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THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1980

A GOVERNMENT VAN (AM 2461) WILL LEAVE KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER FOR TUEN MUN AT 9.15 AM SHARP.

MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WHO WISH TO MAKE USE OF THIS TRANSPORT FACILITY ARE ASKED TO CONTACT MR K.Y. MAK ON 5-7951860 TO RESERVE SEATS.

GOVERNMENT AIMS TO HAVE ADEQUATE SOCIAL SERVICES IN NT

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THE GOVERNMENT AIMS TO HAVE ADEQUATE AND GOOD SOCIAL SERVICES IN THE NEW TOWNS, BUT ACHIEVING THIS IS NOT EASY, THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR AUGUSTINE CHUI KAM, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

MR CHUI WAS SPEAKING AT THE PO LEUNG KUK CENTENARY COLLEGE'S SPORTS DAY AT YUEN LONG STADIUM,

ON THE ONE HAND, HE SAID, THERE WAS A NEED TO PRESS FOR RAPID PROGRESS IN DEVELOPMENT PLANS WHILE ON THE OTHER PROPER CO-ORDINATION AMONG GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WAS REQUIRED.

MR CHUI SAID THAT THE NUMEROUS SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANISATIONS NEEDED EXPERIENCED AND REPUTABLE VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATIONS TO SHOULDER THE DIFFICULT TASK.

HE SAID IT WAS NOT EASY TO OPERATE A SECONDARY SCHOOL, AND IT WAS EVEN MORE DIFFICULT TO OPERATE A SECONDARY SCHOOL WITH DISTINGUISHED PERFORMANCE AND TRADITION.

+IT NEEDS CO-OPERATION AND SUPPORT FROM ALL CIRCLES AND REQUIRES MANY YEARS OF EFFORT AND SUBSEQUENT GOOD RESULTS TO BUILD UP A GOOD NAME. TRUST FROM PARENTS AND THE PUBLIC IS ALSO NEEDED, HE SAID.

MR CHUI SAID THERE HAD BEEN CONTINUOUS INCREASES IN THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE IN THE NEW TOWNS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.

+WHAT THESE CHILDREN NEED IS NOT ONLY PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THEIR TOWNS BUT SCHOOLS WHICH ARE WELL-OPERATED AND UP TO THE EXPECTATIONS OF PARENTS. OTHERWISE, SOME PARENTS WOULD RATHER SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO STUDY AT WHAT THEY CONSIDER TO BE MORE IDEAL SCHOOLS DESPITE HAVING TO TRAVEL LONG DISTANCES.+

HE NOTED THAT THE PO LEUNG KUK. A LONG ESTABLISHED CHARITABLE BODY, HAD ACHIEVED REMARKABLE RESULTS IN ITS WORK,

HE SAID HE HAD VISITED SCHOOLS RUN BY THE KUK AND FELT THEY WERE A GOOD EXAMPLE IN MANY ASPECTS.

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