MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1978
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VISITOR FROM HAWAII TOURS HANDICAPPED CHILDREN'S SCHOOL
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A WELL-KNOWN SINGER FROM HAWAII, WHO HAS SPENT HALF HER PROFESSIONAL LIFE IN RAISING FUNDS FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN, TODAY TOURED A SUBSIDISED SPECIAL SCHOOL FOR MILDLY MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN IN THE COMPANY OF MR. KENNETH TOPLEY, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION.
SHE IS MISS CAROLE KAI, WHO IS CURRENTLY PERFORMING AT A LEADING HOTEL IN HONG KONG.
THE SCHOOL THEY VISITED WAS MARY ROSE SCHOOL AT DERBY ROAD, KOWLOON. TOGETHER WITH THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (SERVICES), MR. P.S. SUN, AND THE HEADMASTER, MR. S.W. IP, THEY TOURED THE CLASSES IN SESSION AND SAW THE CHILDREN AT WORK AND AT PLAY.
MARY ROSE SCHOOL, WHICH IS SPONSORED BY THE CHRIST CHURCH, RUNS SEVEN PRIMARY CLASSES CATERING FOR 140 STUDENTS FROM SIX TO 16 YEARS OLD.
SUBJECTS TAUGHT INCLUDE CHINESE, MATHEMATICS, HANDWORK, ART, MUSIC, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, HEALTH EDUCATION AND SOCIAL STUDIES.
MEANWHILE THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IS PLANNING TO EXPAND ITS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FOR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN IN THE NEXT DECADE.
DURING THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR, 1,220 PLACES WILL BE PROVIDED IN SPECIAL SCHOOLS FOR MILDLY MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN, AS COMPARED WITH 780 PLACES IN 1976/77. ALSO, 70 PLACES WILL BE PROVIDED FOR MODERATELY MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN.
IT IS PLANNED THAT BY 1987/88, THERE WILL BE 7,800 PLACES FOR MILDLY MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN, 2,150 PLACES FOR MODERATELY MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN, AND 480 PLACES FOR SEVERELY MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN.
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