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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1985

THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION OF CAREERS MASTERS NOW HAS MORE THAN 390 MEMBERS, EACH REPRESENTING A SECONDARY SCHOOL IN HONG KONG.

SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1959, THE ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN WORKING TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IN THE COORDINATION OF THE CAREERS GUIDANCE PROGRAMMES OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

TO PROMOTE YET ANOTHER SERVICE, MR LEUNG SAID THE ASSOCIATION ESTABLISHED A GUIDANCE DIVISION IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR UNDER ITS AEGIS FOR GUIDANCE TEACHERS AND MUCH EFFORT HAD BEEN PUT INTO THIS NEW SERVICE,

HONG KONG RAILWAY MUSEUM OPENS

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THE HONG KONG RAILWAY MUSEUM, BUILT THROUGH THE RESTORATION OF THE OLD TA PO MARKET RAILWAY STATION, WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED TODAY (FRIDAY),

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL, MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG, SAID THAT THE MUSEUM, OCCUPYING AN AREA OF 6 500 SQUARE METRES, HAD PRESERVED THE OLD RAILWAY STATION WHICH WAS GAZETTED A HISTORICAL BUILDING IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR.

+METICULOUS CARE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO RESTORE THE OLD STATION, BUILT IN 1913, TO ITS ORIGINAL CONDITION, HE SAID.

THE MUSEUM CONSISTS OF AN EXHIBITION HALL INTRODUCING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY, SUPPLEMENTED BY AN OFFICE BLOCK AND A NEW EXHIBITION SHED FOR THE DISPLAY OF HISTORICAL COACHES.

THE AREA IN FRONT OF THE STATION, WHICH HAS OVER THE YEARS SERVED AS A KIND OF TOWN SQUARE FOR RESIDENTS OF TAI PO MARKET, HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY LANDSCAPED AND TURNED INTO A SITTING OUT AREA FOR MUSEUM VISITORS.

ALSO SPEAKING AT THE OPENING, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE KOWLOON- CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION, MR GERRY FORSGATE SAID: +BESIDES EXHIBITS NOW ON DISPLAY, KCRC WILL DONATE A DIESEL ENGINE TO THE MUSEUM WHEN THE ENGINE RETIRES FROM SERVICE. IN ADDITION, THE CORPORATION WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND ADVICE ON THE MAINTENANCE OF THE RAILWAY EQUIPMENT IN THE MUSEUM. +

MR FORSGATE SAID THE OPENING OF THE MUSEUM THIS YEAR COINCIDED WITH THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.

+THE MUSEUM WILL NOT ONLY ENABLE FUTURE GENERATIONS TO REVIEW THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LOCAL RAILWAY SYSTEM BUT ALSO REMIND THEM OF THE TREMENDOUS CHANGES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN HONG KONG,

HE ADDED.

/EARLIER,