'As was inevitable with shortened hours of teaching and restricted faci-ities for instruction, the work of the sohiool has been adversely. affected fund much ground has been lost, which' are The building of the Polytechnic [Public Schoo! for Chinese was taken over completely as a billet in August and later used by the Public Health Department as on Isolation Hospital for Chinese, This resulted in a [severe disorganization -of all spheres Jof-schoo! work; instead of re-opening Jon the proper date it was not until [November 1 that temporary accommodation was found at the Chinese Y.M.CA, and then only on a part, time basis of four hours daily. Con-[sequently there is very little comparison between the Spring and Autumn Terms of the year. In the Spring Term the school had a normal enrolment of $22, For the Autumn Term only 373 pupils returned, 307 old and 66 new boys. In the tem. porary building work was conducted funder dificult conditions.
In addition, owing to lack of fact lies, It was necessary to drop the! following subjects—Manual Training Practical Work in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology; Singing and Physical Exercises, There being only six periods per day, instead of the usual eight, It was also necessary to cut down the time devoted to several other subjects. period fof several years. Practical science had {0 be abandoned and very little physical training could be given. The destruction of the school library, founded in 1909, and in 1996 contatning over 6.000 volumes, many. of which cannot be replaced, is particularly regrettable and has proved a rear Joss to teachers and pupils.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.