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SUNDAY, JUNE 19, 1994
$2M DONATION FOR SCHOOL EXTENSION PROJECT
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THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB HAS OFFERED THE SOCIETY OF BOYS CENTRES
CHAK YAN CENTRE SCHOOL A GRANT OF $2 MILLION FOR BUILDING AN ADDITIONAL FLOOR TO THE ANNEXE OF ITS SCHOOL PREMISES.
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ADDITIONAL FLOOR WILL HOUSE THREE CLASSROOMS, AN ART AND
DESIGN ROOM AND AN INTERVIEW ROOM.
THE SCHOOL IS A SPECIAL SCHOOL FOR BOYS WITH BEHAVIOURAL AND ΕΜΟΤΙΟΝΑΙ. PROBLEMS. MOST OF ITS STUDENTS EITHER COME FROM BROKEN FAMILIES OR ARE IN LACK OF PROPER PARENTAL CARE AND GUIDANCE.
ESTABLISHED IN 1974, IT
OPERATES 11 PRIMARY AND SEVEN SECONDARY CLASSES. TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF ITS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES, THE SCHOOL PLANNED TO EXTEND ITS PREMISES AND TO IMPROVE
ITS FACILITIES.
THE PLAN CAN NOW GO AHEAD WITH THE DONATION FROM THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
THE PROJECT WILL TAKE TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE.
THE SCHOOL IS RUN BY THE SOCIETY OF BOYS' CENTRES WHICH OPERATES THREE, SPECIAL SCHOOLS WITH AN AIM TO PROVIDING A BASIC FORMAL EDUCATION AND SOUND MORAL TRAINING TO BOYS AGED BETWEEN EIGHT AND 18.
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