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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1980

ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT, MR SWEETMAN SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS PLANNING TO BUILD A SYSTEM OF LIGHT RAILWAY FROM YUEN LONG DIRECT TO TUEN MUN.

+THE EASE OF COMMUNICATION TO OUTER DISTRICTS WILL MUCH ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL ECONOMY AND EMPLOYMENT,+ HE SAID.

ON THE DISTRICT'S CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS, MR SWEETMAN SAID APART FROM YUEN LONG MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION SECONDARY SCHOOL AND CHIU LUT SAU MEMORIAL SCHOOL RECENTLY ESTABLISHED, A BIG SECONDARY SCHOOL WOULD COME INTO BE ING BY 1985.

RECREATIONAL FACILITIES RECENTLY PROVIDED ARE THE SIR DENYS ROBERTS SQUASH STADIUM, AND CONSTRUCTION OF A LARGE-SCALE SWIMMING POOL IS WELL UNDER WAY, HE SAID.

+THE SCHOOL HALL OF CHIU LUT SAU MEMORIAL SCHOOL. EQUIPPED WITH AIR-CONDITIONING, IS SCHEDULED TO BE INAUGURATED BY THE GOVERNOR ON JANUARY 30 NEXT YEAR.

+ IT WILL PROVIDE MORE ROOM FOR LOCAL CULTURAL ACTIVITIES AND A NUMBER OF FINE PERFORMANCES MARKING THE YUEN LONG ARTS FESTIVAL WILL TAKE PLACE THERE, HE SAID.

PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE WORK OF YUEN LONG PUBLIC MIDDLE SCHOOL OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS, MR SWEETMAN SAID THE SCHOOL HAD GROWN FROM THREE CLASSES TO 25 CLASSES, FROM A MERE JUNIOR SECONDARY CHINESE SECTION TO BOTH CHINESE AND ANGLO-CHINESE SECTIONS COMPLETE WITH MATRICULATION COURSES,

+SUCH AN EXPANSION REALLY DESERVES THE APPROBATION OF THE EDUCATIONAL ENTHUSIASTS AMONG THE EMINENT PERSONALITIES IN YUEN LONG'S COMMUNITY, + HE SAID.

MR SWEETMAN TOLD THE GRADUATES THAT THEY TOO WERE THE MOTIVATING FORCES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A FUTURE YUEN LONG.

IT IS AN ADMIRABLE CHINESE VIRTUE FOR ONE TO ALWAYS KEEP IN MIND ONE'S ORIGIN, HE SAID.

+AS MOST OF YOU WERE BORN AND BRED IN YUEN LONG, YOU HAVE A STRONG SENSE OF BELONGING FOR YUEN LONG.

+ IF YOU SERVE YUEN LONG WITH THIS AFFECTION TOGETHER WITH YOUR PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE, I AM SURE YUEN LONG'S FUTURE ACHIEVEMENT WILL BE FAR GREATER THAN THEY ARE NOW,+ MR SWEETMAN SAID.

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