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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1983.
APART FROM PROVIDING REGULAR EDUCATION TO STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES, IT WILL ALSO MINIMISE THE INCONVENIENCES INVOLVED IN TRAVELLING LONG DISTANCES TO THE URBAN AREAS FOR CLASSES.
COMMENTING ON THE INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW CLASS, THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICER, MR WILLIAM YAP, SAID THIS WAS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE JOINT EFFORTS OF VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WHICH FOLLOWED UP A REQUEST MADE TO THE GOVERNOR SIR EDWARD YOUDE, DURING HIS VISIT TO LANTAO IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR.
STUDENTS IN THE NEW CLASS ARE BEING TAUGHT BASICALLY THE SAME SUBJECTS AS THOSE IN OTHER FORM ONE CLASSES, ALTHOUGH THE CURRICULUM HAS BEEN SLIGHTLY MODIFIED TO ASSIST WITH THEIR PROGRESS.
LESSONS ARE CONDUCTED IN GROUPS BY SPECIALLY TRAINED TEACHERS, WHILE EMPHASIS IS ALSO PLACED ON INDIVIDUAL NEEDS.
+THE INTRODUCTION OF THIS NEW CLASS IS A GOOD ILLUSTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT'S CONCERN ABOUT PROVIDING MORE SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES FOR THE ISLANDS DISTRICT, MR YAP SAID.
+IT IS HOPED THAT THE SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND,+ HE ADDED.
SEMINAR WILL DEAL WITH FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION
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A SEMINAR AND A CARNIVAL TO PUBLICISE THE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION WILL BE HELD IN KWUN TONG NEXT WEEK.
THE +POPULATION AND FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION WEEK+, TO BE HELD BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 19 AND 25, IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, THE KWUN TONG INDUSTRIAL AREA COMMITTEE. THE FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION (FPA), THE CHINESE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG (CMA) THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION AND THE KWUN TONG COMMUNITY HEALTH PROJECT.
THE SEMINAR WILL BE HELD AT 7.30 PM ON MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 19) IN FOOK CHEONG FOOD CATERING CENTRE AT 63 HOI YUEN ROAD.
GUEST SPEAKERS WILL INCLUDE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FPA, MRS PEGGY LAM; THE DISTRICT SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER (KWUN TONG), MR K.K. CHENG AND THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF CMA, MR J.P. LEE.
THEY WILL TALK ON THE ROLES PLAYED BY EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES IN FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION AND FAMILY PLANNING IN HONG KONG.
/ON SUNDAY