b)
teacher.
Government he ad
The Hong Kong
International Social Service (HKISS) will shortly
take over these responsibilities, with financial
support provided by UNHCR, and plan to provide
4-hour, bi-sessional basis from
The Salvation Army
instruction on a
September this year.
currently assists in the training of refugee
teachers and the teaching of English to refugee
children, and
may continue to provide this
assistance if HKISS requests it to do
So.
At the Cape Collinson and Hei Ling Chau closed
centres, education i s provided by the World
voluntary agency.
World Relief have
Relief
agreed to increase their services in both camp s to two daily 4-hour sessions. At Cape Collinson
the new arrangements will take effect from
September.
At Hei Ling Chau sessions will
initially be increased from 2 to 3 hours, rising
gradually to 4 hours next year.
5. To make
To make these improvements possible, the Hong Kong
Government have provided 6 extra classrooms
Bowring centre
a
and 7 for Chi Ma Wan.
for the
At Cape
Collinson, demand for classroom space has been eased by
steady reduction in the population of the centre.
However if the need arises, the Hong Kong Government
will convert one dormitory building into classrooms.
for
6. In each of the closed camps, the voluntary agencies
also provide kindergarten classes and the younger children.
playschools
Adult education
7.
Adult education
training, which is
employment in all
Classes in other
concentrates on English language
seen as a prerequisite for obtaining
the main resettlement countries.
subjects are arranged to
me e t the
They are usually based
demands the refugees themselves.
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