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TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1986

MR CHEUNG SAID THE IMPORTANCE OF PROMOTING RURAL DEVELOPMENT HAD NOT BEEN OVERLOOKED. AT PRESENT, ABOUT 65 000 PEOPLE WERE LIVING OUTSIDE THE FANLING NEW TOWN AREA IN THE MORE RURAL PARTS OF THE DISTRICT.

*THE REDEVELOPMENT OF SHA TAU KOK TOWN IS UNDERWAY AND CONSIDERATION IS BEING GIVEN TO CREATING A RURAL CENTRE AT TA KWU LING, HE ADDED.

DURING HIS VISIT, MR CHEUNG WAS BRIEFED ON THE WORK OF THE TA KWU LING AND SHEUNG SHUI RURAL COMMITTEES BY THEIR CHAIRMEN, MR CHAN YAU-CHOI AND MR LIU CHING-LEUNG, RESPECTIVELY.

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ON FRIDAY, MR CHEUNG WILL CALL ON THE LUEN WO AND SHEK WU HUI CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE. ON MAY 12, HE WILL PAY A COURTESY.CALL ON THE SHEUNG SHUI FEDERATIONS OF SOCIETIES, AND THE FANLING AND SHA TAU KOK RURAL COMMITTEES,

MORE PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS TO BE BUILT

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PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS ARE PLAYING A ROLE AS IMPORTANT AS GRAMMAR AND TECHNICAL SCHOOLS IN SECONDARY EDUCATION, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR Y.T. LI, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF CHINESE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL AT THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY HALL, MR LI SAID 13 MORE PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS WOULD BE BUILT TO MEET THE NEED AS PREVOCATIONAL EDUCATION BECAME MORE POPULAR IN RECENT YEARS.

THIS WOULD BRING THE NUMBER OF PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS TO 28, HE ADDED.

MR LI SAID MORE SENIOR SECONDARY FORM CLASSES WOULD BE PROVIDED IN 1989 BY MODIFYING THE CLASS PATTERN FROM THE EXISTING +77722+ FOR FORMS 1 TO 5 TO +66644+ IN PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS UNDER THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE EDUCATION COMMISSION IN ITS REPORT NO. ONE.

AS A RESULT, THE CHANCE FOR FORM 3 STUDENTS PROGRESSING TO FORM 4 WOULD BE INCREASED, HE SAID.

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