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FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1982

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FULL DAY'S WATER FOR FESTIVAL

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WATER RESTRICTIONS ARE TO BE RELAXED ON CHING MING FESTIVAL DAY ON MONDAY, THE DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES MR TOM TOMLINSON ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY).

+SUPPLY WILL BE TURNED ON FROM 6 AM NEXT MONDAY (APRIL 5) WHICH IS CHING MING FESTIVAL DAY TO 10 AM THE FOLLOWING DAY (APRIL 6),+ HE SAID.

MR TOMLINSON SAID THAT WITH THE REDUCTION IN CONSUMPTION OF ALMOST 20 PER CENT ACHIEVED BY THE INTRODUCTION OF WATER RESTRICTIONS, IT WAS FELT THAT RELAXATIONS COULD BE MADE FOR THE CHING MING FESTIVAL.

HOWEVER HE STRESSED THE CONTINUING NEED TO CONSERVE RESERVOIR STORAGE AND REITERATED HIS APPEAL TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO CONTINUE TO EXERCISE MAXIMUM ECONOMY IN THE USE OF WATER AND AVOID WASTE.

PRIMARY SCHOOL OPENED AT TAJ YUEN ESTATE

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MRS JANE AKERS-JONES, WIFE OF THE SECRETARY FOR CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, TODAY OFFICIALLY OPENED THE LEUNG SING TAK PRIMARY SCHOOL AT TAI YUEN ESTATE IN TAI PO.

SHE DESCRIBED IT AS A FINE, MODERN PRIMARY SCHOOL, FULLY EQUIPPED TO PROVIDE A SPLENDID EDUCATIONAL START FOR THE CHILDREN AT TAI YUEN.+

BUILT BY THE GOVERNMENT AT A COST OF $8 MILLION, THE SEVEN-STOREY SCHOOL IS LOCATED ON A 3 000 SQUARE-METRE SITE. FACILITIES INCLUDE AN ASSEMBLY HALL, 24 CLASSROOMS, COVERED AND OPENED PLAYGROUNDS, AND SPECIAL ROOMS FOR MUSIC, ARTS AND AUDIO VISUAL AIDS.

AT PRESENT. THERE ARE ABOUT 1 400 PLACES FOR PRIMARY ONE TO SIX PUPILS, AND THIS NUMBER CAN BE EXPANDED TO A MAXIMUM OF OVER 2 000 IF AND WHEN NECESSARY.

THE GOVERNMENT-AIDED SCHOOL IS BEING MANAGED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES WOMEN AND JUVENILE WELFARE ASSOCIATION. IT HAS BEEN NAMED AFTER MADAM LEUNG SING-TAK, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ASSOCIATION WHO IS ALSO THE SCHOOL SUPERVISOR,

MRS AKERS-JONES SAID: THE ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN PROMOTING THE WELFARE AND RECREATION OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN THE NEW TERRITORIES FOR MANY YEARS AND HAS WON THE CONFIDENCE AND SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY, +

THE ASSOCIATION NOW OPERATES FOUR CHILD-CARE CENTRES AND TWO KINDERGARTENS IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

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