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THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1993

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NG REGARDING THE WELFARE POLICY FOR THE ELDERLY, MR

SAID THE HIS ASSURANCE THAT GOVERNOR HAD, IN HIS POLICY ADDRESS, GIVEN WOULD RECEIVE HIGHER PRIORITY IN THE COMING FIVE YEARS.

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TODAY'S FUNCTION WAS SPONSORED BY A PRIVATE ORGANISATION

THE 900 SENIOR CITIZENS AN AMOUNT OF $63,000.

A RECEIVE

PACKET OF $70.

NEW PRIMARY SCHOOL IN TSEUNG KWAN O

THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT A NEW GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL WILL BE OPENED IN A FEW MONTHS' TIME IN TSEUNG KWAN 0.

THIS FOLLOWS TWO YEARS OF PREPARATION, CONSTRUCTION WORK.

PLANNING AND

THE SCHOOL, LOCATED AT HAU TAK ESTATE, SAI KUNG, IS A NEW STANDARD DESIGN PRIMARY SCHOOL WITH 30 CLASSROOMS AND FOUR SPECIAL ROOMS, AND IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED IN MAY.

"IN LINE WITH THE LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE OF WHOLE-DAY SCHOOLING IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS, THE NEW SCHOOL WILL RUN WHOLE-DAY CLASSES WHEN OPENS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.

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AT PRESENT, THE AREA HAS A GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL KWAN O GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL.

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TSEUNG

THE OPENING OF THE NEW PRIMARY SCHOOL IN THE SAME DISTRICT WILL BROADEN THE CHOICE OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS FOR PARENTS AND MEET THE DEMAND FOR PLACES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

IT WILL ALSO PROVIDE A BETTER FEEDER LINKAGE BETWEEN THE PRIMARY AND THE SECONDARY SCHOOL OPERATED BY THE GOVERNMENT, HE ADDED.

THE NEW PRIMARY SCHOOL WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING ΚΑΙ TAK GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL IN WONG TAI SIN.

AFTER THE OPENING OF THE NEW SCHOOL, KAI TAK GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL WILL CLOSE IN THE SUMMER OF 1994.

THE VACATED PREMISES WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR ALLOCATION ΤΟ A SPONSORING BODY FOR THE OPERATION OF AN AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOL.

"THE PROVISION OF PRIMARY SCHOOL PLACES IN WONG ΤΑΙ SIN DISTRICT WILL NOT BE AFFECTED, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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THE OTHER GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL IN WONG TAI SIN THE WONG TAI SIN GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL

WILL BE

ΤΟ CHANGED OPERATION FROM THE 1993/94 SCHOOL YEAR.

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