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TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1980

TREATY DOCUMENTS FOR SEA ACTIVITY CENTRE SIGNED

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TREATY DOCUMENTS FOR THE GRANT OF A SITE ON WHICH A $2.5 MILLION SEA ACTIVITY TRAINING CENTRE IS TO BE BUILT AT PAK SHA WAN, SAI KUNG, WERE SIGNED TODAY (TUESDAY).

THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR AUGUSTINE CHUI KAM, SIGNED FOR THE GOVERNMENT, WHILE MR G.R. ROSS, PRESIDENT, AND MR C.M. LEUNG, CHAIRMAN, SIGNED ON BEHALF OF THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG WHICH WILL OPERATE THE CENTRE.

THE 2 405-SQUARE-METRE SITE, INCLUDING AN AREA OF SEA BED OFF HIRAM'S HIGHWAY, HAS BEEN GRANTED BY PRIVATE TREATY,

WHEN THE CENTRE IS COMPLETED IN THREE AND A HALF YEARS IT WILL INCLUDE A TWO-STOREY MAIN BUILDING, COMPRISING AN ASSEMBLY HALL, TWO LECTURE ROOMS, TWO OFFICES, A COMBINED ACTIVITY ROOM AND CANTEEN, CHANGING ROOMS AND DORMITORIES TO ACCOMMODATE 40 PEOPLE, AND A TWO-STOREY BOATHOUSE.

THE CENTRE WILL BE USED FOR ROWING AND CANOEING. IT WILL HAVE A FLEET OF 16 DINGHIES, EIGHT OF WHICH ARE BEING BUILT BY THE SCOUTS THEMSELVES AT A HANG HAU BOATYARD, AND 20 CANOES.

INSTRUCTORS HAVE ALREADY BEEN TRAINED BY THE HONG KONG

YACHTING ASSOCIATION,

WORK HAS ALREADY STARTED ON RECLAMATION AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PROTECTIVE WALL. THE CENTRE WILL BE BUILT IN THREE PHASES.

MEMBERS OF SALARIES COMMISSION SEE TEACHERS AT WORK ******

TWO MEMBERS OF THE STANDING COMMISSION ON CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE TODAY (TUESDAY) VISITED TWO GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS AND HAD INFORMAL TALKS WITH THE TEACHERS ON THEIR WORK.

THEY WERE MRS MAISIE WONG AND MR JOHN SOONG, WHO FIRST WENT TO QUEEN'S COLLEGE, A GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL IN CAUSEWAY BAY WHERE THEY WERE MET BY THE PRINCIPAL, MR TIMOTHY YUNG.

HENNESSY ROAD GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL WAS THEIR NEXT STOP AND THERE THEY WERE RECEIVED BY THE HEADMASTER, MR C.H. CHOW.

TODAY'S TOUR WAS THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF VISITS BY COMMISSION MEMBERS TO SCHOOLS AND OTHER INSTITUTES TO SEE A CROSS-SECTION OF EDUCATION STAFF AT WORK.

OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS

OTHER MEMBERS WILL VISIT AIDED SCHOOLS, A TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, A COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

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