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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1982

GOVERNOR ATTENDS NT SCHOOL GOLDEN JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS

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THE NORTHERN NEW TERRITORIES IS BEING CHANGED BY DEVELOPMENT TO ACCOMMODATE HONG KONG'S GROWING POPULATION, THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

SIR MURRAY WAS SPEAKING AT THE GOLDEN JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS OF FUNG KAI PUBLIC SCHOOL, SHEUNG SHUI,

HE SAID THE FIRST PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE IN NORTH DISTRICT WOULD BE OPENING SHORTLY IN SHEK WU HUI,

+NEWCOMERS, MANY OF WHOM HAVE NO PREVIOUS CONNECTION WITH THE NEW TERRITORIES, WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THIS DISTRICT IN THE IR THOUSANDS, SIR MURRAY SAID.

+THE CHALLENGE IS TO MAKE THESE PEOPLE FEEL THAT THEY TOO BELONG TO FANLING OR SHEUNG SHUF, THAT THESE TOWNS ARE THEIR HOME AS WELL AS YOURS.

+WE MUST STRIVE TO ENSURE THAT THE NEW TOWN HAS A DISTRICT CHARACTER, AND PRESERVE THE BEST OF THE PAST WHILE BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE.+

THE GOVERNOR SAID A FINE, WELL ESTABLISHED SCHOOL SUCH AS FUNG KAI COULD HELP A GREAT DEAL IN THIS EFFORT BY CONSCIOUSLY MAINTAINING ITS TRADITIONS AND HIGH STANDARDS, AND COPING WITH THE CHANGES AS THEY CAME.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, MR LIU YUN-SUM, SPOKE OF HOW THE SCHOOL HAD GROWN FROM A VILLAGE SCHOOL OF SOME 80 PUPILS INTO A WELL-EQUIPPED SCHOOL WITH 180 TEACHERS AND 4 400 KINDERGARTEN, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY STUDENTS.

THE SCHOOL, CONSISTING OF FOUR BLOCKS, HAS A TOTAL AREA OF 111 500 SQUARE METRES. THERE ARE 83 CLASSROOMS, A 400-METRE RUNNING TRACK, FOUR SOCCER PITCHES, SEVEN BASKETBALL COURTS AND ONE HANDBALL COURT.

MR LIU TOLD THE GUESTS THAT TO CELEBRATE THE GOLDEN JUBILEE, A MEMORIAL HALL HAD BEEN BUILT TO PRESERVE A RECORD OF ALL WHO HAD CONTRIBUTED SO GENEROUSLY TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCHOOL.

TO COMMEMORATE THE EVENT, THE GOVERNOR UNVEILED A PLAQUE

IN THE MEMORIAL HALL AND PLANTED A TREE NEARBY.

EARLIER THE GOVERNOR VISITED SHA TAU KOK. HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE SECRETARY FOR CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR IAN MACPHERSON, THE DISTRICT POLICE COMMANDER (NT), MR MIKE ILLINGWORTH, THE GURKHÁ FIELD FORCE COMMANDER, BRIGADIER R.M. LLEWELLYN, AND OTHER SENIOR OFFICIALS.

HE WAS BRIEFED BY THE PROJECT MANAGER, TAI PO AND FANLING NEW TOWNS, MR JEFF THOMAS, ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHA TAU KOK, AND BY THE DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT FRONTIER, MR JOHN GREENE,

THE GOVERNOR ALSO WENT TO NORTH DISTRICT SUB-OFFICE IN FANLING FOR A BRIEFING ON FANLING AND SHEK WU HUI DEVELOPMENT BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MA PETER JOHNSON, AND MR THOMAS,

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