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THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1989

SHA TAU KOK CENTRAL PRIMARY SCHOOL OPENS

A CENTRAL PRIMARY SCHOOL AMALGAMATES A NUMBER OF RURAL PRIMARY SCHOOLS DISPERSED IN REMOTE VILLAGES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES TO PROVIDE BETTER FACILITIES AND TEACHING STAFF, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR MICHAEL SUEN, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY),

HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SHA TAU KOK CENTRAL PRIMARY SCHOOL.

MR SUEN EXPLAINED THAT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTRAL PRIMARY SCHOOLS WAS BASED ON RECOMMENDATIONS MADE IN THE 1981 WHITE PAPER ON PRIMARY EDUCATION AND PRE-PRIMARY SERVICES TO ENABLE PUPILS IN REMOTE AREAS TO ENJOY SIMILAR SERVICES AVAILABLE IN THE URBAN AREAS.

MR SUEN NOTED THAT THE SHA TAU KOK CENTRAL PRIMARY SCHOOL WAS THE SECOND CENTRALLY LOCATED PRIMARY SCHOOL ESTABLISHED IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, THE FIRST ONE BEING THE SAI KUNG CENTRAL PRIMARY SCHOOL.

HE SAID APART FROM THE STRONG SUPPORT FROM THE SHA TAU KOK RURAL COMMITTEE, ASSISTANCE FROM LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS AND VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED IN THE PREPARATORY WORK, WHICH TOOK OVER TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE, ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THE SMOOTH ESTABLISHMENT THE SCHOOL.

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THE SCHOOL, WHICH PROVIDED AN IDEAL STUDY CHILDREN IN SHA TAU KOK, WAS AN AMALGAMATION OF FIVE SCHOOLS SHA TAU KOK PRIMARY SCHOOL IN THE FRONTIER CLOSED AREA (FCA) AND LUK KENG PUBLIC SCHOOL, MAN WO PUBLIC SCHOOL, KOK KWAN SCHOOL AND TAI WA SCHOOL OUTSIDE THE FCA, HE ADDED.

STARTING FROM MID-SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR, MORE THAN 170 PUPILS WILL ATTEND THE SHA TAU KOK PRIMARY SCHOOL, WHICH HAS 12 STANDARD CLASSROOMS, A FULLY FURNISHED SCHOOL HALL AND VARIOUS RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.

AN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE HAS BEEN SET UP то HANDLE THE SCHOOL'S ADMINISTRATION AND POLICIES. MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE COMPRISE RURAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE HONG KONG HOUSING SOCIETY, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE NORTH DISTRICT OFFICE AS WELL AS LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS.

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