TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1985
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DB MEMBERS TOUR HO MAN TIN
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KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS TODAY (TUESDAY) TOURED THE HO MAN TIN SOUTH CONSTITUENCY TO SEE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AREA.
ACCOMPANIED BY DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF THEY FIRST WENT TO GOOD SHEPHERD STREET WHERE A CYCLING TRACK HAD BEEN BUILT WITH FUNDS FROM THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD.
BOARD MEMBERS THEN VISITED A SITE AT CHUN MAN COURT WHERE A LOW-RISE BUILDING WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE SOCIAL SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS IN THE AREA.
AT PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD, THEY INSPECTED A FOOTBRIDGE LINKING OF MAN ESTATE AND GREENFIELD TERRACE. IT HAS BEEN PROPOSED THAT A COVER BE BUILT FOR IT.
AT VALLEY ROAD ESTATE, THEY VISITED A UNIT AT BLOCK ONE, WHICH HAD BEEN CONVERTED INTO NEW TYPE FLATS FOR SINGLE PERSÓNS.
THEY ENDED THE TOUR AT A PLAYGROUND ABOVE A SERVICE RESERVOIR OPPOSITE VALLEY ROAD ESTATE TO HAVE A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE AREA,
MORE FISHERMEN'S CHILDREN RECEIVING EDUCATION
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THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF GOVERNMENT AND THE FISH MARKETING ORGANISATION, MORE CHILDREN OF FISHERMEN COULD NOW GO TO SCHOOL, UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR WONG LAM, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
ADDRESSING THE 16TH JOINT GRADUATION CEREMONY OF THE FISH MARKETING ORGANISATION SECONDARY AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS, HE SAID THAT BECAUSE OF THE SPECIAL LIVING ENVIRONMENT FOR FISHERMEN, IT WAS NOT EASY FOR THEIR CHILDREN TO RECEIVE FORMAL EDUCATION.
+FOR GENERATIONS FISHERMEN HAVE BEEN EARNING THEIR LIVING THE TRADITIONAL WAY AND IT WAS NOT UNTIL THE LAST DECADE OR TWO THAT FISHERMEN'S CHILDREN HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE FORMAL EDUCATION,+ HE SAID.
THE FISH MARKETING ORGANISATION BEGAN SETTING UP SCHOOLS IN THE LATE 1940S, THROUGH THE EFFORT OF THE GOVERNMENT, THE CO-OPERATION OF THE FISHERMEN AND THE SPECIAL ATTENTION BY SCHOOLS, MORE CHILDREN WERE NOW ABLE TO GO TO SCHOOL, HE ADDED.
/THE ORGANISATION .................
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