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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1980

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+THE VERY POSITIVE RESPONSE OF SAI KUNG AND HANG HAU RURAL COMMITTEES AND THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD TO THE GREEN PAPER ON PRIMARY EDUCATION AND PRE-PRIMARY SERVICES WILL ASSIST OUR PLANNERS TO IMPROVE QUALITY IN PRIMARY EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY IN THE RURAL AREAS,

HE SAID.

HE DESCRIBED CHENG CHEK CHEE SECONDARY SCHOOL AS +AN IMPRESSIVE ACHIEVEMENT, WELL DESIGNED, EQUIPPED WITH THE MOST MODERN FACILITIES AND SET IN A STRIKINGLY ATTRACTIVE LOCATION,+

+ I AM ALSO IMPRESSED BY THE COMMUNITY SPIRIT WHICH INSPIRED THE PROJECT ITSELF. SECURED THE MEANS TO FUND IT AND ENGENDERED THE DETERMINATION TO SEE IT THROUGH TO COMPLETION.

+THERE COULD BE NO CLEARER INDICATION OF THE VITALITY OF THE PEOPLE OF SA! KUNG.+

THE GOVERNOR CONTINUED: +THERE ARE MANY WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TOWARDS THE SCHOOL. I AM GRATEFUL TO ALL OF THEM AND IN PARTICULAR WOULD LIKE TO MENTION MR CHENG CHEK CHEE'S EXCEPTIONAL GENEROSITY. +

HE ALSO THANKED MR YAU KEI, CHAIRMAN OF THE SCHOOL PREPARATORY COMMITTEE, AND NUMEROUS OTHER SAI KUNG PEOPLE BOTH IN HONG KONG AND ABROAD WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED.

+THEIR GENEROSITY HAS MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO IDENTIFY WITH THE SCHOOL FROM THE OUTSET, TO FEEL IT IS THE IR SCHOOL, AND TO TAKE INTEREST AND RESPONSIBILITY IN THE EDUCATION OF SUCCESSIVE GENERATIONS OF YOUNG PEOPLE OF SAI KUNG.+

ON PROJECTS BEING PLANNED FOR SAI KUNG, THE GOVERNOR SAID THERE WAS A SPORTSGROUND TO BE BUILT BY 1982 FOR WHICH SIR SHIU-KIN TANG HAD PLEDGED A GENEROUS $3 MILLION.

*THE SAI KUNG TOWN HALL, JOINTLY FUNDED BY THE COMMUNITY AND THE JOCKEY CLUB, WILL OPEN IN 1982.

+ IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CLEARWATER BAY ROAD ARE WELL UNDER WAY WITH THE LARGER FIRST PHASE NEARING COMPLETION AND THE SECOND TO BE FINISHED BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR.

+THIS, WITH OTHER TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS IN KOWLOON, WILL EASE ACCESS FOR THE PEOPLE OF SAI KUNG TO THE URBAN AREA AND FOR THE URBAN HOLIDAY-MAKERS TO THE BEAUTIFUL RURAL AREAS OF SAI KUNG.

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+SO, SAI KUNG IS GROWING NEW HOUSING, NEW INDUSTRY, AND NEW CIVIC AMENITIES ARE BEING DEVELOPED. OBVIOUSLY MORE DEVELOPMENT IS TO COME.

+ IT IS REASSURING THAT SAI KUNG HAS A TRADITION OF COMMUNITY EFFORT, AND HAS LEADERS WHO WILL HELP TO GUIDE SAI KUNG THROUGH THIS PERIOD OF EXCITING DEVELOPMENT AND ADJUSTMENT, → SIR MURRAY SAID.

ALSO SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, MR YAU KEI CALLED FOR +PERPETUAL AND ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT+ FROM GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND PEOPLE WHO HAD CONCERN FOR EDUCATION SO THAT THE SCHOOL COULD DEVELOP AND IMPROVE ITS FACILITIES.

/ME YAU