TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1979
THE MORE SEVERELY IMPAIRED ARE PLACED IN SPECIAL SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF OF WHICH THERE ARE FOUR IN HONG KONG, ACCOMMODATING 750 CHILDREN RANGING FROM FOUR TO 20 YEARS OF AGE WITH CLASSES FOR PREPARATORY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY.
THEY ARE THE HONG KONG SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF, VICTORIA PARK SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF, MONGKOK LUTHERAN SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND CANOSSA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF.
MRS. KWAN EMPHASISED THAT TO ADEQUATELY PREPARE A DEAF CHILD FOR FULL PARTICIPATION IN THE COMMUNITY, EVERY MEANS OF COMMUNICATION SKILLS SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO AND MADE USE OF IN ORDER TO DEVELOP A COMBINED METHOD OF COMMUNICATION.
+A COMMITTEE HAS BEEN FORMED TO LOOK INTO COMMUNICATION METHODS USED, HAVING REGARD TO THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF DEAF CHILDREN AND THE COMPLEXITIES OF THE CANTONESE DIALECT, AND TO DEVELOP A COMBINED METHOD OF COMMUNICATION FOR THE DEAF IN HONG KONG.
+THIS IS A LONG-TERM PROJECT WHICH INVOLVES TIME, MANPOWER AND OTHER RESOURCES, AND ABOVE ALL, A UNITED EFFORT AMONG ALL WHO ARE CONCERNED WITH THE HEARING IMPAIRED, + MRS. KWAN SAID.
IN CONCLUSION, SHE URGED: +LET US COMMEMORATE THE YEAR OF THE CHILD' BY RENDERING OUR PERSONAL EFFORTS AND UNITED EFFORT IN HELPING THE HEARING IMPAIRED CHILD.+
INTEGRATION - ULTIMATE GOAL OF REHABILITATION
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LADY MACLEHOSE SAID TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF REHABILITATION IS THE INTEGRATION OF THE DISABLED INTO THE
COMMUNITY.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE LADY MACLEHOSE CENTRE OF THE HONG KONG PHAB ASSOCIATION, SHE SAID THE WORD +DISABLED+ WAS OFTEN TAKEN TO MEAN IMPOSSIBLE. BUT AT THE NEW CENTRE, WITH THE HELP AND SUPPORT OF THE ABLE-BODIED, IT WILL MEAN +POSSIBLE+.
LADY MACLEHOSE, WHO IS THE ASSOCIATION'S PATRON, NOTED THAT THE OBJECT OF THE CENTRE IS TO INTEGRATE THE DISABLED INTO THE COMMUNITY AND WAS DELIGHTED TO OPEN THE NEW PREMISES.
SHE PRAISED THE FACILITIES OF THE CENTRE, WHICH, SHE SAID, +ARE EQUAL TO ANY MAJOR PHAB PROJECT AND IN THE FAR EAST MUST BE CONSIDERED OUTSTANDING.+
+WHERE ELSE CAN THE DISABLED HAVE A RIDE FOLLOWED BY A SWIM OR OTHER SPORT IN ONE CENTRE, SHE ASKED.
/+ALL THESE