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SUNDAY, JANUARY 13, 1985

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SCHOOL COMMITEE SET UP IN EASTERN

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A SCHOOL LIAISON COMMITTEE HAS BEEN SET UP IN THE EASTERN DISTRICT TO PROMOTE WIDER PARTICIPATION BY SCHOOLS IN COMMUNITY PROJECTS AND TO STRENGTHEN THE LINKS BETWEEN LOCAL SCHOOLS, THE DISTRICT BOARD, GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND VARIOUS COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS.

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WAS THE COMMITTEE, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE DISTRICT, SET UP WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICE, AND MEMBERSHIP IS OPEN TO ALL REGISTERED KINDERGARTENS, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT.

TWO SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, MRS JEANNIE CHOW SUN FONG-CHUNG, AND MR LEUNG SAU-CHI, HAVE BEEN ELECTED CHAIRPERSON AND VICE-CHAIRMAN RESPECTIVELY OF THE FIRST EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, WHICH COMPRISES 14 HEADS FROM KINDERGARTENS, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL BE HONORARY ADVISORS IN THE COMMITTEE WHILE AN UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE DISTRICT BOARD'S COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE WILL BE A REGULAR MEMBER AT THE COMMITTEE'S MEETINGS.

THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR LUI HAU-TUEN, WILL OFFICIATE AT AN INAUGURATION CEREMONY FOR THE FIRST TERM OF OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AT 3 PM ON TUESDAY (JANUARY 15) AT THE SCHOOL HALL OF KIANGSU AND CHEK IANG PRIMARY SCHOOL IN NORTH POINT.

THE WINNERS OF AN ESSAY COMPETITION ON CIVIC EDUCATION WILL ALSO BE AWARDED PRIZES AT THE CEREMONY. THE COMPETITION, HELD LAST MONTH, WAS ORGANISED BY A WORKING GROUP UNDER THE EASTERN DISTRICT'S COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE.

THE WINNING ENTRIES OF THE CONTEST, WHICH WERE CHOSEN FROM MORE THAN 300 SUBMISSIONS BY SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT, WILL ALSO BE PUT ON DISPLAY AT THE VENUE.

FU SHAN CREMATORIUM READY

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THE NEWLY BUILT FU SHAN CREMATORIUM AND COLUMBAR FUM WITH TWO CEREMONIAL HALLS WILL BE IN OPERATION FROM WEDNESDAY (JANUARY 16), AND ADVANCE BOOKING FOR CREMATION SERVICES THERE WILL BE ACCEPTED FROM THE SAME DAY.

THIS THIRD PUBLIC CREMATORIUM IN THE NEW TERRITORIES OCCUPIES 2.5 HECTARES OF LAND AT LOWER SHING MUN ROAD IN SHA TIN,

ITS FOUR COMPUTERISED CREMATORS, THE FIRST OF THEIR KIND IN HONG KONG, CAN HANDLE 12 CREMATIONS A DAY.

/THESE CREMATORS