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SHE COMMENDED TO BOTH TEACHERS AND PARENTS THE SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS WHICH ARE BEING HELD AS PART OF THE CHILDREN'S WEEK'S PROGRAMME, AND DESCRIBED THEM AS +VALUABLE FORA WHERE DEVELOPMENTAL PROBLEM OF YOUNG CHILDREN MIGHT BE FREELY AND USEFULLY DISCUSSED.+
+ IN THESE WAYS, ALL OF US CAN IMPROVE OUR PARENTING SKILLS AND THUS ENSURE A BETTER FUTURE FOR OUR CHILDREN, SHE SAID.
MRS CHAN SAID THAT PARENTS NOWADAYS DO THEIR BEST TO ENSURE THAT THEIR CHILDREN RECEIVE GUIDANCE, CARE AND ATTENTION FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
THE ANNUAL EVENT, STARTING FROM TOMORROW UNTIL MAY 26, 15 JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG COUNCIL OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND SERVICES AND THE HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE FOR TEACHERS, CHILD CARE WORKERS AND CHILDREN IN THE FIELD OF PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION AND SERVICES.
LADY YOUDE ATTENDS ART SHOW
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LADY YOUDE, PATRON OF THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION FOR THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED, TODAY (SATURDAY) ATTENDED AN ANNUAL ART EXHIBITION HELD BY THE ASSOCIATION AT JOCKEY CLUB SCHOOL.
THE EXHIBITION WAS AIMED AT ENCOURAGING MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PEOPLE TO HAVE AN INTEREST IN ART.
LADY YOUDE PRESENTED CERTIFICATES TO 30 WINNERS AT THE EXHIBITION.
WINNING PAINTINGS, SELECTED FROM 280 ENTRIES, WILL REPRESENT HONG KONG SCHOOLS AND CENTRES FOR THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED IN THE 23RD INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF ART BY MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PEOPLE TO BE HELD IN LONDON LATER THIS YEAR.
CERTIFICATES WERE ALSO PRESENTED TO WINNERS OF THE 22ND INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF ART LAST YEAR.
AFTER THE PRESENTATION, LADY YOUDE, ACCOMPANIED BY THE ASSOCIATION'S CHAIRMAN, DR HENRIETTA IP, SAW THE PAINTINGS ON DISPLAY.
PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SEVEN WINNING PAINTINGS OF LAST YEAR'S INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF ART WERE ALSO ON DISPLAY.
FOUNDED IN 1964, THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION FOR THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PROMOTES THE WELFARE OF MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PEOPLE AND RUNS SCHOOLS AND CENTRES FOR THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
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