COMMITTEE, Mr. Harold Porter, c: tc, has accepted the Council's' invitation to Join the Rate Assessment Committee, Mr. A. P, Nazer, wee ended Saturday, 14, 1933, The Public School for Junior Boys which has been constructed by the Council at the corner of Tifeng and Vu Yuen Roads, with entrance from Tifeng Road, will be opened on January 8 next, when all pupils in the existing Junior School will trans for to the new building.
'Upon the recommendation of the Education Board, the Council decided that from January the school will comprise six grades, providing a six years' course from Preparatory Class upwards and catering for boys fof ages from seven to thirteen years, Pupils at the Public. and Thomas Hanbury School in classes Prepara~ tory to Form LI Upper inclusive who satisfy the residential qualification (residence west of the line Thibet Road and Boulevard de Montigny), will be permitted to transfer to the /western schoo! if application is made before the end of the current term. Further, new candidates for admission must bbe below eleven years of age.
The school building is three storeys in height, of brick wall and conerete beam construction. Accommodation is provided for 450 pupils in eighteen classrooms standard size, and there is an assembly hall to seat 300.
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