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FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1980
SURVEYS CONDUCTED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SHOWED THAT MANY GRADUATES PROGRESS TO WELL-PAID JOBS IN THEIR CHOICE OF CAREER, HE SAID.
ALSO SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR KENNETH TOPLEY SAID TECHNICAL EDUCATION WOULD BE FURTHER DEVELOPED WITH PLANS TO BUILD TWO NEW TECHNICAL INSTITUTES.
THE FIRST IS LOCATED AT TUEN MUN AND IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION IN 1984, HE SAID.
THE TECHNCIAL INSTITUTES HAVE RECENTLY EMBARKED ON AN UPDATING OF ALL CRAFT LEVEL COURSES. +THIS WHOLE PROCESS OF RE-EXAMINING OUR CRAFT SYLLABUSES AND MAKING THEM MORE UP-TO-DATE AND SUITABLE FOR HONG KONG WILL TAKE ONE OR TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE, HE ADDED.
JOINT HELP FOR THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED ****
JOINT EFFORTS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR ARE NEEDED TO ENABLE EXPANSION OF DAY CARE CENTRES AND RESIDENTIAL HOMES FOR THE SEVERELY MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES, MR ERIC HO, WHEN HE OPENED HING WAH ADULT TRAINING CENTRE TODAY.
THE NEW CENTRE IS RUN BY THE SOCIETY OF HOMES FOR THE HANDICAPPED, ONE OF HONG KONG'S VERY DEVOTED AND ENTHUSIASTIC VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, HE SAID.
MR HO SAID THE NEED TO PROVIDE CARE SERVICES FOR THE SEVERELY MENTALLY HANDICAPPED HAD LONG BEEN FELT, BUT UNTIL RECENTLY ONLY VERY LIMITED FACILITIES FOR THIS GROUP HAD BEEN AVAILABLE.
+DAY AND RESIDENTIAL CARE FOR THE SEVERELY MENTALLY HANDICAPPED AGED 16 AND OVER IS ONE OF THE SERVICE AREAS WHERE LARGE SHORTFALLS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE REHABILITATION PROGRAMME PLAN, HE SAID.
+BECAUSE OF THIS IT WAS PROPOSED IN THE 1979 REVIEW OF THE REHABILITATION PROGRAMME PLAN THAT DAY CARE CENTRES AND RESIDENTIAL HOMES CATERING FOR THIS PARTICULAR GROUP SHOULD BE GREATLY EXPANDED.+
HE SAID THIS WAS SO IN ORDER THAT THE ESTIMATED DEMAND FOR RESIDENTIAL CARE WOULD BE MET AND THE SHORTFALL OF DAY CARE PLACES SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED BY 1986.
+FURTHER EXPANSION WILL HINGE ON SUITABLE PREMISES AND SPONSORING BODIES BEING AVAILABLE.
+JOINT EFFORTS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR WILL BE NECESSARY TO ENABLE FURTHER EXPANSION TO TAKE PLACE, HE ADDED.
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