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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1982
TRAM SERVICES REDUCED ON SATURDAY
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TRAM SERVICES WILL BE REDUCED ON SATURDAY EVENING (SEPTEMBER 11) TO ALLOW FOR THE REALIGNMENT OF NEW TRAM TRACKS IN SHEUNG WAN.
THE LAST TRAMS WILL DEPART FROM SHAU KEI WAN TO WESTERN MARKET AT 10.48 PM; FROM NORTH POINT TO WHITTY STREET AT 10.42 PM1 FROM NORTH POINT TO WESTERN MARKET AT 11.01 PM1 FROM HAPPY VALLEY TO KENNEDY TOWN AT 10.41 PM; FROM HAPPY VALLEY TO WHITTY STREET AT 10.52 PM; FROM HAPPY VALLEY TO WESTERN MARKET AT 11.08 PM; FROM KENNEDY TOWN TO HAPPY VALLEY AT 11.16 PM: FROM WHITTY STREET TO NORTH POINT AT 11.19 PM: FROM WHITTY STREET TO HAPPY VALLEY AT 11.20 PM; AND FROM WESTERN MARKET TO SHAU KEI WAN, NORTH POINT AND HAPPY VALLEY AT 11.28 PM.
TO MINIMISE INCONVENIENCE TO COMMUTERS, ADDITIONAL TRAM SERVICES WILL BE OPERATED THE SAME DAY BETWEEN SHAU KEI WAN AND HAPPY VALLEY AFTER 10.39 PM AND BETWEEN SHAU KEI WAN AND WAN CHAI (FENWICK STREET) AFTER 10.48 PM.
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SPECIAL EDUCATION SECTION RE-ORGANISED
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THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S SERVICES DIVISION HAS JUST BEEN RE-ORGANISED, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE SECTION IS NOW RESPONSIBLE FOR FOUR MAJOR UNITS- ADMINISTRATION AND PLANNING, SPECIAL EDUCATION INSPECTORATE, SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES, AND ASSESSMENT AND REMEDIAL SERVICES, WITH EACH UNIT HEADED BY A PRINCIPAL INSPECTOR.
THE ADMINISTRATION AND PLANNING UNIT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BUILDING AND ADMINISTRATION OF SPECIAL SCHOOLS AS WELL AS SPECIAL AND RESOURCE CLASSES IN ORDINARY SCHOOLS.
ALL PROFESSIONAL MATTERS CONCERNING THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS ARE DEALT WITH BY THE SPECIAL EDUCATION INSPECTORATE UNIT.
THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES UNIT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REFERRAL OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS FOR ASSESSMENT AND EDUCATIONAL PLACEMENT, WHILE THE ACTUAL ASSESSMENT AND REMEDIAL SERVICES FOR THESE CHILDREN ARE PROVIDED BY THE ASSESSMENT AND REMEDIAL SERVICES UNIT.
ENQUIRIES CONCERNING THE RE-ORGANISATION MAY BE MADE AT 5-778311, EXTENSION 145 OR 147.
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