TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1979.
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COURSES FOR TEACHERS OF HANDICAPPED CHILDREN
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A NUMBER OF ONE-YEAR IN-SERVICE COURSES FOR TEACHERS OF
HANDICAPPED CHILDREN HAVE BEEN ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT STARTING IN SEPTEMBER.
THESE COURSES ARE AIMED AT PROVIDING SUCH TEACHERS WITH THE EXPERTISE TO TEACH CHILDREN OF VARIOUS DISABILITY.
THE COURSES ARE FREE AND APPLICATIONS ARE NOW BEING INVITED FROM SERVING TEACHERS OF SPECIAL SCHOOLS AND SPECIAL-RESOURCES CLASSES IN ORDINARY SCHOOLS. INTERESTED TEACHERS SHOULD APPLY THROUGH THEIR HEADS OF SCHOOLS.
+AS FAR AS POSSIBLE, THE COURSES WILL BE HELD AFTER SCHOOL HOURS SO AS NOT TO AFFECT THE EDUCATION OF HANDICAPPED CHILDREN, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
SEVEN DIFFERENT COURSES ARE BEING OFFERED. THEY ARE FOR TEACHERS OF VISUALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN, DEAF AND PARTIALLY HEARING CHILDREN, PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN, SLOW LEARNING CHILDREN, MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN, MALADJUSTED AND SOCIALLY DEPRIVER CHILDREN, AND IN SPEECH THERAPY WORK.
ABOUT THREE HUNDRED PLACES WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE SEVEN COURSES WHICH WILL BE CONDUCTED MAINLY IN CANTONESE BY SPECIALISTS FROM THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
THE CLOSING DATE OF APPLICATIONS IS JULY 25 AND SELECTION OF APPLICANTS WILL BE BASED ON PERSONAL INTERVIEWS SOMETIME IN AUGUST,
JUNE WAS DRIER THAN USUAL ******
LAST MONTH WAS DRIER THAN USUAL, WITH RAINFALL TOTALLING 378.2 MM, WHICH WAS 17 PER CENT BELOW AVERAGE, THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY SAID IN ITS MONTHLY WEATHER SUMMARY RELEASED TODAY (TUESDAY).
THIS BROUGHT THE ACCUMULATED RAINFALL IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR TO 1050.7 MM SOME FIVE PER CENT ABOVE THE NORMAL FIGURE.
DESPITE THE RELATIVELY DRY WEATHER, THE MONTH WAS MORE HUMID THAN USUAL WITH MEAN RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 86 PER CENT WHICH RANKED FIFTH HIGHEST ON RECORD FOR JUNE. IN ADDITION, THE MEAN ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE AT MEAN SEA LEVEL OF 1008,2 MILLIBARS WAS THE THIRD HIGHEST ON RECORD FOR JUNE.
THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH WAS FINE AND SUNNY WITH A RIDGE OF 16H PRESSURE COVERING THE SOUTH CHINA COAST.
THE PASSAGE