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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1080

MR YAU SAID HE BELIEVED THAT PRIMARY EDUCATION, WHICH FORMED THE FOUNDATION OF SECONDARY EDUCATION, NEEDED GREATER DEVELOPMENT IN THE DISTRICT TO COPE WITH THE DEMANDS OF THE TIME.

+ IF WE BUILD BIGGER, BETTER, CENTRALISED PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN PLACE OF THE PRESENT SMALL VILLAGE PRIMARY SCHOOLS, THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN THE DISTRICT WILL IMPROVE AND SO NATURALLY WILL SECONDARY EDUCATION.

+1 HOPE VERY MUCH THAT THE GOVERNMENT WILL AGAIN ALLOW THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TO JOIN FORCES WITH IT TO BUILD THE NEW SCHOOLS NEEDED,+ MR YAU SAID.

THE VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE SCHOOL PREPARATORY COMMITTEE, MR CHUNG POON, GAVE A VOTE OF THANKS.

PRIOR TO THE CEREMONY, THE GOVERNOR HAD LUNCH WITH THE SCHOOL DIRECTORS AND LOCAL LEADERS AT A SAI KUNG RESTAURANT. OTHER GUESTS INCLUDED SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES- DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR AUGUSTINE CHUI- MR KEN TOPLEY- AND SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR COLIN BOSHER. ALSO PRESENT WERE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HEUNG YEE KUX, MR LAU WONG-FAT, AND SIR RUN RUN SHAW.

SITUATED CLOSE TO THE JUNCTION OF HIRAM'S HIGHWAY AND CLEARWATER BAY ROAD, THE SCHOOL HAS 24 CLASSROOMS, MORE THAN 10 SPECIAL ROOMS AND LABORATORIES, A SCHOOL HALL AND TWO BASKETBALL COURTS.

THERE ARE PLANS TO BUILD A FOOTBALL PITCH, A LANGUAGE LABORATORY AND A GYMNASIUM ON AN ADJACENT SITE LATER.

AT PRESENT, THE SCHOOL OPERATES SIX FORM AND FORM I CLASSES AND HAS 18 TEACHERS. UPON FULL ENROLMENT IN 1983 THERE WILL BE ALTOGETHER 1 200 STUDENTS. THE PRINCIPAL IS MRS CHAN FOK PO-CHUN.

THE CAPITAL COST OF CONSTRUCTION AMOUNTED TO OVER $11 MILLION, OF WHICH 84 PER CENT WAS BORNE BY THE GOVERNMENT. MORE THAN $1 MILLION WAS DONATED BY MR CHENG CHEK-CHEE.

UNITED FRONT URGED TO COMBAT JUVENILE DELINQUENCY *****

PARENTS AND TEACHERS SHOULD UNITE TO COMBAT JUVENILE DEL INQUENCY, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, PR COLVYN HAYE, URGED TODAY.

SPEAKING AT THE SPEECH DAY OF COGNITIO COLLEGE, MR HAYE SAID BOTH PARENTS AND TEACHERS HAD A VITAL AND COMPLEMENTARY ROLE TO PLAY IN RAISING THE MORAL TONE OF THE YOUNG.

+ IT IS IN THE HOME THAT THE FIRST IMPORTANT LESSONS ARE LEARNED+, MR HAYE SAID, INDULGENT OR THOUGHTLESS PARENTS OFTEN PERMIT THE IR YOUNG TO DISREGARD ELEMENTARY RULES OF CONDUCT AND THIS LEADS TO TROUBLE LATER ON.

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