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FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1985

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MORE SCHOOLS FOR KWUN TONG

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PLANS ARE IN HAND TO BUILD TWO MORE SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KWUN TONG BETWEEN 1987 AND 1991, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR KEVIN MAK, SAID THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING.

SPEAKING AT THE FOURTH GRADUATION CEREMONY OF THE LEUNG SHEK CHEE COLLEGE, HE SAID: THE TWO SCHOOLS ARE AMONG THE THREE PLANNED FOR THE URBAN REGION UNDER THE STAGE V SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRAMME.

+TOGETHER WITH FIVE OTHER SCHOOLS TO BE COMPLETED BY 1987 KWUN TONG WILL HAVE SEVEN MORE GOVERNMENT-AIDED SECONDARY SCHOOLS FOR LOCAL STUDENTS.+

MR MAK POINTED OUT THAT ACCORDING TO A STUDY BY THE DISTRICT BOARD ON THE DEFICIENCY OF SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES IN THE DISTRICT, MORE THAN 2 500 FORM I STUDENTS HAD TO ATTEND AIDED GRAMMAR SCHOOLS OUTSIDE KWUN TONG.

THE STUDY WAS A TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF HOW THE DISTRICT BOARD HAD WORKED TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY, HE SAID.

ALTHOUGH IT WOULD TAKE QUITE SOME TIME BEFORE THE GRADUATES COULD BECOME DB MEMBERS, HE URGED THEM TO PARTICIPATE MORE IN ACTIVITIES OF STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS, YOUTH GROUPS, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES OR OWNERS' CORPORATIONS TO SERVE THE PEOPLE AROUND THEM.

+AS WRITTEN IN YOUR SCHOOL SONG, TO SERVE AND LEAD TOGETHER AND TO LOVE AND HELP EACH OTHER' IS VITAL TO THIS FAST-DEVELOPING SOCIETY OF HONG KONG, HE ADDED.

MR MAK ALSO THANKED THE SCHOOL FOR ITS SUPPORT TO COMMUNITY AFFAIRS BY MAKING AVAILABLE THE SCHOOL HALL TO DISTRICT BOARD AND LOCAL BODIES FOR ORGANISING FUNCTIONS, AND BY ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES.

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