT APPLICATION FORMS AND WAS INFORMED BY MR FUNG THAT IN THE FIRST HOUR OVER 400 FORMS WERE ISSUED.

DURING THE PERIOD MARCH 3 TO 17, APPLICATION FORMS FOR PRIMARY 1 TO 6 WILL BE FREELY DISTRIBUTED AT THE VARIOUS SCHOOLS ON THE PRODUCTION OF BIRTH CERTIFICATES OR OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS. CHILDREN NEED NOT ACCOMPANY THEIR PARENTS.

INTERVIEWS FOR ADMISSION TO PRIMARY 1 WILL TAKE PLACE ON TUESDAY, MARCH 18, SELECTION OF PRIMARY 2 TO 6 APPLICANTS WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY, MARCH 21.

MR TOPLEY, ACCOMPANIED BY MR FUNG, LATER TOURED THE SCHOOL BUILDING AND WATCHED SEVERAL CLASSES IN SESSION.

THE HENNESSY ROAD GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1949. IT WAS REBUILT IN 1963 AND IS PRESENTLY A BI-SESSIONAL SCHOOL. THE AM SESSION HAS OVER 1 000 PUPILS WHILE THE PM SESSION HAS ABOUT 900.

SNT OPENS TEMPORARY BLOOD DONOR CENTRE AT TSUEN WAN

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THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES APPEALED TODAY (MONDAY) TO ALL THOSE WHO WERE ABLE TO GIVE THE IR BLOOD TO SAVE THE LIVES OF OTHERS.

MR AKERS-JONES WAS OPENING THE FIRST HONG KONG RED CROSS TEMPORARY DONOR CENTRE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THE CENTRE, A FIBRE-GLASS STRUCTURE OF 400 SQUARE FEET, IS LOCATED AT THE JUNCTION OF KWU HANG ROAD AND YEUNG UK ROAD ÎN TSUEN WAN.

MR AKERS-JONES SAID THE CENTRE REPRESENTED A MAJOR STEP FORWARD IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF BLOOD COLLECTION SERVICE IN HONG KONG BY DECENTRALISING AND THUS MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR THE PEOPLE OF TSUEN WAN AND IN THE WEST OF THE NEW TERRITORIES TO HAVE EASY ACCESS TO A BLOOD COLLECTION CENTRE.

/HE DESCRIBED