THURSDAY, APRIL 47, 1903
GOVERNOR TO VISIT YUEN LONG
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, WILL OPEN THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S YUEN LONG PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL AT 11.30 AM ON SATURDAY (APRIL 23). HE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LADY YOUDE.
BEFORE THE CEREMONY, SIR EDWARD WILL TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR PART OF THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT, INCLUDING SHUI PIN WAI ESTATE, TO KEEP HIMSELF UP TO DATE ON DEVELOPMENTS AND LOCAL MATTERS.
HE WILL ALSO VISIT LUT SAU HALL WHERE MANY OF THE DISTRICT'S CULTURAL ACTIVITIES TAKE PLACE.
NOTE TO EDITORS.
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE GOVERNOR'S TOUR OF YUEN LONG AND THE SWIMMING POOL OPENING CEREMONY. TRANSPORT WILL LEAVE KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER AT 8.15 AM SHARP ON SATURDAY (APRIL 23). GIS OFFICERS WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST.
CHIEF SECRETARY VISITS EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, TODAY (THURSDAY) VISITED THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION (ILE) AND THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES CENTRE IN KOWLOON,
ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR COLVYN HAYE, SIR PHILIP FIRST VISITED THE ILE AT PARK-IN COMMERCIAL BUILDING, 21ST FLOOR, DUNDAS STREET.
THERE HE WAS BRIEFED ON THE INSTITUTE'S ACTIVITIES AND FACILITIES BY THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (ILE), MR ANDREW FOK. SIR PHILIP ALSO TALKED TO THE SENIOR STAFF OF THE INSTITUTE AND SOME OF THE TEACHERS ATTENDING A COURSE THERE.
DURING HIS ONE-HOUR STAY AT THE INSTITUTE, WHICH IS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S $350-MILLION PACKAGE TO IMPROVE THE STANDARD OF LANGUAGE IN SCHOOLS AND AMONG THE COMMUNITY, SIR PHILIP WAS TOLD THAT IT WILL EVENTUALLY PROVIDE LANGUAGE REFRESHER COURSES TO ALL OF HONG KONG'S TEACHERS.
THE CHIEF SECRETARY LATER WENT TO THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES CENTRE AT 6 PERTH STREET WHERE HE WAS MET BY THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (SERVICES), MR JOHN LEUNG.
THE CENTRE, ONE OF THREE OPERATED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, PROVIDES A FULL RANGE OF SERVICES FOR PRE-SCHOOL AND SCHOOL CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS.
THE PRIMARY AIM OF THESE SERVICES IS THE EARLY DETECTION OF CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM VARIOUS IMPAIRMENT SO THAT REMEDIAL MEASURES CAN BE TAKEN.
THE CHIEF SECRETARY WAS EXTREMELY INTERESTED IN THE VARIOUS METHODS OF DETECTION AND THE SOPHISTICATED EQUIPMENT USED BY THE SPECIALIST STAFF IN THEIR WORK.
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