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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1986

MAIN IMPROVEMENTS COMPLETED IN 1978 INCLUDED 15 EXTRA SINGLE BEDROOMS AND EXTRA BATHS AND SHOWERS. A NEW FIRE PRECAUTION SYSTEM AND FIRE ESCAPES, A NEW READING ROOM WITH 60 STUDY PLACES, A SELF-CATERING KITCHEN AND A DINING ROOM, A NEW OPEN-PLAN RECEPTION ROOM, A NEW TABLE-TENNIS ROOM AND TWO NEW TELEVISION ROOMS.

AFTER THE ALTERATIONS, THERE HAD BEEN A UPTURN IN THE OCCUPANCY RATE FROM 1978/79 FOR THREE YEARS, FOLLOWED BY A RETURN TO THE LEVEL BEFORE THE ALTERATIONS FOR TWO YEARS AND A GRADUAL DECLINE SINCE THEN, HE SAID.

MR HENDERSON ADDED THAT IT WAS NOT INTENDED TO SET UP AN ALTERNATIVE TO REPLACE THE STUDENTS CENTRE.

+THE NEED FOR THE CENTRE HAS DIMINISHED BECAUSE STUDENT ACTIVITIES IN THE UK ARE NOW COLLEGE ORIENTED.

+THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE IN LONDON WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A FOCAL POINT OF CONTACT WITH THE HONG KONG STUDENTS IN BRITAIN,+ HE SAID.

WITH THE CLOSURE OF THE CENTRE ALL HONG KONG STUDENTS WOULD BE IN THE SAME POSITION AS REGARDS ACCOMMODATION BUT THEY WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO APPROACH THE STUDENTS DIVISION OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE IN LONDON FOR ASSISTANCE, HE ADDED.

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