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Ground floor plans:—

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is most grateful. Efforts to obtain the necessary funds were made simul- taneously and through the good of fices of several friends and members of the community the sum of appro- ximately $150,000.00 was raised. То our friends and to those members of the community who so

generously contributed to our funds, I wish to express the gratitude and apprecia- tion of the Board of Governors and of the individual members of the community.

this school will meet with the sup- port of the community, so as to en- sure that the aim which has at long last been attained will fulfil its pur- pose for many years to come."

The site was originally that of the Kowloon Junior School in Cox's Path, and measures approximately 17.575 The looted shell square feet in area. of the old building was still stand- ing when the site was granted by Government, and it was thought by the architect to be a much more "Your Excellency, ladies and gen- economical proposition to rehabilitate tlemen, it pleases me to say that the this structure than to demolish it school designed by Mr. Alvares and and rebuild from scratch. A mea built by Kin Cheong & Company. sure of the success he achieved in contractors, is a building worthy of this object can be gauged from the the faith of the Board of Governors. fact that the completed building, in- It will also stand as a memorial to cluding equipment was finished at a the Portuguese community of Hong cost of only $180.000. Kong. It is our sincere hope that

In the old school there was ac- commodation for a Kindergarten and for Primary I. II and III classes. The new building has eight classrooms in its two storeys with provision for 280 children ranging from Kindergarten to Primary VI. The school is co- educational and English is the medium of instruction: Portuguese is taught as a second language.

Three photographs of the shell of the old building before rehabilitation.

The old building consisted of two storeys and a basement; the entrance was in the south-west corner of the building up a long flight of steps. The ground and first floors each con- tained three rooms surrounded by

continuous covered verandahs, cept for small portions in the north elevation.

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For the sake of convenience, the entrance in the new building is located in the centre of the east wall of the basement: there is a secondary entrance in the centre of the north wall of the basement. The main entrance leads to a large en- trance hall, off which open a teach- ers' room, a visiting room, a doctor's room, and a waiting room. In the centre of the basement, and reached conveniently from either entrance is the staircase to the upper floors. Al- so at the basement level is a dining

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