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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1982

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+CONCERTED EFFORTS FROM ALL CONCERNED, ESPECIALLY FROM EXISTING ORGANISATIONS AND RESIDENTS, MUST BE MADE AT TOP SPEED TO INTEGRATE NEW RESIDENTS INTO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TO ALLAY WHATEVER FEARS AND WORRIES PEOPLE GENERALLY HAVE WHEN MOVING INTO A NEW TOWN. THE AIM IS TO BUILD UP A SENSE OF BELONGING AND TOGETHERNESS AMONGST ALL RESIDENTS.

+ IN THIS REGARD, THE EFFORTS OF THE DISTRICT BOARD AND LOCAL AGENCIES ARE INSTRUMENTAL IN THE FORGING AND TRANSFORMATION PROCESS, + HE SAID.

TUEN MUN NOW HAS 190 000 PEOPLE, TWO-THIRDS OF WHOM MOVED INTO THE TOWN IN THE LAST THREE YEARS. OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS THE POPULATION WILL INCREASE AT A RATE OF 70 000 PEOPLE A YEAR, REACHING A TOTAL OF 350 000 BY 1985. ·

ALSO ATTENDING THE OPENING CEREMONY WERE MR LAU WONG-FAT, CHAIRMAN OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK AND TUEN MUN RURAL COMMITTEE; MR WONG HOK-YEE, CHAIRMAN OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE OF THE ORIENTATION WEEK UNOFFICIAL DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERSI MR MOK YIU-KWONG, CHIEF HOUSING MANAGER AND MR JIM HURST, DIVISIONAL SUPERINTENDENT.

STUDENTS URGED TO APPLY EARLY FOR STUDY IN UK

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STUDENTS WISHING TO ENTER COLLEGES AND POLYTECHNICS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM SHOULD NOTE THAT APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED FROM NOVEMBER 1 THIS YEAR FOR ADMISSION IN SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER 1983.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID: +APPLICATIONS CAN BE MADE THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT AND ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTS SHOULD REACH THE OVERSEAS STUDENTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS SECTION BEFORE JUNE 30, 1983.+

HOWEVER, SPECIAL ATTENTION SHOULD BE PAID TO SPECIFIC APPLICATION DEADLINES REQUIRED BY CERTAIN PROFESSIONAL COURSES IN POLYTECHNICS WHICH COULD BE AS EARLY AS MARCH, HE ADDED.

FURTHERMORE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID, APPLICANTS ON +SANDWICH+ COURSES OFFERED BY POLYTECHNICS SHOULD ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE THE PRACTICAL TRAINING PART OF THE COURSE ARRANGED BEFORE LEAVING HONG KONG.

SANDWICH COURSES INVOLVE ATTENDING CLASSES AT A POLYTECHNIC AND PRACTICAL TRAINING AT FACTORIES OR OTHER INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES.

/+MOREOVER, STUDIES